BTS · Bratislava, Slovakia
M. R. Štefánik Airport.
--:--:-- · CEST (UTC+02:00) · 48.1702° N, 17.2127° E
Bratislava Airport
Main international airport in Slovakia
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for BTS
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 4617; ident LZIB; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
bts.aero
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Bratislava Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
BTS / LZIB
OurAirports ident
LZIB
GPS / local code
LZIB
ISO region
SK-BL
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
large scheduled-service airport
Official host
bts.aero
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q828379
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 9:23 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--CEST · UTC+02:00
Time zone
CEST
Europe/Bratislava · UTC+02:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
8.2 km
Approximate distance to central Bratislava.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Bratislava
Languages
Slovak
Currency
EUR (€)
Country area
49,037 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
10,466 ft / 3,190 m
Runway surface
concrete (2)
Opened / operator
1951 · Letisko M.R.Štefánika - Airport Bratislava, a.s. (BTS)
Owner / entity
Q828379
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
large scheduled-service airport
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
M. R. Štefánik Airport is a large scheduled-service airport for Bratislava, Slovakia. Bratislava's built-up core sits roughly 8.2 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Europe/Bratislava (UTC+02:00, CEST). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 5 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
M. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS / LZIB) is at 48.1702° N, 17.2127° E, elevation 436 ft (133 m), serving Bratislava, Slovakia.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Bratislava is in Slovakia (capital Bratislava); on Europe/Bratislava (CEST, UTC+02:00); working languages: Slovak; currency: EUR (€).
Distance from central Bratislava: 8 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for BTS.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
M. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS / LZIB)
Bratislava Airport · Main international airport in Slovakia
Source identifiers
LZIB · LZIB · SK-BL
bts.aero · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
Štefánik Airport — also called Bratislava Airport — is the main international airport of Slovakia.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for BTS; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Location cue
It is located approximately nine kilometres northeast of the city center of Bratislava, spanning over the area of three municipalities.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Vrakuňa
vrakuna · 3.6 km from BTS
Slovakia · Europe/Bratislava · +0h · population 20,711 · city coordinates 48.1383, 17.2087
2. Podunajské Biskupice
podunajske-biskupice · 4.2 km from BTS
Slovakia · Europe/Bratislava · +0h · population 23,464 · city coordinates 48.1325, 17.2096
3. Petržalka
petrzalka · 8.1 km from BTS
Slovakia · Europe/Bratislava · +0h · population 112,380 · city coordinates 48.1233, 17.1287
4. Bratislava
bratislava · 8.2 km from BTS
Slovakia · Europe/Bratislava · +0h · population 423,737 · city coordinates 48.1482, 17.1067
5. Staré Mesto
stare-mesto · 9.4 km from BTS
Slovakia · Europe/Bratislava · +0h · population 46,080 · city coordinates 48.1504, 17.0900
6. Karlova Ves
karlova-ves · 12 km from BTS
Slovakia · Europe/Bratislava · +0h · population 35,644 · city coordinates 48.1534, 17.0552
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. VIE LOWW
Vienna International Airport · Vienna
48 km from BTS · Europe/Vienna · +0h · elevation 600 ft (183 m) · airport coordinates 48.1103, 16.5697
2. BUD LHBP
Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Budapest
174 km from BTS · Europe/Budapest · +0h · elevation 495 ft (151 m) · airport coordinates 47.4302, 19.2624
3. PED LKPD
Pardubice Airport · Pardubice
231 km from BTS · Europe/Prague · +0h · elevation 741 ft (226 m) · airport coordinates 50.0150, 15.7398
4. KRK EPKK
Kraków John Paul II International Airport · Balice
283 km from BTS · Europe/Warsaw · +0h · elevation 791 ft (241 m) · airport coordinates 50.0777, 19.7848
5. ZAG LDZA
Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport · Velika Gorica
284 km from BTS · Europe/Zagreb · +0h · elevation 353 ft (108 m) · airport coordinates 45.7429, 16.0688
Route-time reference set
1. BTS-VIE
Vienna · 48 km · 54m
Europe/Vienna · +0h from BTS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. BTS-BUD
Budapest · 174 km · 1h 3m
Europe/Budapest · +0h from BTS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. BTS-PED
Pardubice · 231 km · 1h 8m
Europe/Prague · +0h from BTS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
4. BTS-KRK
Balice · 283 km · 1h 11m
Europe/Warsaw · +0h from BTS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
5. BTS-ZAG
Velika Gorica · 284 km · 1h 12m
Europe/Zagreb · +0h from BTS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 10,466 ft / 3,190 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
concrete (2)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for BTS.
Runway identifiers
04/22 · 13/31
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Country and authority
BTS sits in Slovakia (Slovak Republic), whose capital is Bratislava. No specific civil-aviation authority label is attached in the current map, so this page avoids inventing one. Country context: Europe, Central Europe.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: Slovak. Currency context: EUR (€). BTS is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Main international airport in Slovakia. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: Štefánik Airport — also called Bratislava Airport — is the main international airport of Slovakia. Location cue: It is located approximately nine kilometres northeast of the city center of Bratislava, spanning over the area of three municipalities.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q828379 · M. R. Štefánik Airport. Administrative area: Bratislava · Bratislava Region. Named after: Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Field and clock profile
M. R. Štefánik Airport is a low-elevation field at 436 ft (133 m), positioned at 48.1702° N, 17.2127° E in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 10,466 ft / 3,190 m. The airport clock uses Europe/Bratislava (CEST, UTC+02:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Vrakuňa is the closest retained city-time anchor at 3.6 km. VIE Vienna is the closest retained airport alternative at 48 km.
