Sombor Airport (

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Latin: ''Aerodrom Sombor'',

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: ''Аеродром Сомбор'') is an airport in

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, located 7 km from the city of

Sombor Sombor ( sr-Cyrl, Сомбор, ; ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the West Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city has a total population of 41,814 (), while its adminis ...

and 9 km from the town of

Apatin Apatin ( sr-Cyrl, Апатин, , ) is a town and municipality located in the West Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2022 census, the population of the town is 14,613, while the municipality has 23,155 inhabita ...

between villages

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and

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. The airport is used as a military one, but there is an interest of foreign investors to be also used as a public one, mostly by tourists.

History

The Germans built the airport in 1944 (1,200 meters long and 60 meters wide concrete runway) during the

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occupation of the

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region. During the NATO Bombings of the

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in 1999, the airport was badly damaged. The consortium of airport owners from

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, led by the councillor in the Government of Italy, Adel Bertolini, spoke in

with the management of that municipality about the possibility of adaptation of the existing military airport in Sombor into a centre for cargo and passenger transportation. On the suggestion of the mayor of the municipality of Apatin, Živorad Smiljanić, it was agreed that the representatives of the Italian consortium should send the letter of intent in which they should define the conditions for design of feasibility study and the name of the potential investor. The Ministry of Defence of Serbia must first give consent for turning a military airport into a civilian one. Also delegation of FlyBalaton Airport, which is owner of two airports in Hungary, is interested in turning Sombor Airport into a civil one, in cooperation with the biggest low-cost airline,

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, because the Sombor Airport has a better position than the

Osijek Airport Osijek Airport (; ), commonly referred to as Klisa is the international airport of Osijek, Croatia. It is located 20 km east southeast of Osijek and near the D2 road (Croatia), D2 state road, southwest of the village of Klisa, Osijek-Baranj ...

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JP Aerodrom Sombor

* ttps://archive.today/20070616094002/http://www.soinfo.org/viewtopic.php?p=21105 Deo aerodroma na prodaju
Foreigners want to buy Sombor Airport

Mađari žele somborski aerodrom – 03.04.2007, 15:29, Izvor: Beta, Sombor -- Mađarska kompanija "Flaj Balaton" zainteresovana je za somborski vojni aerodrom, izjavio je predsednik opštine Sombor

Slavković je novinarima najavio dolazak delegacije firme "FlyBalaton" koja je pokazala veliko zanimanje za aktiviranje somborskog aerodroma. Ova firma je vlasnik dva aerodroma u Mađarskoj u saradnji sa najpoznatijom low cost company "Ryanair".

Sombor Airport photo

Sombor Airport map

Sombor Airport information (PDF)
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History

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