Tivat Airport

Tivat Airport

Аеродром Тиват

Aerodrom Tivat
Tivat Airport; Аеродром Тиват; Aerodrom Tivat
	IATA: TIV; ICAO: LYTV;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aerodromi Crne Gore - Airports of Montenegro
Serves	Tivat, Montenegro
Elevation AMSL	20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates	42°24′17″N 18°43′24″E / 42.40472°N 18.72333°E
Website	www.montenegroairports.com
Runways
Statistics (2007)
Number of Passengers
Number of Passengers	573,914

Tivat Airport (Montenegrin: Аеродром Тиват, Aerodrom Tivat, Croatian: Zračna luka Tivat) (IATA: TIV, ICAO: LYTV) is an international airport located 4 km (2.5 miles) from the centre of Tivat, Montenegro. The airport handles international flights. As Montenegro's two main airports are merely 80 km apart, there are no regular passenger domestic flights. Domestic flights have been reduced to charter flights and general aviation, and all scheduled traffic is international.

There are daily scheduled flights to various European destinations. During the summer season, there are many charter flights and air connections to various major cities in the world. The flights to Belgrade airport has traditionally accounted for majority of the traffic at the airport, but the percentage is decreasing thanks to more airlines flying at Tivat.

Overview

Tivat airport was built in 1971 with a single asphalt runway (14/32) of 2,500 meters (8,202 ft), 7 parking stands for airliners and a capacity of up to 6 aircraft movements per hour.

Tivat Airport is the largest airport in Montenegro. It is one of two public airports in Montenegro, the other being Podgorica Airport. Both are operated by the state-owned company Airports of Montenegro (Aerodromi Crne Gore/Аеродроми Црне Горе).

It has one passenger terminal that handles all traffic. It is a single-story building extensively refurbished in 2006. It has 12 check-in desks, a duty-free shop, car rental agencies such as AVIS and major Montenegrin Bank branch offices.

Tivat airport is located on the northern Adriatic coast of Montenegro. With mountains rising abruptly around Tivat airport and runway 32 that ends only 100 meters from the waters of the Bay of Kotor, it is a challenging approach and landing, rated 4D by the ICAO (operational restrictions due to the surrounding high terrain). Despite that harsh environment, there has been no accidents at the airport since it began operations. Due to mountainous terrain along the approach path, the airport is open only during daytime hours. Tivat Airport is one of the most dangerous and most difficult airport for approach and landing and a challenge for every pilot. Pilots say that one who land on Tivat airport during rain, fog, wind, can land anywhere-anytime,in any conditions.(see AIP Serbia and Montenegro for procedures/instructions)

There are daily flights from Tivat to Belgrade throughout the year, while all other flights are heavily concentrated over the summer period. Tivat airport is mainly used by charter flights, being only 7 km away from Kotor and 20 km from the popular touristic city of Budva(27 June 2009 the total number of flights was 51).

With the rapid development of the local real estate and the construction of Porto Montenegro, the airport has the fastest growing rate in number of passengers of any airport in the region. The growth slowed down in 2008, since the Ilyushin Il-86s were redirected to Podgorica Airport due to noise abatement.

In 2007, The Korean Government donated equipments and provided training for airport personnel at Korea Civil Aviation Training Center, through KOICA's one-million- dollar-project for Tivat airport modernization (FIDS, cargo loader, lavatory vehicles, training of airport management and technical personnel,security equipments).

In 2007, Tivat Airport served 573,914 passengers.By July 2009, Tivat Airport has a traffic increase of 4%, compared to the previous year.

New services:

-EUROJET (www.eurojet-service.com) put into service MERCEDES luxury vehicle to transport VIP passengers and crew.

-WiFi Internet project, which will be available to passengers free of charge.

Some of the biggest European airlines are interested in opening seasonal flights to Tivat Airport in 2010/2011.

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled Airlines

Airlines	Destinations
Air Moldova	Chiṣinǎu [seasonal]
Atlant-Soyuz Airlines	Moscow-Vnukovo
Jat Airways	Belgrade
Montenegro Airlines	Belgrade, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, London-Gatwick, Moscow-Domodedovo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pristina, Rome-Fiumicino, Skopje, St Petersburg
Moskovia Airlines	Moscow-Domodedovo
Rossiya	St Petersburg
S7 Airlines	Moscow-Domodedovo
Transaero Airlines	Moscow-Domodedovo