Nitra Airfield
Nitra Airfield
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| ICAO | LZNI |
| Type | public international aerodrome for general aviation and aerial work |
| ARP | 48°16'46.20"N 18°07'57.33"E |
| Location | 5 km SE of the centre of Nitra |
| Elevation | 135 m (443 ft) |
| Frequency | Nitra Radio 123.405 MHz |
| FIS | Bratislava INFO (WEST) 124.300 MHz |
| Operations | VFR day |
| Published hours | MON–FRI 0800–1600 LT (the VFR manual gives 0700–1500 UTC, 0600–1400 UTC in summer — local time works out the same all year) |
| Outside those hours | Normal VFR operations are possible — at weekends and outside the published hours, in daylight. The published hours apply to activities that need an aerodrome service on duty, for example aerobatics; those are not flown outside them. |
| Season | all year; no snow clearance is provided |
| Aircraft accepted | aeroplanes, motor gliders, gliders, microlights, helicopters, gyroplanes, balloons |
| Parachute operations | yes — where the canopies land is below |
Night VFR appears in the aerodrome manual but is not yet approved, so it is not listed here.
Two parallel grass runways: 15L/33R and 15R/33L. Magnetic bearing 141° / 321° (true 143° / 323°).
| 15L | 15R | 33L | 33R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimensions (m) | 1080 × 50 | 1080 × 100 | 1080 × 100 | 1080 × 50 |
| TORA / ASDA / LDA (m) | 1080 | 1080 | 1080 | 1080 |
| TODA (m) | 1160 | 1160 | 1160 | 1160 |
| Strip | 1200 × 200 m, no slope |
| Strength | 5700 kg / 0.7 MPa, critical type LET L-410 |
| Circuits | 33L and 33R left-hand, 15L and 15R right-hand. The circuit area is west of the field. |
| Circuit altitude | MNM 1000 ft (300 m) AGL |
| Taxiing | on the grass strip alongside the runway. There are no paved taxiways. |
| Glider launching | aerotow. Occasionally also by winch (runways 33L and 15R) — so expect a cable over the runway. |
Both runways are in use, but never at the same time. The aerodrome manual does not permit simultaneous operations on the parallel runways — two aircraft do not depart from both at once.
TODA 1160 m is from the VFR manual (16 Apr 2026). The 2020 aerodrome manual gave 1140 m; the newer, officially published figure is used here deliberately. All other declared distances agree in both sources.
| Prior permission | A normal VFR arrival in daylight needs no prior approval — including at weekends. The number at the top of the page is there if you want to ask something, not as a condition of arrival. |
| Flight plan | File it through IBAF — the LPS self-briefing system (registration required). By telephone through CARO +421 2 4857 2280. At least one hour before departure. |
| Charges | pay in the portal · rates below |
The fee payment form is in English — the link above opens it in English, and there is a SK / EN switch on the page itself.
| Landing | €4.00 per each started tonne of MTOM |
| Parking | €0.30 per each started hour and tonne of MTOM |
| Departing passenger | €12.00 international · €4.00 domestic |
The flying club is not VAT-registered — the amounts above are final. The VFR manual carries a general "excluding VAT" note with the rates; nothing is added.
Passenger charges apply to scheduled and non-scheduled commercial air transport. They do not apply to a normal general aviation arrival.
Visitor aircraft parking is marked P on the plan. Yellow outlines mark taxiways; magenta outlines mark glider competition parking. Aero Slovakia has its own apron.
