How many airports does Czechia have in this index?

This index retains 3 airport records for Czechia (3 large and 0 medium). It is a curated reference set with usable IATA/ICAO codes and coordinates, not a complete national aviation registry.

What is the busiest airport in Czechia?

Based on the curated airport-facts file, the busiest retained record for Czechia is Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) in Karlovy Vary at 104,469 passengers (2013). Other airports in the country may carry more traffic; this reflects only retained records with quoted passenger figures.

Which timezone is Czechia in?

All retained airport records in Czechia resolve to Europe/Prague. The zone observes a seasonal DST shift, so local-clock math around transition weekends needs care.

Are these airports served by scheduled airlines?

3 of 3 retained records in Czechia carry the OurAirports "scheduled service" flag. That flag is a structural tag from the OurAirports dataset, not a real-time schedule check.

How does Czechia compare with regional peers for airport count?

Among same-continent peers with similar retained-record counts, Czechia has 3 records vs. Belgium (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina (3), Ukraine (3). The comparison covers only retained records on this site, not full national aviation inventories.

Country airport index

Airports in Czechia.

3 airportsPrimary zone: Europe/Prague

This page lists 3 retained airport records in our curated Czechia airport catalog with IATA and ICAO codes, city names, and local timezone information. Airport records come from OurAirports and timezone rules come from the IANA database. Click any airport for coordinates, elevation, the current local time, and nearby airports.

Holidays in Czechia Timezones in Czechia

Airport index methodology

How we calculate this: Airports are grouped by country code, then sorted with large airports first and named airports alphabetically inside each type. Local time uses each airport’s stored IANA timezone identifier. Passenger figures, hub-airline tags, and operational facts come from the per-airport curation file when available; absent figures are left blank rather than estimated.
Data sources: OurAirports for IATA/ICAO, coordinates, elevation, and airport type; IANA Time Zone Database for local-time rules; airport-shaped Wikipedia summaries for the curated facts file (passengers, runways, terminals, hub airlines, operator, year opened); hand-curated country dossier sources (FAA, CAAC, DGCA, Rosaviatsiya, IATA, national civil-aviation authorities) for the editorial dossier block where present; curated country records for country names and locale-safe slugs.
Update cadence: Airport country pages revalidate weekly. The OurAirports source CSV was last fetched 2026-04-25; the airport-facts snapshot was last generated 2026-05-21. This page currently represents 3 large airports rather than a complete national aviation registry.

Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. This airport index is reviewed as a curated reference surface. It does not claim complete aviation coverage for Czechia; it lists 3 retained airport records (3 large airports) across Europe/Prague.

Coverage note. This is an airport-reference index for timezone and travel planning. It focuses on retained large and medium airport records with usable codes and coordinates, not every runway, heliport, closed facility, or local landing strip. Airport service levels, terminal operations, route availability, and codes can change; verify with the airport, airline, NOTAM, or official aviation source before travel.

Country airport evidence

Why this Czechia airport page is retained

12/12 signals

This page is classified as a compact gateway set. The evidence score comes from static source coverage: codes, airport facts, official domains, city-clock handoffs, IANA zones, operational facts, and country dossiers where present.

Retained scope

compact gateway set

Czechia has 3 retained large/medium airport records (3 large, 0 medium) across 1 IANA zone.

Code and entity coverage

3 IATA, 3 ICAO

3 retained records have airport-facts rows; 3 cite official airport domains and 3 carry Wikidata entity links.

Traffic and operation facts

1 passenger rows

1 records quote passenger-volume facts; 4 runway counts are aggregated where quoted; 3 records carry scheduled-service flags.

Timezone pattern

single airport-timezone cluster

The retained airport set resolves to one dominant local-clock pattern, but each airport still stores its own IANA identifier for DST-safe calculations.

Verification boundary

12 source URLs

Visible source hosts include airport-k-vary.cz, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org, ourairports.com, airport-pardubice.cz, prg.aero. These support identity and static facts, not live routes, terminal assignments, NOTAMs, or airline schedules.

Editorial status

manual dossier attached

Manual dossier sources are attached for country-level aviation context; point-in-time statements still defer to the linked authorities.

Source hosts seen in retained airport facts

airport-k-vary.czen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.comairport-pardubice.czprg.aero

Traveler planning patterns

How to use Czechia airport data without overreading it

Country-specific caveats

Start with the gateway layer

Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) is the first retained airport to check for Czechia; then scan the 3 large and 0 medium records for regional alternates.

Keep airport-local time explicit

The retained airport set behaves like a single local-clock cluster, but the airport-specific IANA zone still matters around DST transitions and imported calendar events.

Use codes for the search, city pages for context

3 airport records link onward to vetted city-time pages, so a code lookup can become a local-clock, daylight, holiday, and meeting-time check.

