BTS
M. R. Štefánik Airport
M. R. Štefánik Airport (IATA: BTS, ICAO: LZIB) is a large airport in Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia. It opened in 1951. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,190 m (10,466 ft). It is operated by Letisko M.R.Štefánika - Airport Bratislava, a.s. (BTS). In 2025 it handled 2.4 million passengers.
Timeline
2 events · 1951–19761951
OpenedM. R. Štefánik Airport opens.
28 JUL 1976
DisasterČSA Flight 001.76 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap13/31134° / 314° · LIT
LENGTH3,190 m10,466 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete
04/22044° / 224° · LIT
LENGTH2,900 m9,515 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete
Passengers per year
2014–20251.3M
1.6M
1.7M
1.9M
2.3M
2.3M
404K
476K
1.4M
1.8M
1.9M
2.4M
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Routes
76 destinations · 38 countriesYear-round50
KSCKošice International AirportSlovakia · Wizz Air302 km188 miTZLTuzla International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · Wizz Air429 km267 miSJJSarajevo International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · Wizz Air491 km305 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Wizz Air518 km322 miWMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Ryanair535 km332 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Wizz Air535 km332 miTGDPodgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci AirbaseMontenegro · Wizz Air665 km413 miPRNPriština Adem Jashari International AirportKosovo · Wizz Air690 km429 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Ryanair703 km437 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Wizz Air725 km450 miPSAPisa International AirportItaly · Ryanair725 km450 miSKPSkopje International AirportNorth Macedonia · Wizz Air772 km480 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Ryanair, Wizz Air777 km483 miDTMDortmund AirportGermany · Wizz Air782 km486 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair783 km487 miCIACiampino–G. B. Pastine International AirportItaly · Ryanair796 km495 miTRNTurin AirportItaly · Ryanair800 km497 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Wizz Air808 km502 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air842 km523 miRMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · Wizz Air889 km552 miPDVPlovdiv International AirportBulgaria · Wizz Air904 km562 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Ryanair923 km574 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair958 km595 miSKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Ryanair965 km600 miVARVarna AirportBulgaria · Wizz Air989 km615 miSUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,033 km642 miPMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,160 km721 miTPSVincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-BirgiItaly · Ryanair1,203 km748 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,261 km784 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,278 km794 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air1,318 km819 miMLAMalta International AirportMalta · Ryanair1,388 km862 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Wizz Air1,393 km866 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,415 km879 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,481 km920 miDLMDalaman International AirportTürkiye · Ryanair1,586 km985 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,642 km1,020 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair1,741 km1,082 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,804 km1,121 miPFOPaphos International AirportCyprus · Ryanair1,957 km1,216 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Wizz Air2,005 km1,246 miKUTDavid the Builder Kutaisi International AirportGeorgia · Wizz Air2,079 km1,292 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air2,181 km1,355 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · Wizz Air2,329 km1,447 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Wizz Air2,331 km1,448 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Wizz Air2,725 km1,693 miHRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, Wizz Air2,740 km1,703 miAGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · Wizz Air3,005 km1,867 miACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Ryanair3,389 km2,106 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Smartwings4,182 km2,599 miSeasonal18
ZADZadar AirportCroatia · Ryanair475 km295 miTGDPodgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci AirbaseMontenegro · Air Montenegro665 km413 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Ryanair696 km432 miOHDOhrid St. Paul the Apostle AirportNorth Macedonia · Wizz Air826 km513 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Wizz Air921 km572 miCFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · Ryanair, Smartwings977 km607 miBOJBurgas AirportBulgaria · Ryanair, Smartwings1,016 km631 miSUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,033 km642 miAHOAlghero-Fertilia AirportItaly · Ryanair1,096 km681 miJSISkiathos Island National AirportGreece · Ryanair1,120 km696 miZTHZakynthos International Airport Dionysios SolomosGreece · Smartwings1,196 km743 miJMKMykonos Island National AirportGreece · Wizz Air1,364 km848 miLBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,458 km906 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Ryanair, Smartwings1,501 km933 miHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Smartwings1,570 km976 miRHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Smartwings1,581 km982 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress1,671 km1,038 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Smartwings2,005 km1,246 miSeasonal charter12
MIRMonastir Habib Bourguiba International AirportTunisia · Smartwings1,479 km919 miIBZIbiza AirportSpain · Smartwings1,638 km1,018 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Smartwings1,671 km1,038 miDBBEl Alamein International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, Smartwings2,141 km1,330 miCCECapital International AirportEgypt · Smartwings2,367 km1,471 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Smartwings3,782 km2,350 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Smartwings3,929 km2,441 miBVCAristides Pereira International AirportCape Verde · Smartwings5,093 km3,165 miLRMCasa De Campo International AirportDominican Republic · TUI Airways8,209 km5,101 miMRUSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International AirportMauritius · Neos8,625 km5,359 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · Neos8,678 km5,392 miPQCPhú Quốc International AirportVietnam · TUI Airways8,929 km5,548 miMost destinationsWizz Air 34Ryanair 34Smartwings 16Air Cairo 2TUI Airways 2Neos 2
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BTS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Bratislava Airport” (revision of 16 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
3 channelsAPPAPP120.900
ATISATIS128.650
TWRTWR118.300