- IATA
- PRG
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- LKPR
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1937
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 17.8M
- in 2025
History & name
Václav Havel Airport Prague opened in 1937, and its names link it to Prague, Ruzyně and Václav Havel (1936–2011), the Czech statesman, playwright and former dissident who was the last president of Czechoslovakia. Operated by Letiště Praha, it lies 12 km from Prague and handled 17.8 million passengers in 2025.
Named afterVáclav Havel — Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Serves
- Prague, Czech Republic
- City centre
- 12 km from Prague
- Opened
- 1937
- Operator
- Letiště Praha
- Passengers
- 17.8 million in 2025
- Runways
- 2 runways, longest 3,715 m
- Elevation
- 1,247 ft (380 m)
- Website
- prg.aero ↗
Where it sits
50.1°N, 14.3°E puts PRG in the northern hemisphere, 5,571 km from the equator and 4,437 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 68th most northerly, which makes it the 594th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 50.1°S, 165.7°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Wellington (WLG) in New Zealand, still 1,790 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Leipzig/Halle (LEJ), 205 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from PRG
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | LHR | 1,044 km | 1h 48m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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