# M. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS / LZIB)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BTS / LZIB
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Letisko M.R.Štefánika - Airport Bratislava, a.s. (BTS)
- Serves: Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
- Opened: 1951
- Elevation: 133 m / 436 ft
- Coordinates: 48.1702, 17.2127
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,190 m / 10,466 ft
- Passengers: 2,433,696 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Bratislava
- Website: https://www.bts.aero/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratislava_Airport (38 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q828379
- Weather station: LZIB · WMO 11816
- Ident: LZIB

## Timeline

- 1951: M. R. Štefánik Airport opens.
- 28 Jul 1976: ČSA Flight 001. 76 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 3,190 m / 10,466 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 134° / 314° | yes |
| 04/22 | 2,900 m / 9,515 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete | 044° / 224° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,335,943 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 1,555,558 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 1,745,967 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 1,928,846 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 2,273,358 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 2,284,735 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 404,068 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 475,977 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 1,403,032 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 1,811,002 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 1,943,826 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 2,433,696 | Eurostat |

## Routes

76 destinations in 38 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (50)

- [KSC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzkz.md) Košice International Airport · Slovakia · 302 km / 188 mi · Wizz Air
- [TZL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lqtz.md) Tuzla International Airport · Bosnia & Herzegovina · 429 km / 267 mi · Wizz Air
- [SJJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lqsa.md) Sarajevo International Airport · Bosnia & Herzegovina · 491 km / 305 mi · Wizz Air
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 518 km / 322 mi · Wizz Air
- [WMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epmo.md) Warsaw Modlin Airport · Poland · 535 km / 332 mi · Ryanair
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 535 km / 332 mi · Wizz Air
- [TGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lypg.md) Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase · Montenegro · 665 km / 413 mi · Wizz Air
- [PRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bkpr.md) Priština Adem Jashari International Airport · Kosovo · 690 km / 429 mi · Wizz Air
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 703 km / 437 mi · Ryanair
- [BSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsb.md) EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · France · 725 km / 450 mi · Wizz Air
- [PSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirp.md) Pisa International Airport · Italy · 725 km / 450 mi · Ryanair
- [SKP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lwsk.md) Skopje International Airport · North Macedonia · 772 km / 480 mi · Wizz Air
- [TIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lati.md) Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa · Albania · 777 km / 483 mi · Ryanair, Wizz Air
- [DTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlw.md) Dortmund Airport · Germany · 782 km / 486 mi · Wizz Air
- [BRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libd.md) Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · Italy · 783 km / 487 mi · Ryanair
- [CIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lira.md) Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport · Italy · 796 km / 495 mi · Ryanair
- [TRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limf.md) Turin Airport · Italy · 800 km / 497 mi · Ryanair
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 808 km / 502 mi · Wizz Air
- [NAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirn.md) Naples International Airport · Italy · 842 km / 523 mi · Ryanair, Wizz Air
- [RMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lukk.md) Chişinău International Airport · Moldova · 889 km / 552 mi · Wizz Air
- [PDV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbpd.md) Plovdiv International Airport · Bulgaria · 904 km / 562 mi · Wizz Air
- [EIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eheh.md) Eindhoven Airport · Netherlands · 923 km / 574 mi · Ryanair
- [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 958 km / 595 mi · Ryanair
- [SKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgts.md) Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport · Greece · 965 km / 600 mi · Ryanair
- [VAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbwn.md) Varna Airport · Bulgaria · 989 km / 615 mi · Wizz Air
- [SUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lica.md) Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport · Italy · 1,033 km / 642 mi · Ryanair
- [PMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licj.md) Falcone–Borsellino Airport · Italy · 1,160 km / 721 mi · Ryanair, Wizz Air
- [TPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lict.md) Vincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-Birgi · Italy · 1,203 km / 748 mi · Ryanair
- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 1,261 km / 784 mi · Ryanair, Wizz Air
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,278 km / 794 mi · Ryanair
- [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 1,318 km / 819 mi · Wizz Air
- [MLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lmml.md) Malta International Airport · Malta · 1,388 km / 862 mi · Ryanair
- [OSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/engm.md) Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · Norway · 1,393 km / 866 mi · Wizz Air
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 1,415 km / 879 mi · Ryanair, Wizz Air
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 1,481 km / 920 mi · Ryanair
- [DLM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbs.md) Dalaman International Airport · Türkiye · 1,586 km / 985 mi · Ryanair
- [EDI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egph.md) Edinburgh Airport · United Kingdom · 1,642 km / 1,020 mi · Ryanair
- [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 1,741 km / 1,082 mi · Ryanair
- [ALC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leal.md) Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · Spain · 1,804 km / 1,121 mi · Ryanair, Wizz Air
- [PFO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lcph.md) Paphos International Airport · Cyprus · 1,957 km / 1,216 mi · Ryanair
- [LCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lclk.md) Larnaca International Airport · Cyprus · 2,005 km / 1,246 mi · Wizz Air
- [KUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugko.md) David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport · Georgia · 2,079 km / 1,292 mi · Wizz Air
- [AGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemg.md) Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · Spain · 2,180 km / 1,355 mi · Ryanair, Wizz Air
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 2,329 km / 1,447 mi · Wizz Air
- [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · Israel · 2,331 km / 1,448 mi · Wizz Air
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 2,725 km / 1,693 mi · Wizz Air
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 2,740 km / 1,703 mi · Air Cairo, Wizz Air
- [AGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmad.md) Al Massira Airport · Morocco · 3,005 km / 1,867 mi · Wizz Air
- [ACE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gcrr.md) César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport · Spain · 3,389 km / 2,106 mi · Ryanair
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 4,182 km / 2,599 mi · Smartwings

