Vršac Airport

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Vršac International Airport Међународни Аеродром Вршац Međunarodni Aerodrom Vršac

IATA: N/A - ICAO: LYVR
Summary
Airport type		Military/Public
Operator		Jat Airways Flight Academy
Serves		Vršac
Elevation AMSL		276 ft (84 m)
Coordinates		45°08′52″N, 21°18′35″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
01R/19L	3,280	1,000	Asphalt
01L/19R	2,952	900	Grass
16/34	1,969	600	Grass

Vršac International Airport (Serbian Cyrillic: Међународни Аеродром Вршац, Serbian Latin: Međunarodni Aerodrom Vršac) (IATA: N/A, ICAO: LYVR) is one of Serbia's busiest sport airports and Serbia's fourth international airport since December 28, 2006. Aircraft of 24 m width and maximum weight of 5,700 kg when taking off, may land and take off from this airport. Vršac Airport is presently used for the purposes of air-taxi traffic, training pilots, auto mechanics and air treatment of soil.

There are five hangars built at the airport that can accommodate and maintain aircraft of the academy and agricultural aviation. There is also a building with classrooms and one with a control tower.

1 History
2 Airport services
- 2.1 Jat Airways Fligh Academy
- 2.2 Maintenance
3 Reconstruction
4 Airlines and destinations
5 See also
6 Sources

[edit] History

The first flight on the slopes of Vršac Mt. was performed by pilot-engineer Aurel Vlaiku on August 11, 1912. The starting year of aeronautical tradition was 1925. when aeronautical club "Naša Krila" (English: "Our Wings") was founded. A study was made about the advantages of this region for development of gliding sport, and this had initiated the investors to build the first hangar in 1934.

After World War II the intensive training of glider pilots continued. In 1954 Vršac becomes official State Aeronautical Centre. Glider pilots were now joined by parachuters, airplane pilots and aircraft-model makers. Vršac was the recruitment centre for recreational aeronautics until 1972. Flyers from this centre took place in many world championships and brought many medals and records. In 1972 Vršac hosted the third World Championship in Gliding.

In 1972 the national airline of Serbia, Jat Airways (then known as JAT Yugoslav Airlins). Since then the Jat Airways Flight Academy has been specialized for training future airline transport pilots at Vršac International Airport.

The Jat Airways Flight Academy each year organizes the "Vršac Airshow".

The first international flight from Vršac Airport was to Podgorica Airport in Montenegro on February 5, 2007. The airport received international airport status after the Government of Serbia, made a decision to do so on December 28, 2006.

[edit] Airport services

[edit] Jat Airways Fligh Academy

See full article: Jat Airways Flight Academy

Vršac Airport is one of the most recognised European training centres and is the home to the Jat Airways training centre.

Vršac Airshow

Jat Flight Academy Vršac has its own programme based on over 50 years of experience in training pilots for commercial air transport. In its long tradition of pilot training, Jat Flight Academy has educated 70%+ of pilots flying today for the national air carrier - Jat Airways. The airport also includes a state of the art flight simulator system.

In October 2005 the Technical Department of Jat Flight Academy charged with marinating aircraft at the Academy, received certification of conforming to European Union standards in the maintenance of light aircraft - EASA part 145. The certification opens the possibility of maintaining aircraft for clients throughout Europe.

In 2007, Air India announced it will train some of it's pilots at the Jat Airways flight academy.

Vršac Airport has trained many pilots from different airports over the years. This In 2007 the airport will be the training base for future pilots from India and China. Vršac Airport has also trained pilots from Air Algerie, Air Mali, Air Malta, Iraqi Airways, Libyan Arab Airlines, TAAG and Turkish Airlines.

[edit] Maintenance

Light Aircraft Maintenance Centre in the Vršac Flight Academy possesses the EASA 145 Certificate necessary for maintaining and repairing smaller planes from the European Union. Aircraft from the fleet of the Greek business air carrier GAA - whose pilots have recently renewed their flying licenses in the institution - are also maintained in Vršac.

[edit] Reconstruction

Vršac International Airport

Vršac International Airport is planned to go under reconstruction in following years. The existing taking off-landing runway, which is 1000 m long, needs to be lengthened by 1500 m. Its width needs to be increased by 30 m. Considering unfavourable position of Vršac airport in relation to the city itself, the lengthening of the runway needs to be done 400 m northward and a 100 m southward. This way the problem of noise and air pollution of the city is lessened and there are more possibilities for using the runway. What also needs to be done is the strengthening of the whole construction of the runway, taxiway and terminal platform, according to the 30 tones of airplane weight. When the reconstruction is complete city authorities hope the airport will attract European charter airlines and cargo airline such DHL to transport mail.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Jat Airways AVIO taxi (Amsterdam, Athens, Brussels, Belgrade, Budapest, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Graz, Hanover, Istanbul, Larnaca, Malta, Milan, Munich, Odessa, Paris, Prague, Rome, Skopje, Sofia, Thessaloniki, Trieste, Tunis, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw, Zurich) [per request]

Air Pink and Prince Aviation also use the airport per request from customers and companies based in Vršac use their own private jets for business travel.

[edit] See also

List of airports in Serbia

[edit] Sources

International airports in Serbia
Belgrade Nikola Tesla International Airport \| Niš Constantine the Great International Airport \| Priština International Airport \| Vršac International Airport