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{{short description|Main international airport of Serbia}}
{{other uses|Nikola Tesla (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox airport
{{Infobox airport
| name = Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
| name = Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
| nativename = Аеродром Београд - Никола Тесла
| nativename = <small>Аеродром Никола Тесла Београд</small>
| nativename-r = Aerodrom Beograd - Nikola Tesla
| nativename-r = <small>''Aerodrom Nikola Tesla Beograd''</small>
| image = BEGlogo.gif
| image = Logo of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport.svg
| image-width = 200
| image-width = 150
| image2 = Nikola Tesla Airport.jpg
| image2 = Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport.png
| image2-width = 200
| image2-width = 250
| IATA = BEG
| IATA = BEG
| ICAO = LYBE
| ICAO = LYBE
| type = [[International airport|International]]
<center>{{Location map|Serbia|width=200|float=center
| owner = [[Government of Serbia]]
|caption=|mark=Airplane_silhouette.svg|marksize=10
| operator = [[Vinci SA|VINCI]] Airports Serbia [[Types of business entity#Serbia|d.o.o.]]<ref name="ReferenceA">[https://beg.aero/eng/corporate/about_the_concession Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport – About the Concession ] ''www.beg.aero'' {{in lang|en|sr}}</ref>
|label=BEG|position=right
| city-served = Belgrade
|lat_deg=44|lat_min=49|lat_sec=10|lat_dir=N
| location = [[Belgrade]], Serbia
|lon_deg=20|lon_min=18|lon_sec=15|lon_dir=E
| hub = {{nowrap|[[Air Serbia]]}}
}}<small>Location in Serbia</small></center>
| type = Public
| operating_base = {{nowrap|[[Wizz Air]]}}
| operator = Aerodrom "Beograd - Nikola Tesla" P.E.
| elevation-f = 336
| elevation-m = 102
| city-served = [[Belgrade]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|44|49|10|N|20|18|25|E|type:airport_region:RS|display=inline,title}}
| location = [[Surčin]], [[Serbia]]
| hub =
| website = [http://www.beg.aero beg.aero]
| pushpin_map = Serbia Belgrade#Serbia
<div>
| pushpin_label = '''BEG'''/LYBE
* [[Aviogenex]]
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Belgrade
* [[Jat Airways]]
| metric-rwy = Yes
* [[Wizz Air]]
| r1-number = 12L/30R
| elevation-f = 336
| r1-length-f = 11,155
| elevation-m = 102
| r1-length-m = 3,400
| coordinates = {{Coord|44|49|10|N|20|18|25|E|type:airport_region:RS|display=inline,title}}
| r1-surface = [[Airport runway|Asphalt]]/[[Airport runway|concrete]]
| website = [http://www.beg.aero/ www.beg.aero]
| r1-number = 12/30
| r2-number = 12R/30L
| r1-length-f = 11,155
| r2-length-f = 11,483
| r1-length-m = 3,400
| r2-length-m = 3,500
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]/[[concrete]]
| r2-surface = [[Airport runway|Asphalt]]/[[Airport runway|concrete]]
| stat-year = 2011
| stat-year = 2023
| stat1-header = Number of passengers
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 3,124,633
| stat1-data = 7,948,202 {{increase}} 42%
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements (2022)
| stat2-data = 44,923
| stat2-data = 65,644 {{increase}}34%
| stat3-header = Cargo volume
| footnotes = Sources: Official website<ref name="BEG">{{cite web|url=http://www.beg.aero|title=Official website|accessdate=11 April 2007|language=Serbian}}</ref><br/>Serbian [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]] at [[Eurocontrol]]<ref name="AIP">[http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/publicuser/protect/pu/main.jsp EAD Basic]</ref>
| stat3-data = N/A
| footnotes = Source: Vinci Airports Press Release<ref name="BEG">{{cite web|url=https://beg.aero/sites/belgrade/files/pictures/cp-va-trafic-decembre-2022-en-belgrade-airport.pdf|title=VINCI Airports – Traffic 2022}}</ref>
}}
}}


