# Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)

> Prague, CZ · IATA: PRG · ICAO: LKPR · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `PRG` |
| ICAO | `LKPR` |
| City | Prague |
| Country | CZ |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 380 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| Cargo Rank | #1 |
| GPS | 50.10087, 14.25991 |

## Description

Václav Havel — playwright, dissident, president — lent his name in 2012 to Prague's Ruzyně airport (IATA: PRG, ICAO: LKPR), which has lately been rewriting its cargo statistics: roughly 96,000 tonnes of freight and mail in 2025, up a remarkable 48 percent year on year. The drivers were new freighter services such as Central Airlines' Prague–Chengdu route, expansion by Qatar Airways Cargo, Turkish Cargo and FedEx, and the Asian e-commerce wave. The Czech Republic's largest airport sits some 15 kilometres west of the city centre and handled over 18 million passengers in a recent year; every new long-haul route — Etihad, Asiana, Air Canada — adds belly capacity for the country's export-heavy automotive and engineering industries. One quirk every forwarder should know: PRG still has no rail connection. Access runs via the D7 motorway and the D0 Prague ring road; buses cover the city link, while a rail line has been in planning for years. Prague consolidates airfreight for Bohemia, whereas Moravia often routes via Vienna or by road feeder to the German hubs. Customs clearance at the airport operates around the clock.

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