Treat schedules as live elsewhere

3 retained records carry a scheduled-service flag, but route availability, airline service, terminals, and disruption notices are not live here.

Watch holidays and local operating days

Czechia has a holiday country page on this site, so use it alongside airport time checks for closures, public-holiday pressure, and ground-service planning.

Know what the passenger data covers

1 retained airport quote passenger-volume facts. Airports without a quoted figure are not ranked by traffic on this page.

Airport coverage patterns

How the Czechia airport index is structured

This page adds country-level context around airport counts, code coverage, timezone spread, and city-clock handoffs. It is built from the retained airport dataset rather than a live airline or aviation registry feed.

Coverage pattern

Only 3 airport records are retained for Czechia, mapped across 3 localities — a deliberately small set (3 large and 0 medium; 3 large airports) covering the airports most likely to anchor a city clock or travel check.

Code reliability

Every retained Czechia record carries both an IATA and an ICAO code (3 of each), so passenger-facing and aviation lookups resolve consistently across the set.

Timezone spread

Every retained airport in Czechia resolves to Europe/Prague (3), so the country's airport clocks move together and a single offset check covers the whole set.

Major airport examples

Standout anchors here include Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) in Karlovy Vary, Pardubice Airport (PED) in Pardubice, and Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) in Prague. Large airports lead the list because they are the most reliable hooks for travelers, city clocks, and cross-border time checks.

City-clock handoff

Airport records here hand off to indexable city pages such as Karlovy Vary (KLV, PED, PRG). Handoffs are restricted to vetted city pages so the airport index does not spend crawl budget on thin local URLs.

Busiest airport

Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) in Karlovy Vary at 104,469 passengers (2013) sits at the top of the curated passenger ranking for Czechia. Curated passenger figures are attached to 1 retained record on this page. Aggregated curated annual passenger volume across those records is 104 thousand. Numbers come from the airport-facts curation file and reflect the latest year quoted there, not a live traffic feed.

Regional peer comparison

Czechia has 3 retained airport records vs. Belgium 3, Bosnia and Herzegovina 3, Ukraine 3 in the same continent. This is a structural comparison of retained-record counts, not an audit of national aviation policy or fleet size.

Operational depth

Across the retained Czechia set we have 4 curated runway records and 3 airports flagged with scheduled service. Operational facts come from the Wikipedia-derived airport-facts curation, which is sparse for smaller airports and not a substitute for the airport authority's own data.

Editorial dossier

Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) handled 16.35 million passengers in 2024 (+18% YoY) on 134,609 flight movements — the airport's third-busiest year on record, with average load factor above 83%. Prague-London was the busiest route at nearly 1.4 million; Paris, Amsterdam, Milan, and Rome followed. Smartwings (the Czech flag carrier after Czech Airlines/ČSA ceased ops in 2024), Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air, and Lufthansa carried the most passengers in 2024. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Czech Republic (CAA CZ / ÚCL) is the safety regulator; Letiště Praha a.s. (state-owned) operates PRG. 41 new routes launched in 2024, lifting the total destinations served to 181.

Traveler boundary: use these records for timezone orientation and airport discovery. Verify live operations, route availability, terminal status, and NOTAM-sensitive details with official airport, airline, or aviation sources.

Country aviation profile

Aviation profile snapshot for Czechia

Curated airport facts

These numbers aggregate the curated airport-facts file across this country’s retained records. Missing fields mean the curation file does not quote that figure; they are not zero-imputed.

International gateways

Records flagged with an international-gateway role label.

Scheduled service

3 / 3

Records with the OurAirports “scheduled service” flag set.

Runway records

Sum of curated runway counts where the facts file quotes a number.

Curated passenger coverage

1 / 3

Aggregated curated annual volume: 104 thousand.

Gateway evidence matrix

Leading retained airports and their source signals

3 representative rows

The rows below show why the top airport records are useful beyond a country list: role labels, code identity, timezone, scheduled-service flags, passenger/runway facts where quoted, and the source hosts that back static airport identity.

Karlovy Vary Airport

Karlovy Vary · KLV · Europe/Prague

LKKV

It is located in the village of Olšová Vrata, 6 km southeast of the city centre and is the fourth-busiest airport in the Czech Republic.

Operations

scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 7,054 ft / 2,150 m; passengers 104,469 passengers (2013)

Source signals

official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 22 coverage signals

airport-k-vary.czen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com

Pardubice Airport

Pardubice · PED · Europe/Prague

LKPD

OurAirports classifies PED as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.

Operations

scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 8,203 ft / 2,500 m

Source signals

official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 18 coverage signals

airport-pardubice.czen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com

Václav Havel Airport Prague

Prague · PRG · Europe/Prague

LKPR

OurAirports classifies PRG as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.