There is skydiving at the field, run by Skydive Club Nitra Sport. Three things follow from that for an arriving pilot:
| Landing zone | 430 × 40 m along the runway on the apron side, next to the stands. It is divided into a tandem and a sport section. |
| Holding area | above the landing zone — jumpers hold there before their approach and come in from it |
| Crossing the runway | jumpers are not permitted to cross the runway below 300 m |
During a parachute drop (from the moment parachutists exit the aircraft until the last parachutist has landed):
Jump map and rules — Skydive Club Nitra
Sport
(in Slovak)
The same page carries their jump
planner, which shows whether jumping is on that day.
| AVGAS | yes — Aero Slovakia, on request, with or without excise duty |
| JET A-1 | excise-duty exempt only — Aero Slovakia, on request, a fuel purchase permit, AOC or aerial work permit is required |
| Aviation oil | none |
| Road fuel station | Orlen station directly adjoins the airfield — on its eastern edge, by the grass taxi strip in front of the new hangars |
| Met service | none |
| Hangarage for visiting aircraft | limited capacity, on request |
| Maintenance | on request |
| Accommodation | on request, otherwise in the city |
| Food | Aero bistro · MON–FRI from 15:00 only, SAT–SUN from 10:00 — on weekday mornings there is nowhere to eat on the field |
| Transport | own, taxi, bus |
| Medical | emergency services 112, hospital in Nitra |
Other organisations on the field: Aero Slovakia (flight school, aircraft maintenance) · Aeropro (aircraft maintenance and manufacture).
The club's own station on the airfield tower. It measures right here — unlike the reports from Piešťany and Bratislava below, which are tens of kilometres away.
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LZNI does not issue a METAR — the aerodrome has no met service. The nearest stations are Piešťany (~45 km NW), Bratislava (~69 km W) and Győr-Pér in Hungary (~76 km S). The first two show what is coming in from the west; Győr does the same for the south.
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Source: aviationweather.gov (NOAA). It works for European aerodromes, but nobody guarantees it for us — when it does not answer, the page says so and carries on.
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| Aerodrome | Distance | Bearing | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šurany LZSY | 23 km / 12 NM | 183° S | 132.785 |
| Nové Zámky LZNZ | 36 km / 19 NM | 174° S | 120.055 |
| Partizánske LZPT | 41 km / 22 NM | 021° NNE | 123.935 |
| Piešťany LZPP | 45 km / 24 NM | 330° NNW | 118.580 |
| Boleráz/Trnava LZTR | 49 km / 26 NM | 294° WNW | 132.080 |
| Bratislava LZIB | 69 km / 37 NM | 260° W | — |
Great-circle distance between aerodrome reference points (ARP); bearings are true. The list is not exhaustive — it contains only aerodromes published in the Slovak VFR manual. Šurany is a private aerodrome; arrival must be arranged in advance.
| Aerodrome operator | Slovenský národný aeroklub gen. M. R. Štefánika Nitra |
| Address | Dlhá 488/108, 949 07 Nitra, Slovakia · Reg. No. 34 063 218 |
| Head of flight operations | Ing. Dominik Jančík · +421 911 430 786 |
| Airfield manager | +421 903 355 646 |
| ak.nitra@gmail.com |
Open the aerodrome chart in the official VFR manual. Check current publications and NOTAMs before your flight.
VFR manual map viewer (LPS SR) —
official, always current.
Open Flight Maps — charts for Slovakia —
supplementary, not an AIP product.
LPP Nitra — 2nd edition (PDF)
— the aerodrome manual, in
Slovak
VFR manual SR — LZNI (PDF)
AIP SR — official source
IBAF — pre-flight briefing and NOTAM
Pull your own NOTAMs from IBAF. It is the LPS self-briefing system: once registered, it issues a pre-flight information bulletin for your route. This page is not a substitute — a bulletin is issued for a specific flight, and that is something this site cannot and must not do.
| NOTAM Office (NOF) | +421 2 4857 2620 · +421 2 4857 2621 |
| CARO — flight plans | +421 2 4857 2280 |
| FIC — flight information | +421 2 4857 2230 |
The aerodrome data, runways, circuits and charges on this page come from the VFR manual, sheet NR 087, effective 16 Apr 2026. Where it differed from the 2020 aerodrome manual, the VFR manual takes precedence — it is newer, and it is the published document an arriving pilot reads.