- Đakovica Airfield
Infobox Airport
name = Gjakova/Đakovica Airfield
nativename =
nativename-a = Aeroporti i Gjakovës
nativename-r = Aerodrom ĐakovicaАеродром Ђаковица
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IATA =
ICAO = LY90
type = Military
owner =
operator =Kosovo Force
city-served =
location = Đakovica
elevation-f = 1,370
elevation-m = 418
coordinates = Coord|42|26|07|N|20|25|39|E|type:airport|display=inline,title
website =
metric-elev =
metric-rwy =
r1-number = 18/36
r1-length-f = 5,904
r1-length-m = 1,800
r1-surface =Asphalt
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footnotes =Gjakova/Đakovica Airfield (Albanian: "Aeroporti i Gjakovës"; Serbian: "Aerodrom Đakovica" or Аеродром Ђаковица) is an airfield near Gjakova/Đakovica in the western part of
Kosovo .Following the
Kosovo War , the airfield has been expanded and modernised by theKosovo 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 troops of the Kosovo Force.The Kosovo Ministry of Transport and Communications plans to turn the airfield 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 the Kosovo Force this is unlikely to happen until the control over the airfield is handed over to the local authorities.See also
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List of airports in Kosovo External links
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