Ohrid Airport

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Ohrid Airport Аеродром Охрид Aerodrom Ohrid
IATA: OHD - ICAO: LWOH
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		JPAU Makedonija
Elevation AMSL		2,313 ft (705 m)
Coordinates		41°10′48″N, 020°44′32″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
02/20	8,366	2,550	Asphalt

Ohrid Airport (IATA: OHD, ICAO: LWOH) (Аеродром Охрид or Aerodrom Ohrid) is an airport in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia. The airport is located 9 km (6 mi) from Ohrid, along the Struga-Kičevo-Skopje motorway.

1 Airlines and Destinations
2 Facilities and Services
3 Contact Information
4 Accident History
5 2007 Name Change
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Airlines and Destinations

Helvetic Airways (Zürich)
Jat Airways (Belgrade, Skopje) [Starts May 17, 2007]
MAT Macedonian Airlines (Vienna, Zürich)

[edit] Facilities and Services

Catering for airlines duty free shops (on ARR and DEP), protocol processing, CIP (Business), telephone and Fax, telephone cards, customs and immigration control, information desk, police security (24 hours), airport security (24 hours), souvenir shop, exchange office, restaurant at the AD (100 meals per hour), taxi and car parking facilities (70 cars + 3 buses), cargo handling facilities (cargo storage 340 m² or 407 sq yd) and a passenger capacity of 300 people per hour.

[edit] Contact Information

Phone: + 389 46 252830 Fax: + 389 46 252840 email:ops@airports.com.mk

[edit] Accident History

On 20 November 1993 an Avioimpex Yak 42D crashed near the airport. The aircraft was on a flight from Geneva, Switzerland to Skopje, Macedonia but had been diverted to Ohrid due to poor weather conditions at the Skopje airport. On landing the aircraft crashed into Mount Trojani near Ohrid. All eight crew members and 115 of the 116 passengers were killed.