Military Air Bases and Airfields

Banja Luka (Bosnia & Hercegovina) (ICAO: LYBK, later: LQBK)
The second largest town in Bosnia & Hercegovina. For airfield see Zaluzani.
Runway data: Rwy 17/35 Size: 8213 x 148 ft (2503 x 45 m), Elev 400 ft (122 m), Lat N44 56 29.20, Long E17 17 51.00, asphalt.

Batajnica (Serbia) (ICAO: LYBT)  * Current *
Located 20 km (12.4 miles) north-west of Belgrade. Jet flying training base since the 1950s, with T-33 and MiG-15UTI. Also home to VIP & Transport units and VOC Aviation Testing Centre. The Institute "Moma Stanojlovic" aircraft maintenance depot is located here.
Runway: Rwy 12L/30R Size: 8181 x 148 ft (2494 x 45 m) asphalt & 12/30 3232 x 191 ft (985 x 58 m) grass, Elev 265 ft (81 m), Lat N 44° 56' 07.19" E 020° 15' 27.02".

Beograd (Serbia) (ICAO: LYBE)
Beograd International Airport. Located 18 km (11 miles) from Belgrade. Belgrade was the Headquarters of the 1st Air Corps in 1991.
Runway: Rwy 12/30, Size: 11155 x 148 ft (3400 x 45 m), Elev 335 ft (102 m), N 44°49´06.40", E 020°18´32.90", asphalt.

Bihac (Bosnia & Hercegovina) (ICAO: LYBI, later: LQBI)
Located west of Banja Luka.

Brnik (Slovenia) (ICAO: LJLJ)
Also known as Ljubljana Airport. Located north of Ljubljana.
Runway: 10827 ft, Elev 1274 ft, Lat N 46 13, Long E 14 27.

Butmir (Bosnia & Hercegovina) (ICAO: LYB3, later: LQBU)
Located just west of Sarajevo. Used between 1958 and 1981 at least. The main military airfield for Sarajevo.

Celje (Slovenia) (ICAO: LJCL)
Located east and slightly north of Ljubljana.

Cerklje (Slovenia) (ICAO: LJCE)
Located near Brezice, south and slightly west of Ljubljana. In 1991 home of 82 Aviation Brigade.
Runway: 7900 ft, Elev 500 ft, Lat N 45 54, Long E 15 32.

Divulje (Croatia) (ICAO: LDSP)
Located just north of Split on the Dalmatian coast.
Runway data: Rwy 05/23, Size: 8366 x 148 ft (2550 x 45 m), Elev: 79 ft (24 m), N43 32 20.20 E016 17 52.67, asphalt.

Dubinje (Serbia)
Location not known. Used during the 1999 Kosovo War by MiG-21s.

Dubrovnik (Croatia) (ICAO: LDDU)
Named 'Cilipi'. Located between Dubrovnik and Cavtat, on the Croatian Adriatic coast, almost due south of Sarajevo. Used since 1981, at least.
Runway: Rwy 12/30 Size: 10827 x 148 ft (3300 x 45 m), Elev 527 ft (161 m), Lat N 42 33 40.87, Long E 18 16 05.68, asphalt.

Golubovci (Montenegro)  * Current *
Located 15 km (9.3 miles) north of Podgorica (ex-Titograd). Home to 172 Aviation Brigade. Main flying training base for the JRV - primary and basic pilot training.

Gorica (Slovenia)
Also spelled Gorizia. Former Italian Air Force base, captured by the Partisans in September 1943. Located in Slovenia, west and slightly south of Ljubljana.

Jesenice (Bosnia & Hercegovina) (ICAO: LQMJ)
Also spelled Jasenica. Located just north of Mostar. Heliport rather than airfield with runways.

Kovin (Serbia) (ICAO: LYS2)
Located east and slightly south of Belgrade. Base for primary pilot training.
Runway data: Rwy 13/31, Size: 7165 x 98 ft (2184 x 30 m), Elev: 280 ft (85 m), N44 46 27.58 E020 57 40.81, asphalt.

Lacarak (Serbia)
Home of 421 Assault Regt in December 1944 and May 1945. Lacarak is village near the left bank of Sava River, on the Belgrade-Zagreb railway, in Srem, Serbia, about 5 km west of Sremska Mitrovica and about 90 km from Belgrade.

Ladjevci (Serbia) (ICAO: LYKV)  * Current *
Located near Kraljevo, south of Belgrade between Cacak and Krusevac. Home to 98 Aviation Brigade from 1992.
Runway: No information

Livno (Bosnia & Hercegovina) (ICAO: LQLV)
Livno is a small town in Western Herzegovina, north east of Split.

Ljubljana (Slovenia) (ICAO: LJLJ)
The Slovenian capital city. For airfield see Brnik.

