Lesce-Bled Airport (ICAO: LJBL) (Slovene: Letališče Lesce) is located in Lesce, in the northwest part of Slovenia, only a few "air" kilometers between airports in Slovenia and Austria. Road connections with Austria and Italy are possible via the A2 motorway.

The operator of the airport is the Public Commercial Institution ALC Lesce-Bled, established by the nearby municipality of Radovljica. Permanent users of the airport include Aeroclub ALC Lesce-Bled, Flycom, Flight Academy and others.

The Bled area is a popular tourist location, in large part due to scenic lake Bled.

Just north of the airport lies the Karavanke Alps mountain chain, which eases difficult flightpaths during bad weather. To the west of lake Bled, one can see the highest Slovenian mountain range, the Julian Alps, which include Slovenia's highest peak, Triglav (altitude 2864 m).

For experienced and ambitious glider pilots, Lesce-Bled can be an ideal start point for long distance flights in the direction of Italy, Austria and even further to Germany, France and Switzerland. Ridges and mountains close to Lesce allow early beginning of thermal activity and as such, an early take-off. Pilots can then follow the Alps in a north-westerly direction. High speeds are attainable due to the ridges which also provide ridge lift in the case of northern and south-western winds.

The Aero Club ALC Lesce-Bled has more than 300 member pilots. It is the only European airport with two world records to its name, flown by Mihael Thaler and Boštjan Pristavec.

Mihael Thaler broke the world speed record in the FAI 15 m class when he, on 6 July 1999, flew the 100 km triangle with an average speed of 181.4 km/h.

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