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Václav Havel Airport Prague
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Václav Havel Airport Prague (Czech: Letiště Václava Havla Praha) Czech pronunciation: [ˈlɛcɪʃcɛ ˈvaːt͡slava ˈɦavla ˈpraɦa] (IATA: PRG, ICAO: LKPR), formerly Prague Ruzyně International Airport (Mezinárodní letiště Praha-Ruzyně, Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɛzɪnaːrodɲiː ˈlɛcɪʃcɛ ˈpraɦa ˈruzɪɲɛ]), is an international airport of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The airport was founded in 1937, when it replaced the Kbely Airport (founded in 1918) as the city's principal airport. It was reconstructed and extended in 1956, 1968, 1997, and 2006. In 2012, it was renamed after the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel. It is located at the edge of the Prague-Ruzyně area, next to Kněževes village, 12 km (7 mi) west of the centre of Prague[2] and 12 km (7 mi) southeast of the city of Kladno.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Ministry of Finance | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Letiště Praha, Ltd. | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Prague | ||||||||||||||
Location | Ruzyně | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 5 April 1937; 87 years ago (1937-04-05) | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | Czech Airlines | ||||||||||||||
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Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,234 ft / 376 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 50.1018°N 14.2632°E / 50.1018; 14.2632 | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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In 2018, it served around 17 million passengers.[3] It serves as a hub for Czech Airlines and Smartwings, and as an operating base for Ryanair and Eurowings.