Gjakova Airport AMIKO ( sq, Aeroporti i Gjakovës, sr, Аеродром Ђаковица/''Aerodrom Đakovica'') is an
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...
in village Lugbunar, near
Gjakova in western
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a international recognition of Kosovo, partiall ...
. The airport is expected to become public in the following years, to be used by
low-cost commercial airlines and
cargo flights.
History
The airport was built by the
Kosovo Force
The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo. Its operations are gradually reducing until Kosovo's Security Force, established in 2009, becomes self sufficient.
KFOR entered Kosovo on 11 June 1999, two days ...
(KFOR) following the 1999
Kosovo War
The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the 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
The Government of Kosovo ( sq, Qeveria e Kosovës, ) exercises executive authority in the Republic of Kosovo. It is composed of government ministers, and is led by the prime minister. The prime minister is elected by the Assembly of the Republ ...
from the
Italian Air Force
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. 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.
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.
As of December 2015, the airport is reported as closed by the Kosovo authorities.
[http://www.caa-ks.org/images/stories/docs/English/tjera/AIP/AIP%20AD%20072015.pdf]
See also
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Alenia C-27J Spartan
The Alenia C-27J Spartan is a military transport aircraft developed and manufactured by Leonardo's Aircraft Division (formerly Alenia Aermacchi until 2016). It is an advanced derivative of Alenia Aeronautica's earlier G.222 (C-27A Spartan in ...
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Radoniq lake
Radoniq Lake or Radonjić Lake ( sq, Liqeni i Radoniqit; sr, Радоњићко језеро / ''Radonjićko jezero'') is a lake in Kosovo. After only Gazivoda Lake, it is the second largest in the territory of Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova ...
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Batlava-Donja Penduha Airfield
Batlava-Donja Penduha Airfield or Batlava Airport ( Albanian: ''Aeroporti i Batllavës''; Serbian: Аеродром Батлава / ''Aerodrom Batlava'') is a former military airport in the village of Dumosh, near Lake Batlava and the towns ...
in
Dumosh
(Albanian; or sr, Dumoš, italic=no) is a village located in northeastern Kosovo, in the municipality of Podujevo.
Demographics
The settlement in Dumosh is divided into several "mahalla" (quarters), such as Podvorica, Kutleshi, Maqastena, V ...
Annotations
References
External links
Gjakova Airport aerial photo
Airports in Kosovo
Gjakova
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