Brno-Turany Airport

Brno-Tuřany Airport (IATA: BRQ, ICAO: LKTB) is an airport near Brno, Czech Republic. 396,589 passengers passed through the Brno-Tuřany passenger terminal in 2010, a decrease of 10% on the previous year and even higher decrease compared to the airport's best year in history - 2008 when 506,174 passengers passed through it. The airport was built during the 1950s as a replacement for the old Brno airport located in Slatina (north east of Tuřany airport). During the 1980s, the airport was handed over for use by the Czechoslovak air force, and civil operations were reduced to a minimum. After the fall of communism in 1989, the airport returned to civil use, and was operated by the state-owned Czech Airport Authority. At present, the...