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Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport Budapest Liszt Ferenc Nemzetközi Repülőtér | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Budapest Airport Ltd.[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Budapest metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 16 km (9.9 mi) south-east of center of Budapest | ||||||||||||||
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| Operating base for | Ryanair | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 151 m / 495 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°26′22″N 019°15′43″E / 47.43944°N 19.26194°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport[5] (Hungarian: Budapest Liszt Ferenc Nemzetközi Repülőtér, pronounced [ˈbudɒpɛʃt ˈlist ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈnɛmzɛtkøzi ˈrɛpyløːteːr]) (IATA: BUD, ICAO: LHBP), formerly known as Budapest Ferihegy International Airport and commonly denoted as Ferihegy (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛrihɛɟ]), is the international airport serving the Hungarian capital city of Budapest. It is the largest of the country's four commercial airports, ahead of Debrecen and Hévíz–Balaton. The airport is located 16 kilometres (8+1⁄2 nautical miles) southeast of the center of Budapest (bordering Pest county) and was renamed in 2011 after Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc) on the occasion of his 200th birthday.[6] The facility covers 1,515 hectares (3,744 acres) and has two runways.[7]
It offers international connections primarily within Europe, but also to Africa, to the Middle East, and to the Far East. In 2019, the airport handled 16.2 million passengers. The airport is the headquarters and primary hub for Wizz Air and base for Ryanair.[8] In 2012 it experienced a significant drop in aircraft movements and handled cargo, primarily due to the collapse of Malév Hungarian Airlines earlier in the year, hence lost a large portion of connecting passengers. It had been the hub for Malév until the airline's bankruptcy on 3 February 2012.[9][10]
- ^ "Owners of Budapest Airport Zrt.(Ltd.)". bud (Budapest Airport). 8 December 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015.
- ^ "Kiderült, melyik városokba utaztak a legtöbben tavaly a ferihegyi reptérről". 20 January 2024.
- ^ "ACI EUROPE Airport Traffic Report. December, Q4 and Full Year 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Hungary AIP (final, November 12, 2015)". Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Cargo City construction at Budapest Airport". bud (Budapest Airport). Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ "History". bud (Budapest Airport). Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Budapest Airport Facts". www.bud.hu. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "PORTFOLIO.HU – Online Financial Journal". Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Press release of Malév Zrt". bud (Budapest Airport). Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ Dunai, Marton and Gergely Szakacs. "Rivals swoop in as Hungary's Malev stops flying Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine." Reuters. Friday 3 February 2012.