Letisko Žilina / Airport Žilina Traditional Cache

Lahka tradicna cache venovana medzinarodnemu letisku Zilina v obci Dolny Hricov.
Cache je na uvodnych suradniciach.

Easy traditional cache dedicated to international airport Zilina in the village Dolny Hricov.
Cache is on the header coordinates.

Letisko Zilina je verejne medzinarodne letisko pre letecku dopravu. Sluzi pre region severozapadneho Slovenska s priblizne 1,2 miliona obyvatelov. Je vyuzivane pre letecku dopravu slovenskych a zahranicnych leteckych spolocnosti, lety firemnych a sukromnych lietadiel, letecky vycvik a sportove lietanie, sanitne lety, specialne letecke prace a cinnost letectva Armady SR.

The Zilina airport is a public international airport for the air transport. It serves for the region of northwest Slovakia with approximately 1,2 million inhabitants. It is used for the air transport of Slovak and foreign companies, flights of firm and private aeroplanes, flight training and sport flying, air ambulance flights, special flight works and activity of the Slovak republic Army.

Letisko bolo vybudovane v 70. rokoch 20. storocia ako nahrada stareho letiska Brezovsky Majer, na ktoreho mieste dnes stoja obytne domy /Vlcince/. Prvy let sa uskutocnil 4. maja 1972. Este v tom istom roku bola zavedena pravidelna linka slovenskej spolocnosti Slov Air s lietadlami Let L-410A Turbolet na trase Zilina – Praha – Zilina. V roku 1981 bola pravidelna letecka doprava ukoncena. V roku 2005 bol vybudovany moderny letiskovy terminal, ktory vznikol rekonstrukciou stareho terminalu a dna 15. jula 2005 bola opatovne zavedena pravidelna letecka linka Praha – Zilina – Praha spolocnostou Ceske aerolinie 46-miestnym dvojmotorovym lietadlom taliansko-francuzskej vyroby ATR 42-500.

The airport was built in the 1970s to replace the old airport in Brezovsky Majer (now Zilina-Vlcince) to make space for the growing city of Zilina. The first flight was done on 4 May 1972 and lately this year was estabilished regular line of Slovak company Slov Air with aircrafts Let L-410A Turbolet on the route Zilina - Praha - Zilina. Regular air-traffic was terminated in 1981. In 2005, new and modern airport terminal was build by reconstructing the old one from 1970s. On 15th July 2005, the regular line Praha - Zilina - Praha was reopened and served by czech air operator Ceske aerolinie with 2-engine aircraft with 46 seats made by french-italian aircraft manufacturer ATR 42-500.

Pre odlety mimo priestoru Europskej unie je toto letisko zaroven aj Schengenskou hranicou.

Žilina airport is also a Schengen border for flights without the European union zone.