Batlava-Donja Penduha Airfield or Batlava Airport (ICAO: LYPT) (Albanian: Aeroporti i Batllavës; Serbian: Аеродром Батлава / Aerodrom Batlava) is a former military airport in the village of Dumosh, near Lake Batlava and the towns of Batlava and Podujevo in Kosovo.[lower-alpha 1]
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Batlava-Dumosh Airfield Aerodrom Batlava-Dumosh | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Ex-military now civilian | ||||||||||
Owner | Kosovo Civil Aviation Authority | ||||||||||
Operator | 1999–2008 KFOR; 2008 – presently closed. | ||||||||||
Serves | Podujevo | ||||||||||
Location | Dumosh | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,978 ft / 603 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°50′43.8″N 21°13′12.0″E | ||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Batlava-Dumosh Airfield Location in Kosovo | |||||||||||
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In 1936, Aeroput used the airport on the Belgrade-Podujevo-Skopje line using the Aeroput MMS-3 plane.[citation needed] The airport was later rebuilt for military use by the Yugoslav army and air force. It was damaged in 1999 during the NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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