Aerodrom Beograd
IATA: BEG - ICAO: LYBE
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aerodrom Beograd P.E.
Serves		Belgrade
Elevation AMSL		335 ft (102 m)
Coordinates		44° 49' 06" N 20° 18' 33" E Belgrade Airport Overview - A Gates Taken from the Belgrade Airport Official Website. ... An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... [[Image:|Location of Belgrade]] Mayor Nenad Bogdanović Area 359. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
12/30	11,155	3,400	Paved

Belgrade Airport (Serbian: Aerodrom Beograd, cyrillic Аеродром Београд) (IATA airport code: BEG, ICAO airport code: LYBE) is Serbia's busiest airport. It is often called Surčin, after a nearby Belgrade suburb. The Serbian language is one of the standard versions of the Å tokavian dialect (former standard was known as Serbo-Croatian language). ... An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Belgrade Airport is situated 12 kilometers west of central Belgrade, in Belgrade Municipality of Surčin, surrounded by Vojvodina's fertile lowlands. Passengers on the right hand side of the planes coming in from the east have a spectacular view of downtown Belgrade, especially districts of Čukarica and Novi Beograd. Weather seldom diverts aircraft, and it's by rule in winter due to fog - planes then land at Niš, which is 230 km away. [[Image:|Location of Belgrade]] Mayor Nenad Bogdanović Area 359. ... Surčin (Сурчин) is a town just west of Belgrade. ... Serbia and Montenegro  â€“ Serbia    â€“ Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    â€“ Vojvodina  â€“ Montenegro Official languages Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, Rusin1 Capital Novi Sad Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water  21,500 km²  n/a Population  â€“ Total (2002)  â€“ Density  2,031,992  94. ... Nis redirects here. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ...

The International Terminal is currently under reconstruction, resulting in international departures being handled by smaller Terminal 1, in normal conditions used for domestic traffic only.

News

New name

A countrywide petition has been signed on changing the name of the airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla International Airport. Nikola Tesla was a Serbian inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer of profound genius. Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 in Smiljan (today Croatia, former Austro-Hungarian) - January 7, 1943; Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла) was an inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer of profound genius. ...

The proposal was accepted by Aerodrom Beograd P.E., state-owned airport authority, and is pending approval by Ministry of Capital Investment, and finally Serbian Government. [1] The current Serbian government was formed on March 3, 2004 with the appointment of Vojislav Kostunica as the Prime Minister. ...

Open skies agreement

The Open Skies agreement has been signed on the part of the government, meaning that from January 1, 2007 all airlines that wish to land in Serbia will be able to do so. Until now, Serbian flag carrier Jat Airways had the right to reject any airline they wanted, and in order to enjoy competition-free market, many airlines were denied landing rights in the country. Some of the known rejected airlines are Adria and Emirates. This agreement would also open the skies to low cost carriers from Europe, such as Ryan Air and EasyJet. Jat Airways is the national carrier of Serbia and Montenegro, former national carrier of Yugoslavia, and the sixteenth-oldest airline in Europe. ... Adria is a town in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of Northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po. ... Emirates (Arabic: الإمارات al-Imārāt) is an airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ... Ryanair (ISE: RYA) (LSE: RYA) (NASDAQ: RYAAY) is an airline based in Ireland. ... easyJet is a low cost airline officially known as easyJet Airline Company PLC. The company is based at London Luton Airport. ...

Reconstruction

Due to reconstruction of international terminal (T2) at Belgrade Airport, outbound international traffic is being handled by domestic terminal (T1) - there are enough check-in counters to avoid long queues, but there are no airside cafes, shops or lounges.

International arrivals moved to new Terminal 2 on December 26, 2005, after series of delays.

Construction

Belgrade Airport will construct the largest cargo terminal in Eastern Europe. Company DynCorp will carry out the works. Construction of the cargo terminal cost has apparently gone up from the originally reported 60-80 million euro to 250 million euro. Construction will start in Spring 2006.

Runway Upgrade

The runway is CAT IIIb, ugraded in October 2005, as part of a large renovation project.

During a previous reconstruction, Belgrade's second airport, Batajnica, was temporarily used for passenger traffic.

Airlines & Destinations

Jat Airways uses BEG as its hub airport

The following scheduled passanger airlines use Belgrade Airport (as of January 2006): JAT Boeing 737-300 (YU-ANV) landing at London (Heathrow) Airport. ... JAT Boeing 737-300 (YU-ANV) landing at London (Heathrow) Airport. ...

