Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport ( mk, Аеродром „Св. Апостол Павле“ Охрид, translit=Aerodrom „Sv. Apostol Pavle“ Ohrid, ), also known as Ohrid Airport ( mk, Аеродром Охрид, translit=Aerodrom Ohrid), is an international airport in

Ohrid Ohrid ( mk, Охрид ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the List of cities in North Macedonia, eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording ...

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

. The airport is located northwest from Ohrid. The main purpose of St. Paul the Apostle Airport is to serve as a second airport in North Macedonia and alternative to

Skopje International Airport Skopje International Airport ( mk, Меѓународен аеродром Скопје, translit=Megjunaroden aerodrom Skopje, ), also known as Skopje Airport ( mk, Аеродром Скопје, translit=Aerodrom Skopje), and Petrovec Airport ...

and cater to flights bringing in tourists destined for Ohrid.

History

The last

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reconstruction was performed in 2004, when a lighting system, a first category with simple approach lights, was installed. Other features enable

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and maneuvering with different types of aircraft. In 2008, the

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signed a contract with the Turkish company Tepe Akfen Ventures (TAV) for a twenty-year-long concession during which this company would manage Macedonia's two existing airports in Ohrid and Skopje. Ohrid airport saw its terminal building and VIP sections modernized.

Facilities

The airport can accommodate small to medium-sized aircraft. The

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can park up to 9 aircraft and the

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is equipped to handle up to 400,000 passengers annually. Among other amenities the terminal building encompasses an information desk, a restaurant, a

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, and a VIP lounge. There is no arrivals lounge. The local public await the passengers outside the building.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport:

Statistics

The number of passengers at the airport is shown in the next table:

Ground transportation

There are currently no buses linking the airport with Ohrid city centre. The normal taxi fare for the 9-km ride is 12 euros or 730 denars.

Incidents and accidents

* On 20 November 1993,

Avioimpex Flight 110 Avioimpex Flight 110 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Avioimpex that crashed on 20 November 1993 while flying from Geneva to Skopje. Before the disaster, Flight 110 had deviated from Skopje International Airport to Oh ...

, a Yak 42D crashed near the airport. The aircraft was on a flight from

Geneva , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...

, Switzerland to Skopje, but had been diverted to Ohrid due to poor weather conditions. All eight crew members and 116 passengers died as a result of the accident. 115 died at the scene, the final victim died from injuries in hospital eleven days later.

References

External links

Ohrid Airport Homepage
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