Niš airport
| Airport Niš - Constantine the Great Аеродром Ниш - Константин Велики Aerodrome Niš - Konstantin Veliki  |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | LYNI |
| IATA code | INI |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 198 m (650 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 4 km northwest of Niš |
| Street |
 Autoput A4
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| Basic data | |
| opening | October 12, 2003 |
| operator | Aerodromi Srbije doo |
| Passengers | 422,255 (2019) |
| Air freight | 1,180 t (2019) |
| Flight movements |
3934 (2019) |
| Runways | |
| 11/29 | 2500 m × 45 m asphalt |
| 11/29 | 1700 m of sweet grass |
The Niš airport - Constantine the Great ( Serbian : Аеродром Ниш - Константин Велики) is the second largest airport in Serbia and is 4 km from the city of Nis . It is named after the Roman emperor Constantine the Great .
history
Niš Airport was built as a military airfield during the socialist era of Yugoslavia . In 1999 it was badly damaged by NATO air strikes. With the support of Norway , the airport was rebuilt and opened for civil aviation on October 12, 2003 under the new name Constantine the Great .
Airlines and Destinations
The Aero flight school has been offering its services with a fleet of four aircraft since 2004 .
In the 2005/2006 winter season, 13 Thomsonfly charter flights brought around 3500 tourists from Great Britain to the Kopaonik Mountains ski region via Niš Airport .
In the 2013 flight schedule there was only one scheduled connection with Montenegro Airlines to Podgorica . From June 2015 Wizz Air offered direct connections to Vienna , Basel , Malmö , Dortmund , Eindhoven and Memmingen , Ryanair to Berlin , Bratislava , Bergamo and Weeze and Swiss and Germania flights to Zurich .
Web links
- Official website of Niš Airport (Serbian, English)