Václav Havel Airport Prague
Prague · Czech Republic · Europe/Prague
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Airport HistoryEst. 1937
Prague's airport opened on 5 April 1937 at Ruzyně, replacing the older Kbely airfield, and its striking terminal building won a Grand Prix at the 1937 Paris International Exposition. Known as Ruzyně Airport for 75 years, it was renamed in 2012 after Václav Havel, the dissident playwright who became Czechoslovakia's and then the Czech Republic's first post-communist president. The airport was the site of a dramatic Cold War episode in August 1968, when Soviet paratroopers seized it to open the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Today it is wholly owned by the Czech state and serves as the country's main international gateway, connecting to well over 100 destinations.
The airport opened on 5 April 1937, replacing Kbely as Prague's main airfield; its terminal building (today's Terminal 4, used for VIP and state visits) won the Grand Prix at the 1937 Paris World's Fair for its design.
On 20-21 August 1968, Soviet airborne troops captured Ruzyně Airport, using it as the entry point for the Warsaw Pact invasion that crushed the Prague Spring reforms.
A new terminal building opened the same year, later substantially rebuilt in 1997 and now used for non-Schengen flights.
Terminal 2 opened on 17 January 2006 to handle flights within the Schengen area, following the Czech Republic's 2004 EU accession.
The airport was renamed Václav Havel Airport Prague on what would have been the former president's 76th birthday, honoring his role in the 1989 Velvet Revolution and Czech democracy.
The primary runway underwent major reconstruction in 2012-2013 to address deteriorating pavement conditions.
The airport handled around 16.35 million passengers in 2024, connecting Prague to more than 170 destinations via roughly 70 airlines.
Compiled from the airport's official history page (prg.aero), Simple Flying, and Wikipedia; 2024 traffic figures should be cross-checked against Prague Airport's latest annual report.