Berane Airport

Berane Airport Aerodrom Berane Аеродром Беране
IATA: IVG – ICAO: LYBR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		N/A
Location		Berane
Elevation AMSL		2,287 ft / 697 m
Coordinates		42°50′20.50″N 19°51′43.30″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
01L/19R	4,921	1,500	Grass
01/19	6,234	1,900	Concrete/Asphalt
01R/19L	4,921	1,500	Grass

Berane Airport (Montenegrin: Аеродром Беране, Aerodrom Berane) (IATA: IVG, ICAO: LYBR) is an airport located near Berane, Montenegro. It is also known as Dolac Airport. Berane was known as Ivangrad from July 1949 to March 1992, hence the IATA code IVG.

It is one of the four Montenegrin airports to feature paved runway and one of three Montenegrin airports to have terminal building. Berane Airport was used for regular airline traffic during the SFRY era, but has since fell into disuse. Today is used mostly by general aviation. There is an ongoing debate on whether Berane Airport should be invested in and possibly revitalized as an international airport. Berane city officials, as well as general public in north eastern Montenegro favours the reconstruction, while government authorities question the project's viability.

History

On July 21, 1961, the Belgrade-Ivangrad tourist line to the nearby Bjelasica mountain was opened by JAT Yugoslav Airlines with an Douglas DC-3 airliner and flights in this type of aircraft with brief interruptions have been undertaken up to 1971 year. In the period from 1973 to 1974 the JNA carried out a full reconstruction and construction of asphalt-concrete runway. The airport is officially included in the regular transport on May 6, 1975 when he was re-opened line to Belgrade on the Fokker F227B aircraft of Zagreb based Croatian airline Pan Adria. It was for all a great experience and in a way a symbol of prestige in these areas. However, Pan Adria at the end of 1976 go under bankruptcy and thus the traffic from this airport stopped. Then it was an attempt at beginning of 80´is to re-establish lines with the De Havilland Dash 7 of Slovenian Inex-Adria Airways, however aircarrier terms were too binding for the city economy and management did not support the initiative. Then made several promotional flights with Dash 7. This was also the last attempt to airport functioning in regular traffic. All the time parallelly were employed sports Aeroclub Ivangrad, well remembered by many generations of the VVG (Military Aeronautic Gymnasium) cadets from Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

External links

• Berane Airport at World Airport Codes
• View of airport and city Berane from Tifran canyon
• JAT Yugoslav Airlines Douglas DC-3 at Berane Airport,1968
• Berane Airport photos
• Aerodrom Berane-svijetla budućnost? Translated version:page 1 & page 2