Operations

scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 12,189 ft / 3,715 m

Source signals

official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals

prg.aeroen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com

Time-zone span

Single-zone airport clock for Czechia

All retained airport records resolve to one IANA timezone (Europe/Prague, UTC+02:00 CEST with DST). Local-clock math is simpler here than in multi-zone countries, but the airport’s stored IANA identifier is still the authoritative reference for DST transition weekends.

Busiest curated airports

Top airports in Czechia by curated passenger volume

Numbers from airport-facts file

These ranks reflect passenger volumes quoted in the curated airport-facts file; airports without a quoted figure are excluded from this card even if they may be locally busier.

Karlovy Vary Airport

Karlovy Vary · KLV

104,469 passengers (2013)

1 runway

Regional peer comparison

Czechia vs. Europe peers

Retained-record counts

Peers are picked by geographic proximity (same continent) and similarity of retained-record counts. Comparison is structural — it does not audit fleet size, national aviation policy, or passenger traffic.

Country	Airports	Large / medium	IANA zones
Czechia	3	3 / 0	1
Belgium	3	3 / 0	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	3 / 0	1
Ukraine	3	3 / 0	1

Country aviation dossier

Editorial context for Czechia aviation

Hand-curated

Sources

Last verified 2026-05-11 · manually curated. Figures quoted in this paragraph are point-in-time; treat the linked sources as authoritative.

Frequently asked

Czechia airport questions

How many airports does Czechia have in this index?: This index retains 3 airport records for Czechia (3 large and 0 medium). It is a curated reference set with usable IATA/ICAO codes and coordinates, not a complete national aviation registry.
What is the busiest airport in Czechia?: Based on the curated airport-facts file, the busiest retained record for Czechia is Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) in Karlovy Vary at 104,469 passengers (2013). Other airports in the country may carry more traffic; this reflects only retained records with quoted passenger figures.
Which timezone is Czechia in?: All retained airport records in Czechia resolve to Europe/Prague. The zone observes a seasonal DST shift, so local-clock math around transition weekends needs care.
Are these airports served by scheduled airlines?: 3 of 3 retained records in Czechia carry the OurAirports "scheduled service" flag. That flag is a structural tag from the OurAirports dataset, not a real-time schedule check.
How does Czechia compare with regional peers for airport count?: Among same-continent peers with similar retained-record counts, Czechia has 3 records vs. Belgium (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina (3), Ukraine (3). The comparison covers only retained records on this site, not full national aviation inventories.

Country overview

Airport coverage for Czechia

The retained catalog currently includes 3 airport records in 3 airport cities or localities. Large airports are shown first because they are usually the most useful entry points for flight planning, timezone checks, and nearby-city lookup.

Retained records

Airport localities

Timezone records

1 zone

Time-zone planning

Use the airport clock for travel math

For overnight flights, connections near daylight-saving transitions, and cross-border itineraries, use the airport’s IANA timezone instead of assuming every airport follows the country’s primary zone.

Europe/Prague3 airports

Codes, clocks, and city mapping

How to read the Czechia airport index

IATA + ICAO reference

IATA coverage

3 codes

Useful for passenger-facing flight searches, tickets, airport boards, and quick route lookup.

ICAO coverage

3 codes

Useful for aviation references, flight tracking, weather briefings, and operational documents.

Airport mix

3 large / 0 medium

Gateway airports are prioritized first, but regional airports remain useful for local clock checks.

DST travel risk

Single-zone

Recheck local airport time around overnight arrivals, daylight-saving weekends, and cross-border connections.

Major city to airport links

These rows connect retained airport records to city-time pages, so a reader can move from a flight code to the local clock, nearby planning context, and meeting-time checks.

Karlovy Vary

3 linked airports

city clock

KLV Karlovy Vary Airport (Europe/Prague); PED Pardubice Airport (Europe/Prague); PRG Václav Havel Airport Prague (Europe/Prague)

Major airport list

Key airports in Czechia

Large airports first

These entries are pulled from the same retained catalog as the full table below. Use them as a starting point for local time, code lookup, and nearby-city planning, then verify route and terminal details with the airport or airline.

Karlovy Vary Airport

Karlovy Vary

KLV

large airport · Europe/Prague

Pardubice Airport

Pardubice

PED

large airport · Europe/Prague

Václav Havel Airport Prague

Prague

PRG

large airport · Europe/Prague

Route-planning cues

When this airport index is useful

Start with gateway airports

3 large airports

Use large-airport entries first for broad trip planning, then scan medium airports for regional options.

Check the local clock

1 timezone

Compare airport zones before overnight arrivals, early departures, or daylight-saving changes.

Move to city context

3 linked airports

Linked city pages help turn an airport timezone into a local clock for meetings and ground plans.

Boundary: this page supports code lookup, timezone checks, and city planning. It does not verify active routes, terminals, flight schedules, border rules, or operating notices.

City coverage