About

Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava (IATA: OSR, ICAO: LKMT), former Ostrava-Mošnov International Airport, is an airport that serves the city of Ostrava, in the Czech Republic, located 20 km to the southwest of the city. Due to its distance from the city centre, there are no noise restrictions enforced on the airport.

It is the largest regional airport in the Czech Republic, acting as a point of entry to northern Moravia and the Czech part of Silesia. The city of Ostrava is a major economic and industrial centre for the area.

As well as being able to serve aircraft as large as an Antonov An-124 (the largest aeroplane ever mass produced), Ostrava-Mošnov's heliport allows it to serve helicopters, alongside fixed wing aircraft.

In 2005, 265,882 passengers went through Ostrava-Mošnov passenger terminal, 2,228 tonnes of cargo were handled and there were 16,136 aircraft movements. In 2008 was opened a new maintenance hangar CEAM. Plans have been announced to construct a new cargo terminal.

Since 2003 NATO Day, a military show, takes place in the area of Mošnov airport.

History

The history of an international aviation at the Ostrava-Mošnov airport dates back to the earliest 1900s. The Žurovec brothers, residenting of the then settlement of Harty, were local air pioneers experimenting between 1909 and 1914.

They were stopped by the World War I. Once it was over, both brothers, Josef and Vilém, went on with civic aviation, using an aircraft purchased from war surpluses. After some time, however, they lacked cash and had to stop. The current site of the Ostrava airport was first used for air traffic by the German Luftwaffe, who built an airfield here after Czechoslovakia was occupied in 1939, to the stage of an attack on Poland. In May 1945, the airfield went over to the Czechoslovak mixed air division. A period of inactivity followed, with the land left to its original purposes, that is, farming.

The modern history started in 1956 when construction started on the current site. Right from the start, however, the airport was not supposed for civilian use only; on the contrary, the airport was primarily meant to serve the military needs. Officially, the civilian air traffic started on 16 October 1959, with a TU-104A landing here, and this was where all the air traffic was shifted from the previous airport in Ostrava-Hrabůvka, no longer convenient and located directly inside the city. The lines serviced by ČSA consisted mainly of domestic destinations, with occasional foreign flights. Thus, the MoŠnov airport hosted all types of both propeller and jet aircraft operated by ČSA. In the 1960s and 1970s, air taxi services were commonly used. A major change came in 1989. Shortly afterwards, the military section of the airport was closed, and now it was ČSL who was in charge of the airport management. Another major change came on 1 July 2004, when the Ostrava airport was transferred from the state-run airport administration under the control of regional authorities. The airport has been operated by a new company, Letiště Ostrava, a.s., since.

The Ostrava airport has been developing dynamically. These days, you may come across airplanes of many carriers from all over the world flying in on charter flights, just as much as airplanes owned by domestic air lines. The international airport of Ostrava has turned into a major partner the entire Moravian-Silesian region.

Services

• Restaurant
• Snack bar
• Gifts shop
• Duty free and duty pay shop
• Special passengers and VIP services
• Special assistance for disabled passengers and uncompanied minors
• Lost and found services
• Exchange office
• Cash dispenser
• Air ticket reservations
• Wi-fi internet connection
• WAP service

Ostrava

The metropolis of the Moravian-Silesian region is, with its area, the second largest and with the number of its residents the third largest city in the Czech Republic. It has got a very advantageous strategic position - it is located about 10 kilometres south from the borders with Poland and 50 kilometres west of the borders with Slovakia. The distance of Ostrava from Praha is 360 Km, from Brno 170 Km, 90 Km from the Polish City of Katowice, and 310 Km from Vienna. There are the rivers of Odra, Ostravice, Opava, and Lučina flowing through the City.

• Area: 214 km2
• Number of municipalities: 23
• Number of residents: 318 726
• Population density: 1500 inhabitants/km2
• Average annual temperature: + 8 °C

Address:

Letiště Ostrava, a.s.
Letiště Ostrava, č. p. 401
742 51 Mošnov

Tel: +420 597 471 136

Fax: +420 597 471 105

E-mail: marketing [A] airport-ostrava cz

URL: http://www.airport-ostrava.cz

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General Info
Country	Czech Republic
ICAO ID	LKMT
Time	UTC+1(+2DT)
Latitude	49.696292 49° 41' 46.65" N
Longitude	18.111053 018° 06' 39.79" E
Elevation	844 feet 257 meters
Magnetic Variation	003° E (01/06)
Operating Agency	CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (LANDING FEES AND DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE MAY BE REQUIRED)
Near City	Ostrava
Operating Hours	SEE REMARKS FOR OPERATING HOURS OR COMMUNICATIONS FOR POSSIBLE HOURS

Communications
TWR	120.8
ATIS	118.05
OSTRAVA APP	125.1 118.7 (118.7 Opr HO)

Runways
ID	Dimensions	Surface	PCN	ILS
04/22	11484 x 207 feet 3500 x 63 meters	CONCRETE.	050RAXT	YES

Navaids
Type	ID	Name	Channel	Freq	Distance From Field	Bearing From Navaid
VOR-DME	OTA	OSTRAVA	121Y	117.45	At Field	-

Supplies/Equipment
Fuel	100/130 octane gasoline, leaded, MIL-L-5572F (GREEN) Jet fuel avaiable but type is unknown. 100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE)

Remarks
CSTMS/AG/IMG	CSTMS avbl.
FUEL	(NC-100LL, A1)

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