Đakovica Airport

Gjakova Airport AMIKO Aerodrom Đakovica AMIKO Aeroporti i Gjakovës AMIKO
IATA: none – ICAO: Đakovica Airport Location of Đakovica Airport
Summary
Airport type		Military
Operator		KFOR
Location		Đakovica, Kosovo[a]
Elevation AMSL		1,370 ft / 418 m
Coordinates		42°26′07″N 020°25′39″E / 42.43528°N 20.4275°E / 42.43528; 20.4275Coordinates: 42°26′07″N 020°25′39″E / 42.43528°N 20.4275°E / 42.43528; 20.4275
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
18/36	6,562	2,000	Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1]

Đakovica Airport AMIKO (Albanian: Aeroporti i Gjakovës, Serbian: Аеродром Ђаковица, Aerodrom Đakovica) is an airfield near Đakovica (also known as Djakovica or Gjakova) in western Kosovo^[a].

Following the 1999 Kosovo War, the airfield has been expanded and modernized by the Kosovo Force (KFOR) and is used mainly for military and humanitarian flights. Since the airfield lies in the west of Kosovo, a sector under the command of Italian forces, the airport is operated and maintained by the Italian KFOR troops.

Đakovica Airport is to be turned into a civilian airport and use it as an alternative to Pristina International Airport in bad weather conditions or other unforeseen circumstances. However, since the airport is operated by KFOR this is unlikely to happen until the control over the airfield is handed over to the local authorities.

External links

• Djakovica Airfield aerial photo

See also

Alenia C-27J Spartan

Notes and references

Notes:

a.	^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 85 UN member states.

References:

1. ^ Airport information from DAFIF (effective October 2006)