• Aeroflot (Moscow Sheremetyevo)
• Aerosvit (Kiev, Sofia)
• Air France (Paris CDG)
• Alitalia (Milan Malpensa)
• Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
• British Airways (London Heathrow)
• CSA Czech Airlines (Prague)
• DHL (Budapest, Zagreb)
• Gazpromavia (Moscow Vnukovo, Sochi)
• Jat Airways (Amsterdam, Athens, Beirut, Berlin, Brussels, Cairo, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Istanbul, Kuwait, Larnaca, Ljubljana, London Heathrow, Malta, Milan Malpensa, Moscow Sheremetyevo, Munich, Ohrid, Paris CDG, Podgorica, Prague, Rome Fiumicino, Sarajevo, Sharm El Sheikh, Skopje, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Tel Aviv, Tirana, Tivat, Trieste, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienna, Zurich)
• Kras Air (Moscow)
• Lufthansa (Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich)
• Montenegro Airlines (Podgorica, Tivat, Zurich)
• Olympic Airlines (Athens)
• Scorpion Air (Budapest)
• Swiss International Airlines (Zurich)
• Tarom (Bucharest¹)
• Tunisair (Monastir, Djerba)
• Turkish Airlines (Istanbul²)

1 - Service starting in March 2006 2 - Service starting in February 2006 Aeroflot — Russian Airlines (Russian:Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии), or Aeroflot (Аэрофло́т; literally air fleet) , is the Russian national airline and is the biggest carrier in Russia. ... Aerosvit Airlines (Ukrainian: Авіакомпанія АероСвіт, Russian: Авиакомпания АэроСвит) is an airline based in Kiev, Ukraine. ... Air France Boeing 747 Air France (Compagnie Nationale Air France) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before the take-over of KLM, it was essentially the national airline of France, employing 71,654 people (at January 2005). ... Alitalia (Linee Aeree Italiane) (IATA: AZ, ICAO: AZA, and Callsign: Alitalia) is the national budget airline of Italy. ... Austrian Airlines (Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG) is the international airline carrier of Austria, based in Vienna. ... For the 1930s airline of similar name see British Airways Ltd British Airways (LSE: BAY) (NYSE: BAB) is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. ... CSA Czech Airlines (in Czech: České aerolinie (or Czech Airlines) is the Czech national airline company, based in Prague. ... The DHL logo DHL is a global shipping company founded in 1969 by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, and Robert Lynn; the initials of the founders last names form the company name. ... Gazpromavia is an airline based in Russia. ... Jat Airways is the national carrier of Serbia and Montenegro, former national carrier of Yugoslavia, and the sixteenth-oldest airline in Europe. ... Lufthansa (Deutsche Lufthansa AG) is the largest German airline company, and one of the biggest in the world. ... Montenegro Airlines is the national carrier of Montenegro and based in Podgorica. ... Olympic Airlines (Ολυμπιακές Αερογραμμές - OA) is the state-run flag carrier of Greece, employing about 1850 people. ... Swiss International Air Lines Airbus A321 Swiss International Air Lines was formed before the 2001 bankruptcy of Swissair, Switzerlands former flag carrier. ... TAROM is the flag carrier airline of Romania. ... Tunisair Airbus A320-200 Tunisair, formed in 1948, is the national airline of Tunisia. ... Turkish Airlines (Turkish Türk Hava Yolları) (THY) is the national airline of Turkey based in Istanbul. ...

Ground Transportation

By car

Belgrade Airport is connected to Belgrade - Zagreb highway (E-70) via nearby interchange. For southwestern parts of Belgrade, such as Železnik, Sremčica or Obrenovac, or if final destination is western Serbia, travellers should take Zagreb exit and just two kilometers from the airport another turn to Obrenovac which will lead over newly built bridge over Sava river. All other directions should head towards Belgrade - just before entering the city, travellers to Vojvodina should take Novi Sad exit. Drive from the airport to central Belgrade shouldn't take more than 20 minutes. Speed limit on this section of motorway is only 80km/h! Coat of Obrenovac Obrenovac (Обреновац) is a city located in Serbia and Montenegro at 44. ... Zagreb (pronounced: ) is the capital city of Croatia. ... Sava also Save (in German: Save; in Hungarian: Száva) is a river in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ... Serbia and Montenegro  â€“ Serbia    â€“ Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    â€“ Vojvodina  â€“ Montenegro Official languages Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, Rusin1 Capital Novi Sad Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water  21,500 km²  n/a Population  â€“ Total (2002)  â€“ Density  2,031,992  94. ... Motto: City for the citizens (Grad po meri graÄ‘ana) Executive government Mayor (Gradonačelnik) City council (SkupÅ¡tina Grada) Mayor Maja Gojković Area 235. ...

There are numerous car rental agencies on duty at Arrivals Hall at the airport. Prices are just above European average. Most cars have manual transmissions. This is an article about manual transmission in general; for guidance on how to drive with a manual transmission, see Manual transmission driving technique. ...

