Nyíregyháza Airport Explained

Nyíregyháza Airport
Icao:LHNY
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Hungary
Pushpin Label:Ny
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Type:Public
City-Served:Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Elevation-F:338
Elevation-M:103
Coordinates:47.9839°N 21.6922°W
Website:trenerkft.hu
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:18R/36L
R1-Length-M:1,000
R1-Length-F:3,281
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:18L/36R
R2-Length-M:1,000
R2-Length-F:3,281
R2-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Source: DAFIF[1]

Nyíregyháza Airport is a small civil airport serving Nyíregyháza, a city in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, Hungary.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 338feet above mean sea level. It has two runways: 18R/36L has an asphalt pavement measuring 1000mx20mm (3,000feetx70feetm) and 18L/36R has a grass surface measuring 1000mx60mm (3,000feetx200feetm).

The airport is the home base of Tréner Ltd, a Hungarian pilot training organization which together with the University of Nyíregyháza (responsible for theoretical training) provides ATPL integrated courses and a professional airline pilot degree.

Airlines and destinations

Between 1948 and 1963, the airport served the then-frequent domestic flights operated by Maszovlet and its successor Malév.[2] Apart from a short-lived attempt in 1990, which tried to restart domestic flights within Hungary with a Nyíregyháza-Budaörs Airport route, there have been no scheduled flights to or from the airport since then.[3]

Statistics

YearPassengers[4] Change
2009
2010−5.59%
2011−54.42%
2012+27.05%
2013−7.43%
2014−50.57%
2015+248.47%
2016+25.59%

Accidents

The second of two accidents of Maszovlet took place at this airport. On 2 October 1952, an Li-2 (HA-LIL) was flying the BudapestMiskolc–Nyíregyháza–Budapest route. Due to poor weather conditions, the landing in Miskolc succeeded only at the third attempt, yet the crew decided to continue the flight towards Nyíregyháza, where after several landing attempts the plane landed on slippery grass and crashed into a building. Three crew members, including the pilot and the co-pilot, died, two other crew members and the three passengers suffered severe injuries.[5]

References

  1. from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Web site: Repülni városról városra: egy szép álom vége. IHO. 2014-03-15. 2019-02-23.
  3. Web site: Ismét megindult a belföldi légiforgalom - 25 éve történt. inforstart.hu. 2015-05-21. 2019-02-23.
  4. Web site: Repülőterek forgalmi adatai (2004-2015) . 2016-04-15 . KSH. Hungarian.
  5. Web site: Események, katasztrófák. Li-2.hu. 2017-12-24. Hungarian.

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