# Hévíz–Balaton Airport (SOB / LHSM)

**Hévíz–Balaton Airport** (IATA: SOB, ICAO: LHSM) is a medium airport in Sármellék, Zala County, Hungary. It opened in 1951. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, concrete. In 2023 it handled 4 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhsm

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SOB / LHSM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Sármellék, Zala County, Hungary
- Opened: 1951
- Elevation: 124 m / 408 ft
- Coordinates: 46.6864, 17.1591
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 4,085 (2023)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Budapest
- Website: http://www.hevizairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9v%C3%ADz%E2%80%93Balaton_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1187044
- Weather station: LHSM
- Ident: LHSM

## Timeline

- 1951: Hévíz–Balaton Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete | 165° / 345° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 18,831 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 25,015 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 28,588 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 15,748 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 17,663 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 13,229 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 11,466 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 9,123 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,751 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 3,428 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 12,453 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 4,085 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [DRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddc.md) Dresden Airport · Germany · 553 km / 344 mi · Sundair

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from SOB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- SR [Sundair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sundair) · 1 · seasonal charter

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4K (2023) | #2,970 of 3,974 | #604 in Europe | #5 in HU |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =390 in Europe | #3 in HU |
| Elevation | 124 m / 408 ft | =28,895 of 43,403 | =3,146 in Europe | #42 in HU |
| Age | Opened 1951 | =3,751 of 15,079 | =769 in Europe | #15 in HU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =9 in HU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 127.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 127.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [LHTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhta.md) Taszár Air Base · 67 km / 41 mi
- [PEV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhpp.md) Pécs-Pogány International Airport · 114 km / 71 mi
- [MBX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ljmb.md) Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport · 115 km / 71 mi
- [LHPR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhpr.md) Győr-Pér Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [ZAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldza.md) Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport · 134 km / 83 mi
- [GRZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lowg.md) Graz Airport · 135 km / 84 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Hévíz–Balaton Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hévíz–Balaton_Airport&oldid=1363102413), revision of 8 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhsm/data