Lucko (Croatia) (ICAO: LDZL)
Located just west of Zagreb. Used between 1958 and 1981 at least. In 1991 home to part of 111 Aviation Brigade.

Magyarmecske (Croatia?)
Northern Hungarian village. Home of 112 Ftr Regt and 422 Assault Regt April 1945. Possibly located in southern Hungary, in an area called Baranya. Baranya is plain between the Drava and Danube rivers, its southern part today belongs to Croatia, the northern part is in Hungary.

Mahovljani (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Previously called Laktasi. Located 15 miles (24 km) north west of Banja Luka. Built as a wartime deployment base - not permanently occupied in peacetime. Opened 21 May 1985. Full civil aviation faclities plus some hardened aircraft shelters.
Runway: 8,200 ft (2,500 m) long

Mostar (Bosnia & Hercegovina) (ICAO: LYMO - later: LQMO)
Located in Hercegovina, south west of Sarajevo. Former Royal Yugoslav Air Force base, built in the 1930s. Home of the Soko aircraft factory. Headquarters of the Flying Training Corps since the 1950s and home of the Air Force College by 1991.
Runway: Rwy 16/34 Size: 7874 x 158 ft (2400 x 48 m), Elev 156 ft (48 m), Lat N 43 16 58.44, Long E 17 50 45.16, asphalt.

Niksic (Montenegro)
Pre-WW2 base. Located northwest of Podgorica (Titograd). Home of a Flying School from the 1950s onwards. Was headquarters for the 3rd Air Corps.

Nis (Serbia) (ICAO: LYNI)  * Current *
Also spelled Nish. Located in South eastern Serbia, south east of Belgrade, towards the Bulgarian border.
Runway: Rwy 11/29 Size: 7225 x 148 ft (2202 x 45 m), Elev 648 ft (198 m), Lat N 43 20 14.24, Long E 021 51 13.40, asphalt.

Novi Sad (Serbia)
Former Royal Yugoslav Air Force base, first built in the 1920s. Located north west of Belgrade.

Ohrid (Macedonia) (ICAO: LWOH)
Located in south western Macedonia, towards the Albanian border. Dual civil/military airport.
Runway: 8366 ft, Elev 2313 ft, Lat N 41 11, Long E 20 45.

Pancevo (Serbia)
Located north east of and fairly close to Belgrade. Used by October 1944 for the training of aircrew. Home for some units of the 17th Air Army and 5th Air Army of the Soviet Air Force by October 1944. Home of the UTVA factory.

Petrovec (Macedonia)
Also spelled Petrovac. Located north of and close to Skopje. Former Royal Yugo AF base built in the 1930s. F-86D base during the 1970s. Home of an Advanced Jet Flying School with Galeb and MiG-15UTI in the 1980s. Dual civil/military airport. Was home to 98 Aviation Brigade in 1992.

Pleso (Croatia) (ICAO: LDZA)
Located just south east of Zagreb. Used between 1958 and 1981 at least. In 1991 was home to part of 111 Aviation Brigade.
Runway data: Rwy 05/23, Size: 10669 x 148 ft (3252 x 45 m), Elev: 353 ft (108 m), N45 44 34.55 E016 04 07.60, asphalt.

Podgorica (Montenegro) (ICAO: LYPG)
Capital city of Montenegro (ex-Titograd). For airfield see Golubovci.
Runway: Rwy 08/26 Size: 7145 x 50 ft (2178 x 15 m) & 16/26 8202 x 148 ft (2500 x 45 m), Elev 141 ft (43 m), Lat N 42 21 33.81, Long E 19 15 06.82, asphalt.

Ponikve (Serbia)
Reserve base located in western Serbia, near the border with Bosnia & Hercegovina. Did not disband in 1997, as reported in some sources. This airfield is near the city of Uzice, Western Serbia. During the NATO intervention of 1999, it was one of the Western Alliance targets.
Runway: Rwy 11/29, Size: 10130 x 148 ft (3088 x 45 m), Elev: 2966 ft (904 m), 43° 53' 55.99" N 019° 41' 51.56" E, asphalt.

Pristina (Serbia) (ICAO: LYPR)
Located in Kosovo province, north west of Skopje. Civil airport.
Runway: Rwy 17/35, Size: 8189 x 148 ft (2496 x 45 m), Elev 1789 ft (545 m), Lat N 42 34 22.00, Long E 21 02 09.00, asphalt.

Pula (Croatia) (ICAO: LDPL)
Also spelled Pola. Located at the southern tip of the Istra Peninsula, on the Croatian coast. Home of a Flying School since the 1950s.
Runway: Rwy 09/27, Size: 9678 x 148 ft (2950 x 45 m), Elev 274 ft (84 m), Lat N 44 53 36.72, Long E 13 55 19.89, asphalt.

