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Piešťany Airport (ICAO: LZPP, IATA: PZY) is a minor international airport serving the spa town of Piešťany in the Trnava region of western Slovakia. It offers a single long, lit, hard-surfaced runway with an ILS approach, making it a straightforward and interesting VFR or IFR destination for simulator pilots exploring central Europe.
Piešťany Airport is a public airport operated by the Slovak Airports Association, serving the well-known spa town of Piešťany in western Slovakia. It is a minor international field best known today for seasonal charter operations, and it briefly gained wider public attention when it featured in a drag-race sequence filmed for a television motoring special in 2023. For simulator pilots, its single ILS-equipped runway and relatively quiet traffic environment make it an approachable field for practising instrument approaches or general VFR handling in the region.
The airport lies at Piešťany in the Trnava region of western Slovakia, at coordinates 48.625, 17.8286 and an elevation of 538 feet.
Piešťany has a single physical runway, 01/19, measuring 6,552 feet with a hard surface. The runway is lit, and an ILS approach is available for runway 01.
The tower frequency is 118.575 MHz. An ILS is available for runway 01, though no further navaid identifiers or additional approach aids are specified in available data.
Piešťany Airport is a public airport operated by the Slovak Airports Association. In more recent history, the airfield featured in the Grand Tour special "Eurocrash", released on 16 June 2023, which included a drag race staged on the runway.
The airport handles seasonal charter services, with Corendon Airlines operating charter flights to Antalya and Cyprus Airways operating seasonal charter flights to Larnaca.