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BEG Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BEG / LYBE |
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| Location: | Belgrade, Serbia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 44°49'9"N by 20°18'24"E |
| Area Served: | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Operator/Owner: | Aerodrom “Beograd - Nikola Tesla” P.E. |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 336 feet (102 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BEG |
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Facts about Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG):
- The Air Traffic Services Agency has announced that it will finance the construction of a new control tower at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport.
- From 1 January 2010, Terminal 1 is fully operational and used mostly by low cost and charter airlines.
- The closest airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) is Batajnica Airbase (BJY), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNW of BEG.
- In 2007 the airport followed the example of the EU and introduced security measures which limit the amount of liquids allowed to be carried on board the aircraft.
- During that period a 3,000 m long runway was built with the parallel taxiway and concrete aprons for sixteen planes.
- The national flag carrier and largest airline of Serbia, Air Serbia, uses Belgrade Nikola Tesla as their hub, it is also one of the operating bases for low cost airline Wizz Air.
- The furthest airport from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,607 miles (18,679 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) currently has only 1 runway.
- During the first years of the development of postwar Belgrade, construction of the modern airport became a social and economic priority.
- Experts from the Serbian City Planning Bureau, with the architect Nikola Dobrović at the helm, made the preliminary plans for the new airport.
- In addition to being known as "Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport", other names for BEG include "Аеродром Београд - Никола Тесла" and "Aerodrom Beograd - Nikola Tesla".
- In February 2012 construction work on the modernization and expansion of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport began.
- Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport has two terminals, with a reconstructed Terminal 2 opened since 14 May 2006.
- Because of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport's relatively low elevation of 336 feet, planes can take off or land at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
