Pristina International Airport

The Adem Jashari Prishtina International Airport (Albanian: Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës Adem Jashari, IATA: PRN, ICAO: BKPR), also referred to as Pristina International Airport (Albanian: Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës), is an international airport in Pristina, Kosovo. The airport is located 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of the city of Pristina, Kosovo. The airport has flights to numerous European destinations.

Adem Jashari Pristina International Airport

Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës
Adem Jashari
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
OperatorLimak Kosovo International Airport J.S.C.[1]
ServesPristina
LocationLipjan, Kosovo
Opened
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL545 m / 1,789 ft
Coordinates42°34′22″N 021°02′09″E
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Map
PRN is located in Kosovo
PRN
PRN
Location in Kosovo
PRN is located in Mediterranean
PRN
PRN
Location in the Mediterranean
PRN is located in Europe
PRN
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Location in Europe
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 3,000 9,842 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers2,994,560 Increase 37.3%
Aircraft movements21,842 Increase 21.3%

The airport is the only port of entry for air travelers to Kosovo.[2] It is named in honor Adem Jashari, the founder of the Kosovo Liberation Army. Pristina International Airport serves as an operating base for Eurowings from Germany and, formerly, Adria Airways from Slovenia.

History

The airport was originally built as Slatina Air Base, containing the second-largest military underground hangar complex in Yugoslavia.

From 12 to 26 June 1999, there was a brief but tense stand-off between NATO and the Russian Kosovo Force in which Russian troops possesed the airport. A contingent of 200[4] Russian troops deployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, crossed over into Kosovo and captured the airport in Pristina.

The apron and the passenger terminal were renovated and expanded in 2002 and again in 2009. In June 2006, Pristina International Airport was awarded the Best Airport 2006 Award 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]

On 12 November 2008, Pristina International Airport received for the first time in its history the annual one-millionth passenger (excluding military). 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.[6]

In late 2010, the airport was renamed from Pristina International Airport to Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari, the founder of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which fought for the secession of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the 1990s.[7]

Due to the ongoing dispute between Serbia and Kosovo, flights to and from Pristina International Airport are impacted by the refusal of ATC in Serbia, namely SMATSA, to allow overflights via Serbian airspace.[8] This ultimately results in flight paths avoiding Serbian territory with flights to Pristina having to enter via Albanian or Macedonian airspace.[9] This dispute can generally add up to 30 minutes to a flight duration and discussions to overcome this dispute have so far failed. Being the only operational airport in the immediate region, any diversions would ultimately have to go to either North Macedonia, Albania, or Bulgaria, given that the Gjakova Airport is still a closed facility.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Pristina:[10][11]

AirlinesDestinations
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga (begins 4 May 2024)[12]
AnadoluJet Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[13][14]
Seasonal: Bodrum[15]
Austrian Airlines[16] Vienna
Chair Airlines[17] Zürich
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf,[18] Munich[19]
Seasonal charter: Hamburg (begins 16 December 2023)[20]
easyJet[21] Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Geneva
Edelweiss Air[22] Zürich
Eurowings[23] Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart, Zürich[24]
GP Aviation Seasonal charter: Münster/Osnabrück,[25] Nuremberg[26]
Norwegian Air Shuttle[27] Oslo
Seasonal: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Stockholm–Arlanda
Pegasus Airlines[28] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
SunExpress Seasonal: Antalya,[29] İzmir (begins 3 June 2024)[30]
Swiss International Air Lines[31] Geneva
Trade Air Basel/Mulhouse, Düsseldorf, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Malmö, Munich, Stuttgart[32]
Seasonal: Bremen, Dortmund[32]
TUI fly Belgium Brussels
Turkish Airlines[33] Istanbul
Wizz Air[34] Dortmund, London–Luton, Memmingen, Milan–Malpensa, Vienna

