Zrenjanin Airport
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| Zrenjanin Airport (Aerodrom Zrenjanin) |
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| IATA: N/A - ICAO: LYZR | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Government of Serbia | ||
| Serves | Zrenjanin | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 246 ft (75 m) | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 15/33 | 3,937 | 1,200 | 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.
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[edit] Location
Zrenjanin Airport is situated only 7 kilometers southeast from Zrenjanin, and east of the village 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 - biggest 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)
[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.
On May 7 2007 Zrenjanin Airport gain licence for passenger and cargo traffic from Civil Airtraffic Directorate.
[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.
[edit] See also
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- (Serbian) Zrenjaninski aerodrom "Ečka" dobio je dozvolu za putnički i teretni saobraćaj od Direktorata za civilno vazudhoplovstvo, izjavio je danas marketing menadžer tog aerodroma Lazar Erne (07.05.2007, ZRENJANIN, Izvor: Beta)
- Zrenjanin airport information (PDF)
- (Serbian) Vojvođani dobijaju prvi aerodrom?
- (Serbian) 10 maja na aerodromu Ečka kod Zrenjanina održaće se prezentacija Cessna aviona (Cessna 182, Cessna 206, Cessna Caravan) sa početkom u 10:00 časova
- "SkyLark" - Ultra-Light Airplane* (Canadian-Czech "DOVA Aircraft" company presentation at Zrenjanin Airport - May 10 2007)
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