Ponikve Airport

Ponikve Airport
Аеродром Поникве
Aerodrom Ponikve
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator JP "Aerodrom Ponikve"
Serves Užice
Location Užice, Serbia
Elevation AMSL 2,943-2,999 ft / 897-914 m
Coordinates 43°53′55.99″N 19°41′51.66″E / 43.8988861°N 19.6976833°E / 43.8988861; 19.6976833Coordinates: 43°53′55.99″N 19°41′51.66″E / 43.8988861°N 19.6976833°E / 43.8988861; 19.6976833
Website aerodromponikve.rs
Map
UZC

Location of the airport in Serbia

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11L/29R 10,499 3,200 Concrete/Asphalt
11R/29L 4,921 1,500 Grass

Ponikve Airport (Serbian: Аеродром Поникве / Aerodrom Ponikve) (IATA: UZC, ICAO: LYUZ); is an airport in the western part of Serbia, located at Ponikve plateau: 12 km (7.5 mi) northwest from the city of Užice. The airport boasts one of the longest runways in the Balkans, and the second longest in Serbia.

In the airport vicinity are some of the popular tourist attractions and ski centres (Zlatibor, Tara, Mokra Gora).

History

Ponikve Airport was built in the period from 1979 to 1983 but until 1992 it hasn’t been actively used. In 1996 and 1997 Jat Airways, then known as JAT Yugoslav Airlines, served the airport twice a week for a domestic round line Užice - Belgrade - Tivat - Užice, with an ATR 72 turboprop airliner. Operations ceased in 1998 as the number of passengers reduced greatly.

Ponikve airport was heavily bombarded by NATO forces during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

On 21 October 2013 the Ponikve Airport greeted the first international civil flight - on the runway landed Cessna Citation CJ3 with two crew members and five-member delegation of businessmens from Brussels.[1][2][3] Same day in afternoon hours Business jet went to the Thessaloniki.

Recent developments

In 2006 began process of recontruction of Ponikve Airport. Since then, the runway reconstruction has been completed (3,200 metres [10,499 ft] in length after reconstruction) and new terminal building was built in 2016.[4]

Airlines and destinations

There are no scheduled services to and from Ponikve Airport.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Prvim međunarodnim letom na Ponikvama stigli privrednici iz Brisela
  2. ↑ Ponikve, prvi međunarodni let (Video)
  3. ↑ I međunarodni letovi na Ponikvama
  4. ↑ http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/354231/Nova-aerodromska-zgrada-od-kaponira-na-Ponikvama

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