Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
| Nikola Tesla Airport Belgrade Аеродром Никола Тесла Београд Aerodrome Nikola Tesla Beograd  |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | LYBE |
| IATA code | BEG |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 102 m (335 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 12 km west of Belgrade |
| Street |
 Autoput A3
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| Local transport | Bus shuttle |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1962 |
| operator | Belgrade Airport doo |
| surface | 161 ha |
| Terminals | 2 |
| Passengers | 6,159,000 (2019) |
| Air freight | 20,064 (2019) |
| Flight movements |
70,356 (2019) |
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
7 million |
| Start-and runway | |
| 12/30 | 3400 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Nikola Tesla Airport Belgrade ( Serbian Аеродром Никола Тесла Београд Aerodrom Nikola Tesla Beograd , IATA code BEG , ICAO code LYBE ) is the largest airport in Serbia . The airport, named after the physicist, inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla since 2006, is the hub of Air Serbia and a base for Wizz Air and is located in the area of Opština Surčin west of the capital Belgrade . The company Belgrade Airport doo operates the airport since the end of December 2018th
history
Beginnings of civil aviation
The first (improvised) airfield in Belgrade was built in 1910 on the Banjica military training area . The aviation pioneers Simon, Maslenikov, Vidmar and Cermak showed their skills on it. At the beginning of 1912 the first hangar was opened in Banjica during the war against the Ottoman Empire . It was developed and planned by Mihailo Mercep .
Serbia was one of the first nations to sign the International Air Transport Convention in Paris in 1919. An airport was planned that would take care of Serbia's international air traffic in the vicinity of Belgrade. The area for this huge airport for the time was found near the town of Pančevo .
The first aircraft with an international route came from Paris and landed on March 15, 1923 at the newly opened airport. It was a Compagnie franco-roumaine de navigation aérienne aircraft . On September 2 of the same year a plane flew for the first time from Belgrade to Bucharest on a night flight. Up until 1926, many aircraft from a wide variety of companies also took off from Belgrade Airport to the Middle and Far East .
The international airport, located in what is now Belgrade's Novi Beograd district, opened in March 1927. The first aircraft of the national Serbian company Aeroput , which had its headquarters there , also took off from this airport . At that time the airport had four runways between 1,100 and 2,900 m in length. The control tower was completed in 1931 and the bad weather lighting on the runways in 1936. In 1941 the airport was occupied by the Wehrmacht and used for their own purposes. In the course of the summer of 1944 it was bombed by the Allies and in October of the same year the remaining intact objects of the airport were completely destroyed when the German troops withdrew.
After 1945
After the Second World War , the airport was completely repaired from 1944 to 1945. However, it has not yet been released for public transport because it was used for war operations by the Soviet and Yugoslav air forces and for the transport of aid and injuries. In 1947 public operations were resumed and from that point onwards the companies JAT and JUSTA were responsible for the transport . In 1948, the first plane operated by a western airline landed.
The increasing number of international flight connections made it necessary to renew and enlarge the airport, but this was not possible on the property at the time. So a new airport had to be built. The last flights from the old airport were flown in 1964 due to the long construction period of the new airport.
Move to Surčin
The new airport was built on a large plateau next to the village of Surčin - 18 km from the city center. It turned out that the long search for a suitable location for the new airport was successful as the location was suitable for navigation, meteorology and traffic. Another advantage was the low population density in the vicinity of the new airport.
The architect Nikola Dobrović came up with the first draft of the new airport . However, this was ultimately rejected and that of the engineer Miloš Lukić, which was completed in 1957, was accepted. Construction began in 1958 and lasted until April 28, 1962, when the then Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito officially opened the new airport. The new airport has a 3400 m long runway, an equally long runway, and offers 16 aircraft a parking space at the same time. The terminal building at that time had an area of 8000 m². A duty-free shopping area was built, and a technical block with a control tower that controlled all happenings at the airport. At that time, the airport's technical navigation and radio equipment was among the most innovative in the world, which resulted in the airport being classified in the highest airport class of the ICAO .
present
The Association of European Airports (ACI Europe) announced in its report for the first half of 2014 that the airport is the second fastest growing airport in Europe due to the increase in passenger numbers of 32%, which was one million passengers by July. More than 2.5 million passengers have been registered since the beginning of the year. Daily records have already been broken several times this summer. For the last time on August 2nd which was 20,380 passengers in one day. The director of Sasa Vlaisavljevic airport announced further expansion and the construction of a new terminal. The Serbian government is currently looking for a foreign concession partner to provide more capital for further expansion and to increase the competitiveness of the airport. A de-icing platform is to be built in the course of 2016; a new cargo gate had already been inaugurated beforehand. In 2014 the airport had 4,638,577 passengers.
Airlines and Destinations
There are direct flights to Belgrade from German-speaking countries: Lufthansa flies up to three times a day from Frankfurt and Munich , Air Serbia twice a day. Air Serbia flies daily from Berlin-Tegel , Düsseldorf and Stuttgart . Swiss flies twice a day on weekends and once on weekdays from Zurich , Air Serbia twice a day. Austrian Airlines flies three times a day in code-sharing with Air Serbia from Vienna . Wizz Air flies several times a week from Dortmund , Karlsruhe , Hanover and Memmingen , Germanwings flies several times a week from Stuttgart (as of July 2013).
Transport links
Street
The airport is 12 km west of the city center. The quickest way to get there is via the E 70 . The Belgrade – Surčin road also leads to the airport. The bus line 72 of the Belgrade City Transport runs approximately every 30 minutes between the airport and Zeleni Venac square near the Terazije .
rail
A train connection is being planned.
Traffic figures
Statistics 2019
| Traffic figures | Flight movements | ± | Passenger volume | ± | Air freight (tons) | ± |
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| 2019 | 70,356 | + 4.3% | 6,159,000 | + 9.2% | 20,064 | + 0.0% |
| Changes compared to the previous year | ||||||
Traffic figures from 2002
| Year of operation | Passenger volume | Air freight [ t ] | Flight movements |
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| 2002 | 1,621,798 | 6,827 | 28,872 |
| 2003 | 1,849,148 | 6,532 | 32,484 |
| 2004 | 2,045,282 | 8,946 | 36,416 |
| 2005 | 2,032,357 | 7,728 | 37,614 |
| 2006 | 2,222,445 | 8,200 | 42,360 |
| 2007 | 2,512,890 | 7,926 | 43,448 |
| 2008 | 2,650,048 | 8,129 | 44,454 |
| 2009 | 2,384,077 | 6,690 | 40,664 |
| 2010 | 2,698,730 | 7,427 | 44,160 |
| 2011 | 3,124,633 | 8,025 | 44,923 |
| 2012 | 3,363,919 | 7,253 | 44,990 |
| 2013 | 3,543,194 | 7,679 | 46,828 |
| 2014 | 4,638,577 | 10,222 | 58,695 |
| 2015 | 4,776,110 | 13.091 | 58,513 |
| 2016 | 4,924,992 | 13,939 | 58,633 |
| 2017 | 5,343,420 | 19,758 | 58,859 |
| 2018 | 5,641,105 | 20,065 | 56,178 |
| 2019 | 6,159,000 | 20,064 | 70,356 |
Flight movements
Passenger volume
Air freight
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.exyuaviation.com/2017/06/belgrade-airport-completes-terminal.html
- ↑ ekapija.com: [1]
- ↑ Get link, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Email: Serbia to build Belgrade Airport rail link. Retrieved July 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 14, 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.