Statistics
Check-in hall
Annual passenger traffic at PRN airport. See Wikidata query.
Passenger and flight movements statistics (2004–2022)[35]
Year Passengers Change Flight Departures Change
2004 910,797 9.1% 4,716 13.3%
2005 930,346 Increase 2.1% 4,983 Increase 5.7%
2006 882,731 Decrease 5.1% 4,077 Decrease 18.2%
2007 990,259 Increase 12.2% 4,316 Increase 5.9%
2008 1,130,639 Increase 14.2% 4,928 Increase 14.2%
2009 1,191,978 Increase 5.4% 5,709 Increase 15.9%
2010 1,305,532 Increase 9.5% 6,143 Increase 7.6%
2011 1,422,302 Increase 8.9% 6,738 Increase 9.7%
2012 1,527,134 Increase 7.4% 6,947 Increase 3.1%
2013 1,628,678 Increase 6.6% 7,305 Increase 5.2%
2014 1,404,775 Decrease 13.7% 5,994 Decrease 17.9%
2015 1,549,198 Increase 10.3% 6,773 Increase 13.0%
2016 1,744,202 Increase 12.6% 7,254 Increase 7.1%
2017 1,885,136 Increase 8.0% 7,508 Increase 3.5%
2018 2,165,749 Increase 14.7% 8,388 Increase 11.7%
2019 2,373,698 Increase 9.6% 18,226 Increase 8.6%
2020 1,102,091 Decrease 53.4% 8,472 Decrease 53.5%
2021 2,180,809 Increase 97% 17,842 Increase 110.6%
2022 2,994,560 Increase 37.3% 21,842 Increase 21.3%

Ground transportation

Car

The airport is linked with the M-9 motorway, which connects with the R7 motorway.

Taxi

Taxis from the airport to Pristina are available.[36]

Bus

The airport can be reached from the city center, via the 1A bus route, which departs from the Pristina Bus Station every one hour.[37]

Accidents and incidents

See also

Notes and references

References
  1. "PPP Public Procurement Number PPP-09-001-611" (PDF). Partneritetet Kosova. 12 August 2010. p. 1. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. "Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Kosovo" (PDF). Caa-ks.org. Retrieved 20 April 2018. )
  3. Archived 25 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Singer James Blunt 'stopped World War 3'". BBC. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2014. In an interview with BBC Radio 5Live, to be broadcast later on Sunday, he said: "I was given the direct command to overpower the 200 or so Russians who were there.
  5. "Home | Pristina International Airport". www.limakkosovo.aero. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008.
  6. "Pristina airport hits 1 million passengers". New Kosova Report. 12 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  7. "Renaming Balkan airports to annoy the neighbours". The Economist. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  8. "Focus on Kosovo". The Controller.
  9. "Focus on Kosovo". The Controller.
  10. airportpristina.com - Destinations Archived 16 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 25 January 2019
  11. "Kosovo bans flights from European markets". exyuaviation.com. 13 March 2020.
  12. "airBaltic to launch Ljubljana, Skopje and Pristina flights". exyuaviation.com.
  13. "AnadoluJet to launch Pristina operations". exyuaviation.com. 15 March 2021.
  14. "AnadoluJet upgrades Sarajevo, Pristina service". exyuaviation.com. 10 August 2021.
  15. "AnadoluJet adds three more EX-YU routes". exyuaviation.com. 22 March 2021.
  16. https://www.austrian.com/us/en/flight-status-and-timetable#/
  17. "Chair Airlines | Flüge ab Zürich zu über 15 Destinationen". www.chair.ch.
  18. "Condor to launch Pristina flights". exyuaviation.com. 23 January 2023.
  19. "Charter: Condor bedient München-Pristina". Aviation Direct. 20 July 2023.
  20. "NAJAVE: Condor pokreće Hamburg-Priština". zamaaero.com. 25 August 2023.
  21. https://www.easyjet.com/en/cheap-flights/timetables
  22. "Timetable". www.flyedelweiss.com.
  23. https://www.eurowings.com/en/information/destinations-routes/flight-schedule.html
  24. "Eurowings to launch new Pristina service".
  25. https://www.fmo.de/fileadmin/fmo/media/user_upload/pdf/Sommerflugplan2022.pdf
  26. "Neues Flugziel: Ab Nürnberg nach Pristina". www.airport-nuernberg.de.
  27. https://www.norwegian.com/en/destinations/Pristina-Alldestinations
  28. "Our Network | Pegasus Airlines".
  29. "SunExpress to launch Pristina operations".
  30. "SunExpress to launch new Pristina and Podgorica flights".
  31. https://www.swiss.com/ch/en/book/flight-information/timetable
  32. "Reisebüro PRISTINA: Fluturime të lira për në KOSOVË, Gjermani dhe Zvicër - Rezervoni online në PISHTINË - Bazel, Cyrih, Dusseldorf, STUTTGART dhe Mynih". flyrbp.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  33. https://www.turkishairlines.com/en-int/flights/
  34. "WIZZ – Dream more. Live more. Be more". wizzair.com.
  35. caa-ks.org - Statistics retrieved 16 February 2017
  36. "A guide to public transport in Pristina, Kosovo". kosovogirltravels.com. 30 April 2019.
  37. "Orari dhe linjat". trafikurban-pr.com.
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