Prague, Ruzyne (PRG / LKPR) Czech Republic

Prague-Ruzyně International Airport Letiště Praha-Ruzyně
IATA: PRG – ICAO: LKPR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Airport Prague
Serves		Prague
Location		Ruzyně district of Prague
Runway		The airport contains two runways in service: 06/24 and 13/31. Former runway 04/22 is not used any more. The most used runway is 24 due to the prevailing western winds. Runway 31 is also used often. Runway 06 is used rarely while runway 13 is used only exceptionally
Coordinates
Website		www.prg.aero
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
06/24	3,715	12,191	Concrete
13/31	3,250	10,665	Concrete
04/22 closed	2,120	6,957	Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2006)
Passengers			11,581,511
Aircraft movements			166,346

 

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DSp Pictures of video
Year	Sony		Spot location
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2004			This is a summarize of the video in pictures

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Web information :

Czechoslovakia belonged, and Czech Republic belongs, to the leading European pioneers of the civil aviation,and became over time a part of the most state-of-the-art continental transportation system. The Prague – Ruzyně Airport began operation on 5 April 1937, but Czechoslovak civil aviation history started at the military airport in Prague - Kbely in 1919. Due to insufficient capacity of the Kbely airport in the middle of the 1930s, the Government decided to develop a new State Civil Airport in Ruzyně. One of the major awards the Prague Ruzyně Airport received include Diploma and Gold Medal granted in 1937 at the occasion of the International Art and Technical Exhibition in Paris (Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne also known as Paris 1937 World's Fair) for the technical conception of the central airport, primarily the architecture of check-in building (nowadays known as Terminal 4) designed by architect Ing. A. Beneš. Other awards were granted for modernization during individual airport development phases. All these facts have been increasing the interest of carriers in using Prague airport.

The airport has excellent location both with respect to short distance from the centre of Prague and within the European area. Moreover, the Ruzyně fields provide opportunities for further expansion of the airport according to the increasing capacity demand. The airport serves as a hub of the trans-European airport network.

The political and economic changes affected the seventy years of existence of the Prague-Ruzyně Airport. Some new air transportation companies and institutions were founded and some ceased operation since then. Ten entities were responsible for airport administration over time, including the new construction and development. Until the 1990s, there were two or three decade gaps before the major modernization of the Prague-Ruzyně Airport began in order to match the current capacity requirements. Since then, the Airport began modernisation on an ongoing basis and is gradually one of the top European airports.

The airport was used in the James Bond film, Casino Royale. The airport, along with Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340-600, depicts a scene that actually takes place in the film at Miami International Airport.

[Ruzyně Today

Most flights depart Ruzyně Airport from the North Terminals (Terminal 1 and 2). The South Terminals (Terminal 3 and 4) handle a few irregular flights, as well as VIP flights, special flights and small aircraft.

In 2004, the airport served 9.7 million passengers, in 2005 nearly 10.8 million and in 2006 11.6 million. In 2007 the number of passengers rose to 12,440,000, and the owners of the airport predicted further growth for 2008 with more than 13 million passengers. Preliminary data for 2008 showed 12,700,000 passengers

Ruzyně Airport has two main passenger terminals, two general aviation terminals, as well as a cargo facility.

• Terminal 1: is used for flights outside the Schengen zone
• Terminal 2: is used for flights within the Schengen zone; it was opened on 17 January 2006
• Terminal 3: is used for private and charter flights; t was opened in 1997
• Terminal 4: is used exclusively for VIP flights and state visits; it is the oldest part of the airport which was opened on 5 April 1937