Gjakova Airport

Gjakova Airport Aeroporti i Gjakovës AMIKO Aerodrom Gjakova AMIKO
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IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Inoperative
Owner	Kosovo
Operator	Ministry of Trade and Industry
Serves	Gjakova
Location	Tarkaniqi
Elevation AMSL	1,370 ft / 418 m
Coordinates
Map
Gjakova Airfield Location of airport in Kosovo
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 5,904 1,800 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF

File:Memorial of first flight to land at Gjakova Airfield on 23 September 1999, an Italian Airforce G 222.JPG

Memorial to the first flight to land at Gjakova Airport on 23 September 1999, an Italian Airforce G 222

Gjakova Airport AMIKO (Albanian: Aeroporti i Gjakovës, Serbian: Аеродром Ђаковица/Aerodrom Đakovica) is a airport in village Tarkaniqi, near Gjakova in western Kosovo. The airport is expected to become public in the following years, to be used by low-cost commercial airlines and cargo flights.

History

The airport was built by the Kosovo Force (KFOR) following the 1999 Kosovo War, next to an existing airfield used for agricultural purposes, and was used mainly for military and humanitarian flights. On 18 December 2013, the airport was handed over to the Government of Kosovo from the Italian Air Force. Under Italian Air Force operations, Gjakova Airfield handled more than 27,000 aircraft, 220,000 passengers and the carriage of more than 40,000 tons of cargo.

The local and national government plans to offer Gjakova Airport for operation under a public-private partnership with the aim of turning it into a civilian and commercial airport.

As of December 2015, the airport is reported as closed by the Kosovo authorities.

See also

• Alenia C-27J Spartan
• Radonjićko Lake

External links

• Gjakova Airport aerial photo