Airports of Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the south-east of Europe, in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula is the mountainous country of Bosnia and Herzegovina . 90% of its area are mountains of different heights, in addition to its location is 12.2 kmĀ² of sea area, therefore Bosnia and Herzegovina has all the resources for tourism . Every year hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the country.

International Airports

There are four airports in the country, three of them are international. With their help, Bosnia and Herzegovina accepts aircraft from the capitals of more than a hundred countries. By the way, the arrival from Moscow to Bosnia and Herzegovina is carried out through the capital airport.

1. Sarajevo. First of all it is necessary to say about the capital direction - Sarajevo airport . It was opened almost a century ago - in 1930. Then the uncomplicated airfield accepted only domestic flights. The airport had a long break, connected with the military conflict. The airport began to receive airplanes again in 1996. In that year the country began to actively develop the tourist business and there were a lot of people who wanted to visit it. In 2005, a scandal broke out around the airport, as the government proposed to rename it in honor of Aliya Izetbegovic, the first president of Bosnia. But the incumbent High Representative opposed it, suggesting that it was not for the Bosnian population to understand this, and thus the risk of conflict. As a result, the name of the airport remained unchanged. In 2015, there was a need to reconstruct a passenger terminal, which was done. The airport is located very close to the city, just 6 km from Sarajevo , so you can get to the airport and from it quickly and inexpensively.

2. Tuzla. The second international airport is Tuzla , located next to the same city in the east of Bosnia. The peculiarity of the airport is that it accepts civil commercial aircraft from 06:00 to 20:00. The history of the airport is quite unusual for a civil air harbor, since not so long ago Tuzla was the largest military airfield in Yugoslavia. Since 1998, the International Airport has become civilian, while the airbase in Tuzla continues to operate.

3. Bath-bow. The third international airport is Banja Luka . It is the second largest and located in the north-east of the country, 23 kilometers from the city of Banja Luka . The airport is also known as Makhovlyani, because just next to it is the village of the same name.

The last modernization of the airport occurred in 2003, when the visit of Pope John Paul II. But nevertheless, it looks quite modern and does not cause distrust.

Mostar's reserve airfield

Of the four airfields in Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of them is a spare - it's Mostar. Basically, it takes pilgrims who go to Medjugorje , which is famous for the wonderful event that happened in the middle of the twentieth century. Also Mostar accepts seasonal charter flights from Bari, Rome, Bergamo, Naples, Milan and Beirut. The plans of the government of Bosnia to expand the airport and modernize its ground services.