Kraljevo-Lađevci Airport

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Kraljevo-Lađevci Airport
Aеродром Лађевци
Aerodrom Lađevci
IATA: KVO – ICAO: LYKV


Kraljevo-Lađevci Airport is located in Serbia
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Kraljevo-Lađevci
Airport
Location of Kraljevo-Lađevci Airport
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Operator Military of Serbia
Location Kraljevo
Elevation AMSL 686 ft / 209 m
Coordinates 43°49′04.55″N 20°35′09.61″E / 43.8179306°N 20.5860028°E / 43.8179306; 20.5860028Coordinates: 43°49′04.55″N 20°35′09.61″E / 43.8179306°N 20.5860028°E / 43.8179306; 20.5860028
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 7,218 2,200 Paved

Kraljevo-Lađevci Airport (Serbian: Аеродром Лaђeвци, Aerodrom Lađevci) (IATA: KVO, ICAO: LYKV), also informally known as Obrva (Literally: Eyebrow) in foreign sources is an airport in the Kraljevo Municipality, Serbia. Lađevci and Obrva are names of two villages nearby; Lađevci being closer, but Obrva being a word more easily pronounced to foreigners.

In accordance with the initiative instituted in 2001, the airport in Lađevci will be divided into two parts - military, "Lađevci Air Base" and civilian which will be called "Morava Airport".

In 2006 it was announced that the military airport will begin servicing civilian air traffic (first civil flight from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport operated by Air Pink departed to Kraljevo-Lađevci Airport on August 12, 2007).

The airport is undergoing major reconstruction in order for it to become a public airport. It will cost the Serbian government some 30 million Euros to bring the airport to modern standards.

The airport is located some 15 km from Kraljevo, 25 km from Čačak, 32 km from Gornji Milanovac and 39 km from Kragujevac.

Kraljevo is ideally located. The city is very industrial with many factories, including a light-aircraft assembly plant located in the city. All industrial companies in Kraljevo have expressed their desire for the reconstruction of the airport as cargo flights would decrease the time and cost of transporting goods. In addition, the airport is also located near the famed mountain ski resort Kopaonik.

The airport is currently home to the 98th Air Base of the Serbian Air Force.

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[edit] History

When constructed, Lađevci airbase was used as a support airfield for 98th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment of SFR Yugoslav Air Force which was based at Skopski Petrovac airbase in the Republic of Macedonia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, Lađevci airfield has become more active when the 98th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment was transferred from Petrovac to Kraljevo. From then at airfield there were few units of FR Yugoslav Air Force, 98th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment with its 241st Fighter-Bomber Aviation Squadron "Tigers" equipped with J-22 Orao attack aircraft, 353rd Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron equipped with IJ-22 Orao reconnaissance aircraft and the 714th Anti-Tank Helicopter Squadron equipped with SA.342L Gazelle Gama anti-tank attack helicopters. During NATO bombings of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, the airport was badly damaged. Unlike Batajnica and Slatina, where several MiG-21s were destroyed, Lađevci only sustained two J-22 Orao losses (number 25152 and 25207) in the entire campaign, thanks in large to successful defensive measures and concealment of the aircraft.

[edit] The reconstruction

On 9th September 2010 the Government of Serbia decided to prepare the airport for civilian traffic. Kraljevo-Lađevci Airport was expected to finish construction of its terminal in 2011, so it can service passenger and, more importantly, cargo flights. Total investment in the airport will be 2 billion Dinars (20 million Euros), and the plan is for the Lađevci Airport be completed by the end of 2011.

[edit] New control tower construction and runway reconstruction

In the first phase that began in June 2006, the construction commenced of the new control tower (the former having been destroyed in 1999 by NATO) at the airport in Lađevci. That investment was expected to cost approximately 3.5 million Euros. Once complete, the Lađevci Airport will be able to receive smaller civilian aircrafts with up to 100 seats (Fokker 100 class).

That will be followed by the second phase - broadening and extending of the existing runway, presently 30 metres (98 feet) wide, to a width of 45 metres (148 feet) and length of 2,750 metres (9,023 feet) upon which the airport will be able to receive even the largest aircrafts.

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1 In Kosovo - a self-declared independent state, claimed by Serbia.
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