Kovin Airport
| Kovin Airport Аеродром Кoвин Aerodrom Kovin | |||||||||||||||
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  Kovin Airport Location of Kovin Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Military of Serbia | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Kovin | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 280 ft / 85 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°46′28″N 020°57′41″E / 44.77444°N 20.96139°E | ||||||||||||||
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Kovin Airport (Serbian Latin: Aerodrom Kovin, Cyrillic: Аеродром Кoвин) (ICAO: LY87) is an airport in the Kovin Municipality, Vojvodina, Serbia. The airport is also near the town of Smederevo and some 45 km (28 mi) east of central Belgrade.
The airport is a military airport and is used by the Military of Serbia.
In 1998 Jat Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 plane successfully made forced landing on Kovin Airport.
In April 2006 the airport asked for it to be used for public use as well. The government will most likely accept the move.
See also
External links
- Airport information for LY87 at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- (Serbian) Šutanovac je kazao da je "jedan od važnih segmenata" aktivnosti Ministarstva odbrane konverzija vojnih aerodrome u Lađevcima, Batajnici, a možda i u Ponikvama i Kovinu.
- (Serbian) Poleće biznis sa vojne piste
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