Zrenjanin Airport

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Zrenjanin Airport (Aerodrom Zrenjanin)

IATA: N/A - ICAO: LYZR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Government of Serbia
Serves		Zrenjanin
Elevation AMSL		262 ft (80 m)
Coordinates		45°19′52″N, 20°27′07″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
15/33	3,609	1,100	Grass

Zrenjanin Airport (Serbian Latin: Aerodrom Zrenjanin, Cyrillic: Аеродром 3peњaнин) (ICAO: LYZR) is an airport in the Zrenjanin Municipality, Serbia, and is often referred to as Ečka (after a nearby village). The airport is registered as a sports and trade airport, and used for pilot training. With reconstruction it will become an international airport.

1 Location
2 History
3 Total airport reconstruction (in progress)
- 3.1 Phase 1 (mostly complete)
- 3.2 Phase 2
4 See also
5 Sources

[edit] Location

Zrenjanin Airport is situated southeast of Zrenjanin and east of the village of Ečka on the Zrenjanin–Belgrade highway. It is 80 metres above sea level.

[edit] History

The Germans built the airport with concrete runway (1,800 meters long and 50 meters wide - bigest in the world in that time) in 1942 during the occupation of the Banat region (where Zrenjanin is located). The airport was used by Luftwaffe to carry military attacks on Serbia during World War II. After the war the region and the airport was handed back to the Serbs. The concrete runway was destroyed by JNA in 1948 at the beginning of the Informbiro crisis and its remains are still visible.

[edit] Total airport reconstruction (in progress)

Zrenjanin Airport grass runway with parallel still visible remains of concrete runway on right side

[edit] Phase 1 (mostly complete)

The first phase is to build a control tower, hangar, terminal, aircraft parking area and other essential work. Zrenjanin council is currently arranging the required €650,000 that will allow Ečka Airport status of an International Airport, and will be able to hold 20 aircraft at a time.

[edit] Phase 2

The second phase is a projected €3 million worthy reconstruction of the old German concrete runway parallel with grass runway. When work in phase 2 is completed passenger and cargo aircraft will be able to land at the airport.