Editing Transport in Slovenia (section)

== Airports ==
The first regular flights in Slovenia were established in the 1930s when the Yugoslav flag-carrier [[Aeroput]] linked Ljubljana since 1933 with numerous domestic destinations such as [[Belgrade]], [[Zagreb]], [[Sušak, Rijeka|Sušak]] and [[Borovo, Croatia|Borovo]].<ref>[http://www.europeanairlines.no/drustvo-za-vazdusni-saobracaj-a-d-aeroput-1927-1948/ Drustvo za Vazdusni Saobracaj A D – Aeroput] at europeanairlines.no</ref> In 1934 Aeroput opened the first international regular flight from Ljubljana linking it to Austrian city of [[Klagenfurt]].<ref name="flight360">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Flight International]]|title=World Airlines Directory |date=10 August 1944|page=150|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1944/1944%20-%201652.html?search=aeroput}}</ref> After WWII, the company, rebranded as [[JAT Airways|JAT Yugoslav Airlines]], further developed and expanded the domestic network. A major break-trouth happened in the 1960s with the creation of a regional company, [[Adria Airways]] (known until 1986 as Inex-Adria Aviopromet because of its links with the Serbian company InterExport). Initially formed in Zagreb in 1961, the airline changed its headquarters to Ljubljana in 1964 with the opening of the new Ljubljana airport.<ref name="flight563">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Flight International]]|title=World Airlines Directory |date=13 April 1967|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%200563.html?search=ljubljana}}</ref> It linked, along JAT, Ljubljana with numerous domestic and international destinations,<ref name="flight692">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Flight International]]|title=World Airlines Directory |date=14 March 1990|page=42|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%200694.html?search=ljubljana}}</ref> and even included, since 1965, charter flights to the United States.<ref name="flight563"/> Also, in this period, numerous foreign companies opened regular flights to Ljubljana{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}.<ref name="flight563 b">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Flight International]]|title=World Airlines Directory |date=15 October 1964|page=660|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1964/1964%20-%202661.html?search=ljubljana}} Example how in 1964 British Eagle opened a regular flight between London and Ljubljana</ref> Later, with the independence of Slovenia, Adria Airways became the country's flag-carrier.

Air transport in Slovenia is quite limited,<ref name="ARSO416" /> but has significantly grown since 1991.<ref name="RR26">{{cite journal |url=http://www.stat.si/doc/statinf/22-SI-284-1001.pdf |title=Transport |journal=Statistične informacije [Rapid Report] |number=26 |date=22 November 2010 |access-date=12 April 2012 |archive-date=27 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227094007/https://www.stat.si/doc/statinf/22-SI-284-1001.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are three international airports in Slovenia. [[Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport]] in the central part of the country is by far the busiest,<ref name="RR26" /> with connections to many major European destinations.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.lju-airport.si/pripone/1085/informator_junij11_koncna.pdf |title=Information Booklet |year=2011 |publisher=Aerodrom Ljubljana |access-date=12 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510062631/http://www.lju-airport.si/pripone/1085/informator_junij11_koncna.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2012 }}</ref> Around 1.4&nbsp;million passengers and 15,000 to 17,000 tonnes of cargo pass through it each year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lju-airport.si/eng/about-the-company/traffic-figures/?url=/about-the-company/traffic-figures/&ID=&fName=eng/vsebina.asp&IDM=153 |title=Traffic Figures |publisher=Aerodrom Ljubljana |access-date=7 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217044704/http://www.lju-airport.si/eng/about-the-company/traffic-figures/?url=%2Fabout-the-company%2Ftraffic-figures%2F&ID=&fName=eng%2Fvsebina.asp&IDM=153 |archive-date=17 February 2012 }}</ref> The [[Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport]] is located in the eastern part of the country and the [[Portorož Airport]] in the western part.<ref name="RR26"/> It has no scheduled or chartered passenger or cargo service as of 2018, but sees a lot of private flights. [[Adria Airways]] was the largest Slovenian airline<ref name="RR26" /> until September 2019, when it declared bankruptcy and ceased all operations. Since 2003, several new carriers have entered the market, mainly low-cost airlines.<ref name="ECORYS2011" /> The only Slovenian [[military airbase|military airport]] is the [[Cerklje ob Krki Air Base]] near the Slovenia–Croatia border in the southwestern part of the country.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.mo.gov.si/fileadmin/mo.gov.si/pageuploads/revija_sv/2006/sv06_08.pdf |title=Cerklje Airport on its way to future growth |journal=Slovenska Vojska |page=29 |volume=XIV |issue=8 |year=2006 |first=Jože |last=Konda |issn=1580-1993|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510062628/http://www.mo.gov.si/fileadmin/mo.gov.si/pageuploads/revija_sv/2006/sv06_08.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2012 }}</ref> There are also 12 [[public airport]]s in Slovenia.<ref name="RR26" />

'''[[List of airports in Slovenia|Airport]]s:'''
16 (2012)
<br />'''[[Airstrip]]s:'''
44 (2004)

=== Airports - with paved runways ===
''total:''
7
<br />''over 3,047 m:''
1
<br />''2,438 to 3,047 m:''
1
<br />''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
1
<br />''914 to 1,523 m:''
3
<br />''under 914 m:''
1 (2012)

=== Airports - with unpaved runways ===
''total:''
9
<br />''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
1
<br />''914 to 1,523 m:''
3
<br />''under 914 m:''
5 (2012)