Gjakova Airport

Gjakova Airport AMIKO (Albanian: Aeroporti i Gjakovës, Serbian: Аеродром Ђаковица/Aerodrom Đakovica) is an airport in village Lugbunar, near Gjakova in western Kosovo.[lower-alpha 1] The airport is expected to become public in the following years, to be used by low-cost commercial airlines and cargo flights.[2][3]

Gjakova Airport

Aeroporti i Gjakovës AMIKO
Aerodrom Gjakova AMIKO
Summary
Airport typeInoperative
Owner Kosovo
OperatorMinistry of Trade and Industry
ServesGjakova
LocationLugbunar
Elevation AMSL1,370 ft / 418 m
Coordinates42°26′07″N 020°25′39″E
Map
Gjakova Airfield
Location of airport in Kosovo
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 5,904 1,800 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1]
Memorial to the first flight to land at Gjakova Airport on 23 September 1999, an Italian Airforce G 222

History

The airport was built by the Kosovo Force (KFOR) following the 1999 Kosovo War, next to an existing airfield used for agricultural purposes, and was used mainly for military and humanitarian flights. On 18 December 2013, the airport was handed over to the Government of Kosovo from the Italian Air Force. Under Italian Air Force operations, Gjakova Airfield handled more than 27,000 aircraft, 220,000 passengers and the carriage of more than 40,000 tons of cargo.[4]

The local and national government plans to offer Gjakova Airport for operation under a public-private partnership with the aim of turning it into a civilian and commercial airport.[5]

As of December 2015, the airport is reported as closed by the Kosovo authorities.[6]

See also

Annotations
  1. Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References
  1. Airport information from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. "Aeroporti i Kosovës në Gjakovë për cargo, çmime të lira dhe trajnime për pilotë". Zëri.info. Archived from the original on 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  3. "Aeroporti Gjakovë, news report". ABC News. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  4. "Aeroporto AMIKO: passaggio di responsabilità". Ministry of Defense, Republic of Italy. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  5. "Aktivitetet e Ministrisë së Tregtisë dhe Industrisë: Themelohet Ndërmarrja Publike "Aeroporti i Gjakovës"". Ministria e Tregtisë dhe Industrisë. Archived from the original on 2015-02-27.
  6. http://www.caa-ks.org/images/stories/docs/English/tjera/AIP/AIP%20AD%20072015.pdf%5B%5D



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