Podgorica Airport
| Aerodrome Podgorica | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | LYPG |
| IATA code | TGD |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 43 m (141 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 12 km south of Podgorica |
| Street | M2 / E 65 / E 80 |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1961 |
| operator | Airports of Montenegro |
| Passengers | 1,297,365 (2019) |
| Air freight | 1,055 t (2007) |
| Flight movements |
7,915 (2018) |
| Runways | |
| 08/26 | 2178 m × 15 m asphalt |
| 18/36 | 2500 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Podgorica Airport ( Aerodrom Podgorica ), according to passengers the smaller of the two Montenegrin airports. It is also used as a military airfield by the Montenegrin Air Force and named Podgorica-Golubovci after its location . The IATA abbreviation is still TGD today , as the Montenegrin capital Podgorica was named Titograd from 1946 to 1992 in honor of the former Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito .
Location and transport links
Podgorica Airport is seven kilometers south of the city center. To the west of the airport the Magistralni put M2 , the European route 65 and the European route 80 run on a common route.
A train stop called Aerodrom ( Serbian - Cyrillic Аеродром ) is about a kilometer from the terminal on the Belgrade – Bar railway line . Six pairs of regional trains on the Podgorica – Bar route stop here every day.
history
In the 1960s, Tito had the airport built for the Yugoslav Air Force (RV i PVO) and civil aviation. The Air Force referred to its part as Podgorica Air Force Base. In addition to runway 08/26, this also included the aircraft cavern hidden three kilometers east of it under the “Šipčanik” hill . The aircraft cavern was given the code name “Objekat Tuzi” and was designed for the operation of one or two squadrons or around 24 Soko Orao aircraft. The aircraft cavern is semi-circular, 13.5 m wide, 6.5 m high and exactly 356 m long. During the Kosovo war , the then Yugoslav air base was bombed several times by NATO and its allies during Operation Allied Force . During these attacks, the small field coverage was penetrated by laser-guided bombs . The subsequent fire destroyed 24 Soko G-2 “Galeb” and six Soko G-4 “Super Galeb” and the tunnel was badly damaged. In 2006 the aircraft cavern was converted into a wine cellar , as the armed forces of Montenegro had no need for the damaged cavern and operated their remaining aircraft on the civil airfield. A new passenger terminal with eight check-in positions has been available since mid-May 2006. The airport is the base of Montenegro Airlines .
Destinations
There are direct flights from Podgorica Airport to Athens , Bari , Belgrade , Berlin , Budapest , Brussels , Düsseldorf , Frankfurt , London , Memmingen , Moscow , Naples , Paris , Salerno , Stockholm , Vienna . (As of August 2017)
Traffic figures
| year | Passenger volume | Flight movements |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,297,365 | |
| 2018 | 1,208,525 | 7,915 |
| 2017 | 1,055,141 | 7,516 |
| 2016 | 873.278 | 5,957 |
| 2015 | 748.899 | 5,545 |
| 2014 | 699.141 | 5,247 |
| 2013 | 690.688 | 5,528 |
| 2012 | 620.097 | 5,560 |
| 2011 | 611,651 | 6.136 |
| 2010 | 651.608 | 6,925 |
| 2009 | 450,376 | 5,455 |
| 2008 | 544.907 | 5,883 |
| 2007 | 460.020 | 4,918 |
| 2006 | 381,847 | 3,895 |
| 2005 | 319,665 | 3,298 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Podgorica Airport History. MontenegroAirports.com, accessed August 21, 2018 .
- ↑ a b EX-YU airport race 2019. exyuaviation.com, accessed on June 25, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b c d e Statistics. MontenegroAirports.com, accessed August 21, 2018 .
- ↑ ACI ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Željeznica Crne Gore timetable (PDF; 204 kB)
