Novi Sad Airport

Novi Sad Čenej Airport
Аеродром Ченеј
Aerodrom Čenej

IATA: QND – ICAO: LYNS

Novi Sad Airport
Location of Novi Sad Airport

Summary
Airport type Civil
Operator City of Novi Sad
Serves Novi Sad
Location Čenej
Elevation AMSL 250 ft / 76 m
Coordinates 45°23′08.67″N 19°50′02.01″E / 45.3857417°N 19.8338917°E / 45.3857417; 19.8338917Coordinates: 45°23′08.67″N 19°50′02.01″E / 45.3857417°N 19.8338917°E / 45.3857417; 19.8338917
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 4,692 1,430 Grass
Parachutists over Čenej Airport.

Novi Sad Airport (known locally as Аеродром Ченеј / Aerodrom Čenej) (IATA: QND, ICAO: LYNS) is located near the village of Čenej in Serbia.

It is 16 km (10 mi) north of the city of Novi Sad, on the eastern side of the Belgrade-Horgoš road. The airport can also be referred to as Čenej Airport. The site is mostly used for sport and agriculture.

History

The idea of building an international airport on this site is not new. In 1994 construction of the control tower begin, it is still not complete. A 2,500 meters asphalt runway capable of accommodating 70 to 80 seater aircraft is planned. The air corridor above Novi Sad has about 800 movements per day, of which 50 are so-called 'mini-business' flights. The site also has favourable prevailing winds. Meteorological data for the last 20 years shows the least number of fog affected days in the area per year.

On Saturday May 22, 2004, a Let L-410UVP-E Turbolet aircraft with 20 passengers aboard, which had departed from Tivat Airport, landed at the airport. The aircraft belonged to Di Air, a Montenegrin airline. It was a promotional flight aimed at showing interest in developing this airport in the future.

Development

The furure Airport terminal in Novi Sad

On April 5, 2012 Government of Vojvodina decided to develop the airport for civilian traffic. Čenej Airport willing to finish construction of its terminal building by the end of 2015, so it can service passenger, business, low cost and cargo flights.

Provincial authorities estimate that the airport will be operational from 2015, and that when it was built to be used conception of public-private partnerships to provide additional funding. The airport will look similar to the airport in Tivat, Montenegro.

A model of the airport are presented by the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad. The airport was designed as an airport of "C" type with the outgoing and the incoming terminal, business object, with the control tower, and will occupy an area of about 7 hectar without a runway and internal roads.

Total investment in the airport will be 20 million euros.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/13/Ekonomija/1096304/Predstavljena+maketa+aerodroma+%C4%8Cenej.html

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