Subotica Airfield ( sr, Аеродром Суботица / ''Aerodrom Subotica'') , also locally known as Bikovo Aerodrome ( sr, Аеродром Биково / ''Aerodrom Bikovo''), is a recreational

aerodrome An aerodrome (Commonwealth English) or airdrome (American English) is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for publ ...

near the city of

Subotica Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

. It has one runway that is 1,200 m long and 100 m wide. The field is mostly used for

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with active Skydive Drop Zone, Pilot School for

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(SPL) and

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(PPL) as well as pilot rating courses :

Glider towing Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sports, air sport in which pilots fly glider aircraft, unpowered aircraft known as Glider (sailplane), gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmospher ...

STR; Aerobatics ARB; Flight instructor FI and NVFR. The club members are very active in paragliding and power kite piloting, too. Aeroklub

Ivan Sarić Ivan Sarić (27 June 1876 – 23 August 1966) was a Yugoslavian sportsman and aviator. He founded the athletic club ŽAK Subotica in his hometown of Subotica. He was also one of the most important pioneers of aviation in Eastern Europe. As a cycl ...

is the operator of Subotica Aerodrome.

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