Sombor Airport (
Serbian Latin: ''Aerodrom Sombor'',
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: ''Аеродром Сомбор'') is an airport in
Serbia
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, located 7 km from the city of
Sombor
Sombor ( sr-Cyrl, Сомбор, ; hu, Zombor; rue, Зомбор, Zombor) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the West Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city has a total popula ...
and 9 km from the town of
Apatin
Apatin ( sr-cyrl, Апатин, hu, Apatin, hr, Apatin) is a town and municipality located in the West Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011 census, the population of the town is 17,411, while the municipali ...
between villages
Kupusina and
Prigrevica.
The airport is used as a military one, but there is an interest of foreign investors to be also used as a public one, mostly by tourists.
History
The Germans built the airport in 1944 (1,200 meters long and 60 meters wide concrete runway) during the
Axis
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occupation of the
Bačka
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region.
During the
NATO Bombings of the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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in 1999, the airport was badly damaged.
Airport future
The consortium of airport owners from
Italy
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, led by the councillor in the Government of Italy, Adel Bertolini, spoke in
Apatin
Apatin ( sr-cyrl, Апатин, hu, Apatin, hr, Apatin) is a town and municipality located in the West Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011 census, the population of the town is 17,411, while the municipali ...
with the management of that municipality about the possibility of adaptation of the existing military airport in Sombor into a centre for cargo and passenger transportation.
On the suggestion of the mayor of the municipality of Apatin, Živorad Smiljanić, it was agreed that the representatives of the Italian consortium should send the letter of intent in which they should define the conditions for design of feasibility study and the name of the potential investor.
The Ministry of Defence of Serbia must first give consent for turning a military airport into a civilian one.
Also delegation of
FlyBalaton Airport, which is owner of two airports in Hungary, is interested in turning Sombor Airport into a civil one, in cooperation with the biggest low-cost airline,
Ryanair
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, because the Sombor Airport has a better position than the
Osijek Airport
Osijek Airport ( hr, Zračna luka Osijek; ) is the international airport of Osijek, Croatia. It is located 20 km east southeast of Osijek and is situated near the Osijek – Vukovar regional road, southwest of the eponymous village of Klisa ...
.
See also
Sombor Airport (not in use) hardly damaged due to the NATO aggression in 1999*
List of airports in Serbia
This is the list of airports in Serbia, grouped by type and sorted by location.
Airports statistics
Airports with number of passengers served per year:
List of airports in Serbia
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has schedu ...
External links
JP Aerodrom Sombor*
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Ryanair
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