Bor Airport Аеродром Бор Aerodrom Bor | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Serbia[1] | ||||||||||
Operator | Airports of Serbia[1] | ||||||||||
Serves | Bor | ||||||||||
Location | Bor, Serbia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,266 ft / 386 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°01′5.65″N 22°08′13.69″E / 44.0182361°N 22.1371361°E | ||||||||||
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Native name | Аеродроми Србије |
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Romanized name | Aerodromi Srbije |
Company type | Limited liability company |
Industry | Aviation |
Founded | 2 February 2016 |
Founder | Government of Serbia |
Headquarters | Vazduhoplovaca 24, Niš , Serbia |
Key people | Mihajlo Zdravković (Director) |
Services | Airport management |
Revenue | €4.21 million (2020)[2] |
€1.16 million (2020)[2] | |
Total assets | €96.30 million (2020)[3] |
Total equity | €91.62 million (2020)[3] |
Owner | Government of Serbia (100%) |
Number of employees | 200 (2020) |
Subsidiaries | Aerodrom Trebinje d.o.o. (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
Website | www |
Footnotes / references Business ID: 07343914 Tax ID: 101531405[4] |
Bor Airport (Serbian: Аеродром Бор, romanized: Aerodrom Bor) (ICAO: LYBO) is an airport located in east part of Serbia near the city of Bor, Serbia and around 26 km (16 mi) from the city of Zaječar, Serbia. The Airport is also located near the mountain resort Crni Vrh (Black Peak, 1,043 m (3,422 ft) high) and many other tourist attractions like Brestovac Spa, the Stol mountain, Lazar's cave, Lazar's Canyon, Vratna Gates, Bor Zoo and the Gornjak monastery.[5][6]
The Airport was built from 1984 to 1986. It is a civil airport for sports, and it is planned to be opened for commercial flights in the future.[7]
The airport can handle light commercial and business planes at the moment. Initially it was built with 800 m (2,600 ft) of runway, but it was subsequently extended and now has over 1,000 m (3,300 ft) of concrete runway, 30 m (98 ft) wide. It remains one of the best small civil airports in Serbia. Airport has hangar, control tower, a saloon and accommodation for the crew members. In 2011 the new Aero klub Bor was founded, and there is now an effort to build a general aviation maintenance center and obtain light airplane for training and parachuting. The airport was operated by Aero klub Bor (Bor Aero Club) and Bor Sports Center. Sections of the Aero club include skydiving, parachuting, and training for pilots.
The club used to have one airplane Utva 75 and a few parachutists. The airplane crashed at Paracin airport in 1988. and was repaired, but it had another accident Bor airport in 1990. Later it was sent for maintenance to the factory in Pancevo, and later based in Batajnica.
In 1992. for a short period of time the airport was base for squadron of J-21 from Skopje Airport. Two Antonov An-26 were stationed in 1999. during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia from Niš Constantine the Great Airport.