Country airport peers
BTS has no same-country peer airports retained in the current airport set, so the useful comparison points are its code, coordinates, timezone, and route references.
Route geometry
BTS-VIE Vienna: 48 km, about 54m, +0h. BTS-BUD Budapest: 174 km, about 1h 3m, +0h. BTS-PED Pardubice: 231 km, about 1h 8m, +0h. BTS-KRK Balice: 283 km, about 1h 11m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident LZIB backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. bts.aero is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 10,466 ft / 3,190 m
Runway identifiers
04/22, 13/31
OurAirports classifies BTS as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
BTS (LZIB) is a low-elevation field at 436 ft (133 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
BTS sits in a broader regional network with 5 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
BTS's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 10,466 ft / 3,190 m and source surfaces recorded as concrete (2).
Letisko M.R.Štefánika - Airport Bratislava, a.s. (BTS) is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for BTS.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at bts.aero, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for BTS
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
BTS uses Europe/Bratislava (CEST, UTC+02:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
M. R. Štefánik Airport is about 8.2 km from central Bratislava; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
VIE Vienna is the closest retained alternate at 48 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
bts.aero is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place BTS inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
BTS ranks #1 in the curated Slovakia airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 1 airport.
Same-zone airport cohort
BTS has no other retained airport in the same IANA zone cohort, making Europe/Bratislava a more distinctive signal for this page.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
BTS is 436 ft (133 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include ELS 435 ft (133 m) (1 ft delta) · RDU 435 ft (133 m) (1 ft delta) · MEL 434 ft (132 m) (2 ft delta) · SEA 433 ft (132 m) (3 ft delta) · CIA 427 ft (130 m) (9 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
BTS's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are VIE 48 km +0h · BUD 174 km +0h · PED 231 km +0h · KRK 283 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna | VIE | 48 km | 54m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Budapest | BUD | 174 km | 1h 3m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Pardubice | PED | 231 km | 1h 8m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Balice | KRK | 283 km | 1h 11m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Velika Gorica | ZAG | 284 km | 1h 12m | +0h | --:--:-- |
BTS to VIE
Vienna
Distance 48 km; estimated travel window 54m; destination zone Europe/Vienna is +0h from BTS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
BTS to BUD
Budapest
Distance 174 km; estimated travel window 1h 3m; destination zone Europe/Budapest is +0h from BTS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
BTS to PED
Pardubice
Distance 231 km; estimated travel window 1h 8m; destination zone Europe/Prague is +0h from BTS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central Bratislava is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Bratislava is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
M. R. Štefánik Airport has 5 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from BTS, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Vrakuňa
vrakuna · 3.6 km · Europe/Bratislava
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Podunajské Biskupice
podunajske-biskupice · 4.2 km · Europe/Bratislava
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Petržalka
petrzalka · 8.1 km · Europe/Bratislava
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bratislava
bratislava · 8.2 km · Europe/Bratislava
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Staré Mesto
stare-mesto · 9.4 km · Europe/Bratislava
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Karlova Ves
karlova-ves · 12 km · Europe/Bratislava
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Dlhé diely
dlhe-diely · 12 km · Europe/Bratislava
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Dúbravka
dubravka · 13 km · Europe/Bratislava
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Pezinok
pezinok · 14 km · Europe/Bratislava
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Senec
senec · 15 km · Europe/Bratislava
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Devínska Nová Ves
devinska-nova-ves · 18 km · Europe/Bratislava
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Malacky
malacky · 33 km · Europe/Bratislava
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
M. R. Štefánik Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Vienna (VIE), Budapest (BUD), Pardubice (PED). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 10,466 ft / 3,190 m; identifiers 04/22, 13/31.
- Runway surfaces: concrete (2); 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: Letisko M.R.Štefánika - Airport Bratislava, a.s. (BTS).
- Opened / inaugurated: 1951.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from BTS. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Vienna International AirportVIE
Vienna · large airport
- Distance
- 48 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 600 ft (183 m)
Compare against VIE when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Budapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportBUD
Budapest · large airport
- Distance
- 174 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 495 ft (151 m)
Compare against BUD when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Pardubice AirportPED
Pardubice · large airport
- Distance
- 231 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 741 ft (226 m)
Compare against PED when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Kraków John Paul II International AirportKRK
Balice · large airport
- Distance
- 283 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 791 ft (241 m)
Compare against KRK when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International AirportZAG
Velika Gorica · large airport
- Distance
- 284 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 353 ft (108 m)
Compare against ZAG when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is M. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS) in?▾
M. R. Štefánik Airport is in the Europe/Bratislava timezone (UTC+02:00, CEST).
What are the codes for M. R. Štefánik Airport?▾
M. R. Štefánik Airport uses IATA code BTS and ICAO code LZIB.
Where is M. R. Štefánik Airport located?▾
M. R. Štefánik Airport is located in Bratislava, Slovakia at coordinates 48.1702° N, 17.2127° E, with an elevation of 436 ft (133 m) (low-elevation field in the mid-latitudes).
How far is M. R. Štefánik Airport from central Bratislava?▾
M. R. Štefánik Airport sits roughly 8.2 km from the nearest mapped city center for Bratislava.
Which route reference is most useful from BTS?▾
Vienna (VIE) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 54m, destination timezone Europe/Vienna, and a +0h difference from BTS.
How many runways does M. R. Štefánik Airport have?▾
M. R. Štefánik Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 10,466 ft / 3,190 m; identifiers include 04/22, 13/31.