### Seasonal (18)

- [ZAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldzd.md) Zadar Airport · Croatia · 475 km / 295 mi · Ryanair
- [TGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lypg.md) Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase · Montenegro · 665 km / 413 mi · Air Montenegro
- [GDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epgd.md) Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · Poland · 696 km / 432 mi · Ryanair
- [OHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lwoh.md) Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport · North Macedonia · 826 km / 513 mi · Wizz Air
- [NCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfmn.md) Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · France · 921 km / 572 mi · Wizz Air
- [CFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgkr.md) Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport · Greece · 977 km / 607 mi · Ryanair, Smartwings
- [BOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbbg.md) Burgas Airport · Bulgaria · 1,016 km / 631 mi · Ryanair, Smartwings
- [SUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lica.md) Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport · Italy · 1,033 km / 642 mi · Wizz Air
- [AHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liea.md) Alghero-Fertilia Airport · Italy · 1,096 km / 681 mi · Ryanair
- [JSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgsk.md) Skiathos Island National Airport · Greece · 1,120 km / 696 mi · Ryanair
- [ZTH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgza.md) Zakynthos International Airport Dionysios Solomos · Greece · 1,196 km / 743 mi · Smartwings
- [JMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgmk.md) Mykonos Island National Airport · Greece · 1,364 km / 848 mi · Wizz Air
- [LBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnm.md) Leeds Bradford Airport · United Kingdom · 1,458 km / 906 mi · Ryanair
- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 1,501 km / 933 mi · Ryanair, Smartwings
- [HER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgir.md) Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · Greece · 1,570 km / 976 mi · Smartwings
- [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · Greece · 1,581 km / 982 mi · Smartwings
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,671 km / 1,038 mi · SunExpress
- [LCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lclk.md) Larnaca International Airport · Cyprus · 2,005 km / 1,246 mi · Smartwings

### Seasonal charter (12)

- [MIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dtmb.md) Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport · Tunisia · 1,479 km / 919 mi · Smartwings
- [IBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leib.md) Ibiza Airport · Spain · 1,638 km / 1,018 mi · Smartwings
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,671 km / 1,038 mi · Smartwings
- [DBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heal.md) El Alamein International Airport · Egypt · 2,141 km / 1,330 mi · Air Cairo, Smartwings
- [CCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hecp.md) Capital International Airport · Egypt · 2,367 km / 1,471 mi · Smartwings
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 3,782 km / 2,350 mi · Smartwings
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 3,929 km / 2,441 mi · Smartwings
- [BVC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvba.md) Aristides Pereira International Airport · Cape Verde · 5,093 km / 3,165 mi · Smartwings
- [LRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdlr.md) Casa De Campo International Airport · Dominican Republic · 8,209 km / 5,101 mi · TUI Airways
- [MRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fimp.md) Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport · Mauritius · 8,625 km / 5,359 mi · Neos
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 8,678 km / 5,392 mi · Neos
- [PQC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvpq.md) Phú Quốc International Airport · Vietnam · 8,929 km / 5,548 mi · TUI Airways

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (4)

- UB [Air Cargo Global](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cargo-global)
- 6G [Go2Sky](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/go2sky)
- SSG [Slovak Government Flying Service](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/slovak-government-flying-service)
- 6D [Smartwings Slovakia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings-slovakia)

### Passenger (8)

- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 34
- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 34
- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 16
- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 2
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 2 · seasonal charter
- BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 2 · seasonal charter
- ZQ [Air Montenegro](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-montenegro) · 1 · seasonal
- XQ [SunExpress](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunexpress) · 1 · seasonal

Former hub of [Danube Wings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/danube-wings), [Opera Jet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/opera-jet), [Samair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/samair), [Seagle Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/seagle-air), [Slovak Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/slovak-airlines), [Tatra Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tatra-air).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.4M (2025) | #523 of 3,974 | #139 in Europe | #1 in SK |
| Longest runway | 3,190 m / 10,466 ft | #889 of 29,858 | #123 in Europe | #1 in SK |
| Elevation | 133 m / 436 ft | =28,326 of 43,403 | =3,009 in Europe | #58 in SK |
| Age | Opened 1951 | =3,751 of 15,079 | =769 in Europe | #3 in SK |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =2 in SK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.900 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.650 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [LZMC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzmc.md) Malacky/Kuchyňa Air Base · 27 km / 17 mi
- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [PZY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzpp.md) Piešťany Airport · 68 km / 42 mi
- [LHPR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhpr.md) Győr-Pér Airport · 75 km / 46 mi
- [LOAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loan.md) Wiener Neustadt East Airport · 80 km / 49 mi
- [LOXN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loxn.md) Wiener Neustadt West Airport · 83 km / 51 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: “Bratislava Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bratislava_Airport&oldid=1375197594), revision of 16 Sep 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/lzib/data