Vršac Airport

Vršac International Airport (Serbian Cyrillic: Међународни Аеродром Вршац, Serbian Latin: Međunarodni Aerodrom Vršac) (ICAO: LYVR) is one of Serbia's busiest sport airports and Serbia's fourth international airport since December 28, 2006. The airport is mainly utilised for air-taxi operations, pilot training, basic aircraft maintenance, and agricultural aviation. There are five hangars built at the airport, these accommodate aircraft of the flig... more

Vršac International Airport (Serbian Cyrillic: Међународни Аеродром Вршац, Serbian Latin: Međunarodni Aerodrom Vršac) (ICAO: LYVR) is one of Serbia's busiest sport airports and Serbia's fourth international airport since December 28, 2006. The airport is mainly utilised for air-taxi operations, pilot training, basic aircraft maintenance, and agricultural aviation. There are five hangars built at the airport, these accommodate aircraft of the flight school and of the agricultural aviation division. An office building with classrooms and a control tower are adjacent to hangars and the concrete aircraft apron. Runway width is 25 m (82 ft). The first flight on the slopes of Mt. Vršac was performed by the Romanian pilot-engineer Aurel Vlaiku on August 11, 1912. The starting year of aeronautical tradition was 1925. when aeronautical club "Naša Krila" (English: "Our Wings") was founded. A study was made about the advantages of this region for development of gliding sport, and this had... less