By bus

• Lasta coaches depart every hour on the hour, from 5 AM to 9 PM from Slavija Sq in downtown Belgrade, via Belgrade Central Railway St, Fontana Sq and finally arrive at Belgrade Airport, and vice versa. Fare is 120 din.

• GSP, Belgrade Public Transport Co, maintains a scheduled service to the airport with its line no. 72. Ride to central New Belgrade will take around 35 minutes and cost 30 din.

• Charter minivan transfers: Beo Di Rent (+381 11 3238 884), Inter City Express (+381 11 3241 282)

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By taxi

Taxi fare to central Belgrade should be around 600 din. Using taxi services for destinations outside metropolitan Belgrade is unwise, as prices are unreasonably high. All licensed taxi drivers have badge and oval blue licence plate with serial number and Belgrade Coat of Arms on the roof.

Belgrade Airport is plagued by the "Taxi Mafia" who hang around at International Arrivals to tout for tourist business going in to the city centre.

Typically they demand about 2000 dinars (€23). This is three times the normal metered fare of 600 dinars (€7).

You can avoid these touts by walking to Domestic Departures and hailing the many taxis dropping people off.

For further information on travel options to and from the airport, see the Belgrade Airport website

History

Belgrade's first international airport was opened in March 1927 and it was in the place of today's Novi Beograd. From February 1928 planes of the first local company "Aeroput" started to take off from a new airport. Airport had four grassy runways which were between 1,100 and 2,900 meters long. A modern terminal building was built in 1931, and in 1936 equipment for poor visibility landing was built in. Look up March in Wiktionary, the free dictionary March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Coat of Novi Beograd Novi Beograd (Нови Београд - New Belgrade) is a new part of Belgrade located on the left bank of Sava river. ...

Besides Aeroput, Air France, Lufthansa, KLM, British Airways and companies from Italy, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Poland also used the airport until the Second World War. Starting from April 1941 German occupation forces used this airport. During 1944 the Allies bombed it, and in October of same year German army destroyed remaining facilities while retreating.

Belgrade Airport after WW2

After reconstruction of the ruined facilities and installation was completed, from October 1944 until the end of the 1945 airport was used for the Soviet and the Yugoslav aviation war operations as well as for transport of the wounded.

Civil transport by the Air Force cargo planes via this airport was renewed at the end of 1945. At the beginning 1947 companies JAT and JUSTA took over domestic and international traffic, and from 1948 the first Western companies' planes started to land on this airport. Jat Airways is the national carrier of Serbia and Montenegro, former national carrier of Yugoslavia, and the sixteenth-oldest airline in Europe. ...

Constant traffic increase and passenger jet planes appearance demanded significant airport enlargement. In the meantime there was a plan to build New Belgrade settlement on this location, and so it was decided that a new international airport should be constructed near Surčin village. Last flight from the old airport was at the beginning of 1964. Surčin (Сурчин) is a town just west of Belgrade. ...

Construction of a new airport

During the first years of the development of postwar Belgrade, construction of the modern airport became a social and economic priority. Basic studies and engineering research started in 1947, and became part of the 1950 General City Plan. This document of undeniable historic importance for Belgrade clearly defined the future or air traffic and the role of Belgrade's Airport within the Yugoslav and the international air network.

The new location for the airport was on the Surcin plateau 12 kilometers from the Belgrade city centre. Thanks to the original planners' vision, two important preconditions for the airport development were fulfilled: a suitable location was chosen, which met all the navigational, meteorological, construction, technical, and traffic requirements; and the special needs for the airport's long-term development were established.

The Serbia City Planning Bureau experts, with the architect Nikola Dobrović at the helm, made the preliminary plans for the new airport. The development and realization of the idea was taken over from 1953 onwards by the Civil Aviation Department (later Federal Department for Civil Aviation) whose experts, with engineer Miloš Lukić as a team leader, finished the general airport plan for one runway, appropriate taxiways, and a terminal complex in 1957. Building of the new airport started in April 1958 and lasted till April 28, 1962, when it was officially opened by President Josip Broz Tito. April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ...

During that period a 3,000 meter long runway was built with the parallel taxiway and appropriate concrete aprons for sixteen planes. The passenger terminal building occupied an area of 8,000 square meters. Cargo storage was also built as well as a technical block with the air traffic control tower and other accompanying facilities. Modern navigational equipment was installed, so earning the airport the highest international class according to ICAO.

Sources

• "Novo ime aerodroma - Nikola Tesla", B92, January 27, 2006

External links

• Belgrade Airport Website
• Jat Airways