Batlava-Donja Penduha Airfield

Batlava-Donja Penduha Airfield or Batlava Airport (ICAO: LYPT) (Albanian: Aeroporti i Batllavës; Serbian: Аеродром Батлава / Aerodrom Batlava) is a former military airport in the village of Dumosh, near Lake Batlava and the towns of Batlava and Podujevo in Kosovo.[lower-alpha 1]

Batlava-Dumosh Airfield

Aerodrom Batlava-Dumosh

Аеродром Батлава-Доња Пендуха
Summary
Airport typeEx-military now civilian
OwnerKosovo Civil Aviation Authority
Operator1999–2008 KFOR; 2008 – presently closed.
ServesPodujevo
LocationDumosh
Elevation AMSL1,978 ft / 603 m
Coordinates42°50′43.8″N 21°13′12.0″E
Map
Batlava-Dumosh Airfield
Location in Kosovo
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
02/20 4,921 1,500 Dirt (soil)

History

In 1936, Aeroput used the airport on the Belgrade-Podujevo-Skopje line using the Aeroput MMS-3 plane. The airport was later rebuilt for military use by the Yugoslav army and air force. It was damaged in 1999 during the NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

See also

Annotations

  1. Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 98 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

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