Kostolac Airport
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Kostolac Airport ( sr, Аеродром Костолац / ''Aerodrom Kostolac'') is situated on the bank of the
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river, built in 1998 on the power plant's reclaimed former ash yard. It is two kilometres from the Kostolac town centre and also near the town of
Požarevac Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Braničevo District in eastern Serbia. It is located between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čačalica (208m). As of 2011, ...
. Landing at Kostolac Airport is unique, because the way of landing is over the Danube water plane, which is similar to landing on an
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. There is an international air show every August. The Airport is close to the ancient
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city of Viminacium.


See also

* List of airports in Serbia * Požarevac Airport


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