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Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport is located 5 kilometres west of the center of Innsbruck, with a single runway ( 2000 x 45m / 6562 x 148ft ) with the magnetic heading 08/26.
The Blue Danube Airport, termed after the river Danube, or Flughafen Linz is located in Hörsching, about 15 kilometres southwest of the provincial capital city of Upper Austria, Linz. The airport is equipped with an asphalt runway ( 3000 x 60m / 9843 x 197ft ) with the magnetic heading 09/27 and a parallel grass runway (660 x 45m). On runway 29 an ILS with Cat IIIb is installed, heading 09 an ILS with Cat II. There a two taxiways to the commercial area (F & G). The apron has a size of 70.000 m² or 12 parking positions for medium size aircraft, all heading west/east. On the east end of the apron there is a special parking area for ultra large size aicraft, like Boeing 747, Boeing C-17, Antonov An-124 and An-225. There are no restrictions for aircraft landing. Offical opening hours are 0430 - 2200 UTC (0500 - 2200 UTC on weekend) and a maximum of four cargo aircraft movements between 2200 und 0430 UTC on working days.
 
Innsbruck's first airfield was located at the eastern end, but was newly opened south of the village Kranebitten in 1948, that's where the airport got its name from.
A first scheduled service started to Zurich in 1950, flown by Swissair.
 
Nowadays, Innsbruck is the operational homebase of Austrian Arrows (Tyrolean Airways), Tyrolean Air Ambulance and Welcome Air.
In 2004, the airport was used by 728.000 passengers and a total amount of 14,000 flights.

Revision as of 17:49, 15 November 2005

Continent: Europe Country: Austria
Blue Danube Airport Linz
Location Hoersching Austria
IATA code LNZ
ICAO code LOWL
Airport type Military with commercial use
Website [www.linz-airport.com www.linz-airport.com]
Overview map [ ]
Communications
Tower 118.800
Ground
Clearance 129.125
Approach 119.750
ATIS 128.125

The Blue Danube Airport, termed after the river Danube, or Flughafen Linz is located in Hörsching, about 15 kilometres southwest of the provincial capital city of Upper Austria, Linz. The airport is equipped with an asphalt runway ( 3000 x 60m / 9843 x 197ft ) with the magnetic heading 09/27 and a parallel grass runway (660 x 45m). On runway 29 an ILS with Cat IIIb is installed, heading 09 an ILS with Cat II. There a two taxiways to the commercial area (F & G). The apron has a size of 70.000 m² or 12 parking positions for medium size aircraft, all heading west/east. On the east end of the apron there is a special parking area for ultra large size aicraft, like Boeing 747, Boeing C-17, Antonov An-124 and An-225. There are no restrictions for aircraft landing. Offical opening hours are 0430 - 2200 UTC (0500 - 2200 UTC on weekend) and a maximum of four cargo aircraft movements between 2200 und 0430 UTC on working days.