Rajlovac (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Home of 421 Assault Regt 8 May 1945. Located north-west of and close to Sarajevo, the Bosnia and Herzegovina capital. In early 1948 it was the home of the Second Flying School of the VSJ Aeronautical Union.

Ruma (Serbia)
Home of 113 Ftr Regt in December 1944. A small town about 50 km west from Belgrade.

Sarajevo (Bosnia & Hercegovina) (ICAO: LQSV mil, LQSA civ)
Former R Yugo AF base built in the 1930s. Used in the 1970s. International Airport located south west and close to Sarajevo.
Runway: Rwy 12/30, Size: 8666 x 150 ft (2641 x 46 m), Elev 1708 ft (521 m), Lat N 43 49 28.50, Long E 18 19 53.28, asphalt.

Skabrnje (Croatia)
During early 1945 home to 351 & 352 Sqns. Located near Zadar on the Dalmation Coast.

Skopje (Macedonia) (ICAO: LWSK)
Capital city of Macedonia. For airfield see Petrovec.
Runway: 8038 ft, Elev 781 ft, Lat N 41 58, Long E 21 37.

Slatina (Serbia)
Located near Pristina in Kosovo province. MiG-21 base before 1999. Includes large underground halls in Golesh mountains.

Sombor (Serbia)
Located north west of Novi Sad, close to the Hungarian border. Used in the 1970s at least. Believed to have remained in use until NATO intervention in 1999.

Surcin (Serbia)
Beograd-Surcin is the civil airfield for Belgrade. It is located 15-20 km west from Belgrade, close to the Sava river.

Tuzla (Bosnia & Hercegovina) (ICAO: LQTZ)
Located north of Sarajevo.
Runway: Rwy 09/27, Size: 8152 x 148 ft (2485 x 45 m), Elev 784 ft (239 m), Lat N 44 27 31.16, Long E 18 43 29.22, asphalt.

Titograd (Montenegro)
Capital city of Montenegro. Later renamed Podgorica.

Udbina (Croatia) (ICAO: LDZU)
Located south of Bihac. Used by the Krajina Serbs during the mid 1990s.
Runway: Rwy 13/31, Size: 9022 x 98 ft (2750 x 30 m), Elev 2462 ft (750 m), Lat N 44 33 27.40, Long E 15 46 27.70, concrete.

Veliki Radinci (Serbia)
Note correct spelling. Home of 112 Ftr Regt in December 1944. A village on Fruska Gora Mountain, Srem, between Ruma and Sremska Mitrovica. Veliki Radinci was a reserve airfield to Zemun airfield, the main base of air units defending Belgrade.

Vrsac (Serbia) (ICAO: LYVR)
Located north east of Belgrade, close to the Romanian border. Used during since 1970s at least, and still in use. Home of the JAT Airways civil pilot school. Many generations of Yugoslav and forreign pilots learned and trained here.
Runway: Rwy 01R/19L Size: 3280 x 72 ft (1000 x 22 m) asphalt, 01L/19R 2738 x 230 ft (835 x 70 m) grass, 16/34 1520 x 110 ft (463 x 34 m) grass, Elev 276 ft (84 m), Lat N 45 08 48.80, Long E 21 18 35.60.

Zagreb (Croatia)
Former R Yugo AF base built in the 1930s. Near capital of Croatia. Location of the 5th Air Corps HQ 1950s-1990s. Home of a transport unit. Not clear if this is Pleso or Lucko.

Zaluzani (Bosnia & Hercegovina) (ICAO: LQBZ)
Also spelled Zalusani, Zaluzhani or Salusani. Built by Germany during WW2. The airfield is located 1.25 miles (2 km) north of the town, which is south west of Banja Luka (now in Republika Srpska). Home of a Flying School in the early 1950s, but in the mid 1950s became a tank crew training centre for the Army.
Runway: 3,600 ft (1,100 m) grass runway.

Zeljava (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Located near Bihac. Largest of the underground air bases. Totally destroyed during JRV evacuation in 1992.

Zemun (Serbia)
Beograd-Zemun. Zemun is located just north west of Belgrade. Former Royal Yugoslav Air Force base. Location of Air Corps HQ in the 1950s. Zemun airfield was named "Dojno Polje". It was the first Belgrade airfield, for both civil and military purposes. Being located very close to the built-up area of Belgrade, it was later demolished. Today, the civil airfield is in the village Surcin, 15-20 km west from Belgrade, close to Sava river, and the military airfield is in the village of Batajnica.

Zemunik (Croatia) (ICAO: LYZD)
Also spelled Zemonico. Located just east of Zadar (Zara) on Croatia's Dalmatian coast. Used between 1958 and 1991 at least.
Runway: Rwy 04/22 Size: 6561 x 147 ft (2000 x 45 m) & 14/32 8202 x 147 ft (2500 x 45 m), Elev 289 ft (88 m), Lat N 44 06 29.77, Long E 15 20 48.11, asphalt.