Podgorica Airport

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Podgorica Airport Аеродром Подгорица/Aerodrom Podgorica
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IATA: TGD - ICAO: LYPG
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aerodromi Crne Gore - Airports of Montenegro
Serves		Podgorica
Elevation AMSL		141 ft (43 m)
Coordinates		42°21′34″N, 19°15′07″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
18/36	8,202	2,500	Asphalt

Podgorica Airport (Montenegrin/Serbian: Аеродром Подгорица/Aerodrom Podgorica) (IATA: TGD, ICAO: LYPG) is an international airport located in Golubovci, Montenegro, approximately 8 miles (12 km) south of Podgorica. It is the 1 of 2 public airports in Montenegro, the other being Tivat Airport. Podgorica Airport is the main aviation hub in Montenegro.

1 History
2 Military usage
3 Main terminal
4 The old terminal
5 Airlines & Destinations
6 Contact
7 Sources
8 External links

[edit] History

The IATA code of the airport is still TGD because Podgorica was named Titograd (after Josip Broz Tito) from 1946 to 1992.

[edit] Military usage

Podgorica airport is a public airport, but shares the main runway with nearby Podgorica Military Air Base. The 08/26 runway is unused by civilian planes, as it is barely marked and only 15m wide. It mainly served as a connection between main runway and Šipčanik hill, which doubles as an underground aircraft shelter. As Šipčanik shelter got seriosely damaged during 1999 NATO bombing campaign, and is going to be converted to a wine cave by Plantaže company, it is unclear what will be the use of 08/26 runway. With Montenegro's independence (June 3, 2006), it is expected that military activities will be further reduced on Podgorica Airport.

[edit] Main terminal

The new passenger terminal (5,500 m2) has been opened on May 14, 2006. It has 8 departure and 2 arrival gates, and is able to handle up to 1 million passengers per annum. Current yearly pasenger flow at Podgorica airport is around 300,000. Besides construction of the new terminal, the refurbishment and extension of the apron, improvement to the taxiways system, airfield lighting system and power supply was also conducted. There are 6 aprons instead of previous 3, and further extension for up to 8 aprons is possible.

[edit] The old terminal

As air traffic in Montenegro saw rapid increase in recent years, the now called "old" passeger terminal, a small, single-storey building, with one international and one domestic departure gate, has became inadequate. This led to building the entirely new terminal. The old terminal building will be used for medical staff, VIP lounge, press conference hall. Central part of old terminal will be used as a museum-exhibition center which will show the long history of aviation in Montenegro.

[edit] Airlines & Destinations

The airport handles both domestic flights in Montenegro and international flights within Europe. As Montenegro's two main airports are mearly 80 km away from each other, there are no regular passenger flights within Montenegro. Domestic flights have been reduced to charter flights and General aviation, and all regular traffic is treated as international.

Every day, there are scheduled flights to Belgrade, as well as to various European and world destinations. During the summer season, there are many charter flights and air connections to various major cities of the world.

Note: Serbian VIP airlines Air Pink and Prince Aviation use the airport.

Adria Airways (Ljubljana)
Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
DI Air (Bari, Skopje)
Jat Airways (Belgrade)
Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
Montenegro Airlines (Bari, Belgrade, Frankfurt, Ljubljana, Naples, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino, Skopje, Vienna, Zurich)