# České Budějovice South Bohemian Airport (JCL / LKCS)

**České Budějovice South Bohemian Airport** (IATA: JCL, ICAO: LKCS) is a large airport in České Budějovice, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. It opened in 2006. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Jihočeské letiště České Budějovice. In 2025 it handled 67 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JCL / LKCS
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Jihočeské letiště České Budějovice
- Serves: České Budějovice, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
- Opened: 2006
- Elevation: 432 m / 1,417 ft
- Coordinates: 48.9482, 14.4283
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 66,544 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Prague
- Website: https://www.airport-cb.cz/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9_Bud%C4%9Bjovice_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322727
- Weather station: LKCS
- Ident: LKCS

## Timeline

- 2006: České Budějovice South Bohemian Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 80 m / 262 ft | Concrete | 090° / 270° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2024 | 12,314 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 66,544 | Eurostat |

## Routes

5 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal charter (5)

- [BOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbbg.md) Burgas Airport · Bulgaria · 1,236 km / 768 mi · BH Air, Sundair
- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 1,396 km / 867 mi · Smartwings
- [MIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dtmb.md) Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport · Tunisia · 1,497 km / 930 mi · Smartwings
- [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · Greece · 1,781 km / 1,107 mi · Smartwings
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,882 km / 1,169 mi · Smartwings

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 4 · seasonal charter
- 8H [BH Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bh-air) · 1 · seasonal charter
- 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 | 67K (2025) | #1,968 of 3,974 | #421 in Europe | #5 in CZ |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =390 in Europe | #7 in CZ |
| Elevation | 432 m / 1,417 ft | =12,726 of 43,403 | =922 in Europe | #69 in CZ |
| Age | Opened 2006 | =12,210 of 15,079 | =1,347 in Europe | #21 in CZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =41 in CZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 129.250 |
| RADIO |  | 135.930 |

## Nearby airports

- [LNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lowl.md) Linz-Hörsching Airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [LKLN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkln.md) Plzeň-Líně Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [LKNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkna.md) Náměšť Air Base · 126 km / 78 mi
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · 129 km / 80 mi
- [LKCV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkcv.md) Čáslav Air Base · 130 km / 81 mi
- [LKKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkkb.md) Prague–Kbely Air Base · 131 km / 81 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [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: “České Budějovice Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=České_Budějovice_Airport&oldid=1362725214), revision of 5 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/lkcs/data