Pristina International Airport Prishtina International Airport Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës Међународни аеродром Приштина
IATA: PRN – ICAO: BKPR
Summary
Airport type		Public/Military
Operator		Prishtina International Airport J.S.C.
Serves		Pristina
Location		Slatina, Prishtina
Elevation AMSL		545 m / 1,789 ft
Coordinates		42°34′22″N 021°02′09″E / 42.57278°N 21.03583°E / 42.57278; 21.03583 (Pristina International Airport)Coordinates: 42°34′22″N 021°02′09″E / 42.57278°N 21.03583°E / 42.57278; 21.03583 (Pristina International Airport)
Website		www.airportpristina.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
17/35	2,501	8,210	Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Number of Passengers			1,130,639
Number of Flights			/
Sources: Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Kosovo[1] Kosovo AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]

Pristina International Airport (IATA: PRN, ICAO: BKPR) (Albanian: Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës; Serbian: Међународни аеродром Приштина, Međunarodni aerodrom Priština) is an international airport located 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest^[2] of Pristina, Kosovo. It is an international airport that handles over a million passengers per year^[3], co-located with Slatina Air Base. It is under the authority of the Government of Kosovo and is the only port of entry for civilian air travellers to Kosovo.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Awards 1.2 Passengers 2 Airlines and destinations 2.1 Scheduled Airlines 2.2 Charter airlines 2.3 Cargo Airlines 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

Prishtina Airport was officially opened in 1965. It was initially opened for domestic flights only - to and from Belgrade.

During the 1990s the airport started operating international flights, mainly to and from Switzerland and Germany.

Following the Kosovo War, from 12 to 26 June 1999 there was a brief but tense standoff between NATO and the Russian Kosovo Force (KFOR) in which Russian troops occupied the airport. After securing an agreement by which Russian forces would be integrated into peacekeeping duties, independent of NATO, Pristina Airport was reactivated as a military airport on 15 October 1999 and then started to operate international air transport to several European cities. During that period of time the Russian KFOR along with other NATO forces were in charge for security of the airport. Airport Pristina initially began its operations with 45 employees.^[4]

The apron and the passenger terminal were renovated and expanded in 2002. In 2007 the airport served 990,259 passengers. In the last 3 years the airport was again renovated and reorganized.^[4]

With unveiling its 2007 English language-only website, the airport promotes itself as Prishtina International Airport, which reflects the name of its operator, Prishtina International Airport J.S.C. (as of 2009, its website is in Albanian, and has an English subpage).

[edit] Awards

In June 2006, Pristina International Airport was awarded the Best Airport 2006 Award, an honour presented by Airports Council International (ACI). Winning airports were selected for excellence and achievement across a range of disciplines including airport development, operations, facilities, security and safety, and customer service.^[5]

[edit] Passengers

On 12 November 2008, Pristina International Airport received their first annual one-millionth civilian passenger (excluding military passengers). A special ceremony was held at the airport where the one-millionth passenger received a free return ticket to a destination of his choice served by the airport. The passenger was on board Germanwings flight 4U 2946 arriving from Stuttgart, Germany.^[3]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Scheduled Airlines

The following airlines operate scheduled flights at Pristina International Airport (as of November 2009)

Airlines	Destinations
Adria Airways	Ljubljana
Air Berlin	Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hanover, Munich, Zürich
Air Berlin operated by Belair Airlines	Zürich
Albanian Airlines	Tirana
Austrian Airlines	Vienna
Belle Air	Liège, Rome-Fiumicino, Stuttgart, Tirana
British Airways	London-Gatwick
Croatia Airlines	Zagreb
Edelweiss Air	Geneva, Zürich
Germania	Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, München
Germanwings	Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Hamburg, Stuttgart
Hamburg International	Munich
Malév Hungarian Airlines	Budapest
Meridiana	Verona, Rome
Montenegro Airlines	Podgorica, Tivat [seasonal]
Scandinavian Airlines System	Copenhagen
Swiss International Air Lines	Zürich
Tafa Air	Dortmund, Friedrichshafen
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul-Atatürk

[edit] Charter airlines

The following airlines operate charter flights at Pristina International Airport (as of November 2009)^[6]

Airlines	Destinations
Albanian Airlines	Madinah
Corendon Airlines	Antalya [seasonal]
SunExpress	Antalya [seasonal]
Swiss International Air Lines	Zürich [Swiss operates twice-daily scheduled services to Prishtina, but also one-daily charter service for several touroperators]
XL Airways Germany	Dusseldorf, Stuttgart

[edit] Cargo Airlines

The following airlines operate cargo flights at Pristina International Airport (as of October 2009)

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Turkish Airlines Cargo	Istanbul-Atatürk, Milan-Malpensa [7]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Prishtina International Airport (official website)
• Current weather for BKPR at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for PRN at Aviation Safety Network