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Brnik Airport Ljubljana Airport Letališče Brnik Aerodrom Ljubljana
IATA: LJU - ICAO: LJLJ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aerodrom Ljubljana, d.d.
Serves		Ljubljana, Slovenia
Elevation AMSL		1,273 ft (388 m)
Coordinates		46°13′25.27″N, 14°27′27.4″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
13/31	10,827	3,300	Asphalt

Brnik Airport (IATA: LJU, ICAO: LJLJ) (Slovenian: Letališče Brnik), also known as Ljubljana Airport (Slovenian: Aerodrom Ljubljana / Letališče Ljubljana), is the international airport of Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is located near the village of the same name approximately 26 km (16.1 mi) north of Ljubljana and 11 km (6.8 mi) south of Kranj at the road between Kranj and Mengeš. It has a 3,300 metre-long paved runway. The airport was opened on December 24, 1963.

Brnik is home to Adria Airways, the Slovenian flag carrier. There are currently two low cost carriers serving the airport: easyJet and Wizz Air. They connect Ljubljana to London Stansted and Brussels Charleroi. A number of other airlines also serve the airport.

On December 8, 2004, the airport received its first annual millionth passenger. Overall, the airport handled 1,334,355 passengers in 2006. It is by far the most used airport in Slovenia.

The airport is served by a highway exit off the A2 Ljubljana - Karavanke motorway and by bus service connecting it with Ljubljana and Kranj.

Contents 1 Airlines and Destinations 1.1 Passenger 1.2 Cargo 2 Traffic figures 3 Expansion plan 4 External links

• Adria Airways (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Birmingham, Brussels-Zaventem, Copenhagen, Dublin, Frankfurt, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kiev-Boryspil, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Munich, Ohrid, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Podgorica, Priština, Rome-Fiumicino, Sarajevo, Skopje, Tirana, Vienna, Warsaw, Zürich)
• Air France
  • operated by Régional (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
• Czech Airlines (Prague)
• EasyJet (London-Stansted)
• Finnair (Helsinki)
• Jat Airways (Belgrade)
• LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw)
• Malev Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
• Montenegro Airlines (Podgorica)
• Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)
• Wizzair (Brussels-Charleroi)

• Adria Airways Cargo (Belgrade-Nikola Tesla, Frankfurt, Liège, Sarajevo, Zagreb)
  • operated by Farnair (Bucharest)
  • operated by Scorpion Air (Sofia)
• DHL (Leipzig) [1]
• Solinair (Bergamo)
• UPS (Athens, Cologne)

\	Passengers	Cargo
2000	991,693	12,396
2001	894,130	12,403
2002	872,966	12,021
2003	928,397	12,080
2004	1,048,238	11,780
2005	1,218,896	11,560
2006	1,334,355	15,309
2007	1,448,8681	16,8291

¹Figures for 2007 are estimates.

Due to fast growing air traffic and Slovenia's entry into the European Union, which requires the separation of traffic into Schengen and non-Schengen, Brnik Airport has prepared a plan for the construction of a new passenger terminal. The new terminal will be built in two phases.

The first phase, which is already under construction, must be completed by the end of July 2007 to accommodate Slovenia's entry into the Schengen zone in October 2007. The existing terminal building (T1) will be extended and renovated completely. One floor will be added on top of the existing departure lounge, on which four jetbridges will be installed. This structure will later serve as a connecting walkway to the second terminal building (T2). After completion, the airport will gain 4,000 square meters of new surfaces, to ensure the separation of Schengen and non-Schengen traffic.

The second phase, which will go under construction in late 2008, includes the construction of a completely new airport terminal (T2). It will be built right next to the old one (T1), using the existing infrastructure as a connecting walkway. The new terminal building (T2) will expand over 38,000 square meters, where 40 check-in counters will be set up, including some automatic ones. Luggage will be thoroughly inspected and the installation of three luggage carousels is planned for luggage claim. There will be room in the terminal for airlines, travel agencies, restaurants and shops, and there are also plans for business lounges and additional services for passengers. The capacity of T2 will be 850 departing passengers per hour and 850 arriving passengers per hour. T2 will only be used for Schengen traffic, while non-Schengen traffic will still flow through the old terminal (T1). This will make some redundant space in T1 which will be transformed for commercial purposes. The construction is expected to be completed by 2010.

• Ljubljana Airport (official site)
• Expansion plan (visualization of the expansion plan)
• World Aero Data airport information for LJLJ
• Map from MultiMap
• Satellite image from TerraServer