Transcript Ministry of Transport & Communications

Kosovo Ministry of Transport & Communications
Pristina, June 2004
Contents
of the presentation
Civil Aviation Kosovo
 Existing Situation
 Proposed projects
1. Pristina Airport
Serbia
Montenegro
Mitrovica
Peja
Prishtina
Gjakova
Ferizaj
Pristina Airport
Albania
Prizreni
Republic of Macedonia
F.Y.R.O.M.
1. Existing situation
- Location & conditions 
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Location: Prishtina Airport is located about 20 km southwest from Prishtina centre
The airport is both civil and military air base
The International Security Force (KFOR) controls and
coordinates use of airspace over Kosovo
Airport is administrated and managed by UNMIK and a
civilian airport authority
It is envisioned that control of civil air traffic will be
returned to Ministry of Transport and Communications
and civilian authorities as soon as possible
1. Existing situation
- Facilities (1) 
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2500 m x 45 m runway with elevation of 545 m above sea
level
Full parallel taxiway located to the west side of the runway
Military air base for fighter aircraft located to west of
airport, connected to runway by two long taxiways;
Emergency control tower installed by Royal Air Force;
Passenger terminal area including passenger terminal
building with about 2000 square meters floor area and
13.680 square meters apron receiving 3 planes of type “C”
ICAO code letter
1. Existing situation
- Facilities (2)  Airport administrative building close the passenger
terminal building
 Fire fighting station provided by airport authorities
 The KFOR headquarters (offices and hangar)for
airfield security and maintenance
 Landsite military freight handling area next to the
car park of the passenger terminal building
 Landsite fuel farm in front of the fire fighting
station.
1. Existing situation
- The Master plan Pristina Airport  UNMIK has commissioned Sofreavia to produce
master plan study for Prishtina Airport
 The present study
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covers a development period of about 20 years,in
short (2005), medium (2010) and long term (2020)
takes into consideration IMG report dated October
1999 and ICAO report dated December 1999
2. Gjakova Airport
Serbia
Montenegro
Mitrovica
Peja
Prishtina
Gjakova
Ferizaj
Prizreni
Gjakova Airport
Albania
Republic of Macedonia
F.Y.R.O.M.
2. Existing situation
- Location & conditions  Location: Gjakova Airport is situated on the
northeastern side of Gjakova, on a distance of 5
km from the city
 The airport is military air base of Italian Air
Forces “AMIKO”
 Airport is administrated and managed by Italian
Air Forces “AMIKO”
 The airport serves KFOR and humanitarian
flights
2. Existing situation
- Facilities  1800 m x 30 m runway with elevation of 417 m
above sea level
 Parallel to the runway there is a taxiway that links
the two aprons (alpha and beta) which serves for
parking of airplanes and helicopters
 The surface of apron “A” is 240m x 103m, and
apron “B” is 113m x 95m
 For the moment there is a mobile control tower
from which the air traffic control is carried out.
There are many project ideas for development of the Prishtina Airport.
We mention those projects, which could be very significant for Prishtina Airport and which were
requested from ICAO as a condition for Prishtina Airport to be certified as civil airport.
Presentation of proposed projects in table form
No
Name of Project
Time
Value
1
Construction of new control
tower
2004 / 2005
4,320,000.00 €
2
Overlaying the runway
2004 / 2005
5,200,000.00 €
3
Drainage of airport
2004 / 2005
3,000,000.00 €
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5
New ILS for runway 35
2004 / 2005
1,250,000.00 €
Construction of fire fighting
station
2004 / 2005
3,000,000.00 €
6
Training, laws, regulation
2004 / 2005
1,000,000.00 €
Proposed project # 1
- Construction of new control tower 
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During war time the old control tower was destroyed by
NATO bombing
Existing emergency control tower has been installed by the
Royal Air Force and handed over to Italian Air Forces
Implementation of a new control tower and operation
building (ATC building), including all the required ATC / COM
/ MET equipments, is planned to be carry out as soon as
possible
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Requested value for this project : 4,320,000.00
€
Proposed project # 2
- Overlaying the runway  Cracks in many places on the runway
 Only solution: new and entire runway overlay with
asphalt
 Dimension of the existing runway is 2.500 m x 45
m.
 Goal: to increase capacity and to improve safety of
the Prishtina Airport.
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Requested value for this project : 5,200,000.00 €
Proposed project # 3
- Drainage of airport 
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Pristina Airport terrain is on land with underground waters.
In rainy times (especially in the spring and autumn) the
runway is overflowed.
This requests urgent drainage of airport in order to have
regular and safe flights
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Requested cost for this project : 3,000,000.00 €
Proposed project # 4
- New ILS for runway 35 
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In order to comply with ICAO/IFR (Instrument Flight Rules),
runway strip must be enlarged on both sides of runway
300 m wide runway strip is required (150 m on both sides of
runway centre line)
Existing fence shall be moved to regular distance from
runway centre line in compliance with ICAO obstacle
clearance surfaces
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Requested value for this project : 1,250,000.00
€
Proposed project # 5
- Construction of fire fighting station  Construction of fire fighting station in Prishtina
Airport is considered to have high safety importance
 Being classified in category 6, the Prishtina Airport
must be equipped with fire fighting station
 The project will consist of vehicles, garage,
equipment, water distribution system, medical unit
etc.
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Requested value for this project : 3,000,000.00
€
Proposed project # 6
- Laws, regulation, training 
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Ministry of Transport and Communications wants to develop
and rise Prishtina Airport to ICAO Standards level
This requests new laws, regulations and other instructions
according to European standards.
Training of management staff and experts in other European
Countries in order to have modern, competitive and safe
airports for the future
Capacity building on civil aviation management
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Requested value for this project : 1,000,000.00 €
 MTC is focused in
two priorities:
To make Master Plan
for Gjakova Airport
Extension of existing
runway from 1800m x
30m to 2400m x 45m
Proposed project # 1
- Master Plan of Gjakova Airport  Ministry of Transport and Communications wants to
develop and rise Gjakova Airport as alternative
airport of Prishtina Airport, because of fogy which is
present in winter season in Pristina Airport
 In order to achieve this it is necessary to make a
Master Plan for development of Gjakova Airport
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Requested value for this project : 500,000.00
€
Proposed project # 2
- Extension of runway  Dimension of the existing runway is 1800 m x 30 m.
 Only solution: extension of runway up to 2400m x
45m in order to fulfill ICAO standards
 Goal: to have possibility to use this airport as
alternative of Prishtina Airport for civilian flights.
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Requested value for this project : 4,000,000.00 €
THANKS FOR YOUR KIND
ATTENTION
AND WE WELCOME YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS
Xhevat Ramosaj
Head of Department of Railways, Civil Aviation & Maritime
Transport
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Phone / Fax: + 381 38 211 167
Email: <[email protected]>