{{Infobox company
'''Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport''' ({{lang-sr|Аеродром Београд - Никола Тесла /''Aerodrom Beograd - Nikola Tesla''}}) {{airport codes|BEG|LYBE}} is the primary international airport serving [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]. Previously known as ''Belgrade International Airport'', it was renamed in 2006 in honour of Serbian-American scientist and inventor [[Nikola Tesla]].
| name = Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport

| logo =
The airport is situated {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} west,<ref name="AIP"/> of central Belgrade, in the Surčin Municipality, surrounded by [[Syrmia]]'s fertile lowlands. Passengers on the right hand side of planes descending from the east have a view of downtown Belgrade, especially the districts of [[Čukarica]] and [[Novi Beograd]]. In 2008 the airport installed [[Instrument landing system#ILS categories|ILS CAT IIIb]] equipment to allow aircraft to land and depart in the heaviest of fog, which in past years led to numerous flight diversions mostly in late December and early January.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beg.aero/about_us/history.208.html|title=Aerodrom Nikola Tesla - History|accessdate=8 June 2012}}</ref>
| caption =
| traded_as = [[Belgrade Stock Exchange|BELEX]]: [http://www.belex.rs/trgovanje/hartija/dnevni/AERO AERO]
| type = [[Joint-stock company]]
| native_name = Аеродром Никола Тесла Београд
| native_name_lang = sr
| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1962|04|28}}
| area_served = [[Belgrade, Serbia]]
| location = Aerodrom Beograd 47, Surčin
| hq_location_city = [[Belgrade]]
| hq_location_country = [[Serbia]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pretraga2.apr.gov.rs/EnterpriseWebSearchWeb/Details/Details?beid=1028159&rnd=D912457ECFEB4D907C4B65135B37DD338D4899FB |title= Претрага привредних друштава |website=apr.gov.rs |access-date=25 July 2022 |language=sr}}</ref>
| key_people = Saša Vlaisavljević {{small|([[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])}}<br />Vesna Stanković Jevđević {{small|(Chairman of the Supervisory Board)}}
| revenue = {{increase}} [[Euro|€]]5.96 million {{small|(2021)}}<ref name="increport2021">{{cite web |title= Godisnji izvestaj za 2021. godinu |url=https://antb.rs/images/documents/godisnji_izvestaj_za_2021_godinu_164892075272623.pdf |website= antb.rs |access-date=20 April 2023 |language=sr }}</ref>
| net_income = {{decreasePositive}} {{fontcolor|red|([[Euro|€]]2.15 million)}} {{small|(2021)}}<ref name ="increport2021" />
| assets = {{increase}} €275.18 million {{small|(2021)}} <ref name="increport2021" />
| equity = {{decrease}} €244.00 million {{small|(2021)}} <ref name="increport2021" />
| owner = [[Government of Serbia]] (84.56%)<br />Others <ref name="increport2021" />
| num_employees = 1,556 {{small|(2018)}}
| parent = [[Vinci SA|Vinci Airports]]
| divisions =
| subsid =
| industry = [[Airport]] operations
| products =
| footnotes = {{small|Business ID: 07036540<br />[[Taxation in Serbia|Tax ID]]: 100000539}}<ref name="aprInfo">{{cite web|script-title=sr:Основни подаци о привредном друштву|url=https://pretraga2.apr.gov.rs/EnterpriseWebSearchWeb/Details/Details?beid=1028159&rnd=2F584B65503B3A90AC47D57F6D0953044773456B|website=apr.gov.rs|publisher=Serbian Business Registers Agency|access-date=23 March 2022|language=sr|title = Error}}</ref>
}}


'''Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport''' ({{langx|sr|{{lang|sr-Cyrl|Аеродром Никола Тесла Београд}} / {{lang|sr-Latn|Aerodrom Nikola Tesla Beograd}}}}) or '''Belgrade Airport''' ({{langx|sr|{{lang|sr-Cyrl|Аеродром Београд}} / {{lang|sr-Latn|Aerodrom Beograd}}}}) {{airport codes|BEG|LYBE}} is an [[international airport]] serving [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]. It is the largest and the busiest [[airport]] in [[Serbia]], situated {{cvt|18|km}} west of downtown Belgrade near the suburb of [[Surčin]], surrounded by fertile lowlands. It is operated by French conglomerate [[Vinci SA|Vinci Airports]] and it is named after Serbian-American inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] (1856–1943).
The airport is owned and operated by the ''Public enterprise “Aerodrom Nikola Tesla Beograd”''. The company recorded profit of [[Euro|€]]21.5 million at the end of 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beg.aero/mediji/saopstenja_aerodroma.223.html?newsId=524|author=Aerodrom Nikola Tesla Beograd|title=Neto dobit Aerodroma "Nikola Tesla" 2,24 milijarde|accessdate=20 February 2011 }}</ref>


The national [[flag carrier]] and largest airline of Serbia, [[Jat Airways]], uses Belgrade Nikola Tesla as their [[Airline hub|main hub]]. It is also one of the hubs for low cost airline [[Wizz Air]]. [[Aviogenex]] charter airline, and [[air taxi]] airlines [[Air Pink]], [[Jat Airways AVIO taxi]], [[Prince Aviation]] and [[Pelikan Airways]]<ref>http://www.pelikanairways.rs/</ref> also call the airport their home.
The [[flag carrier]] and the largest airline of Serbia, [[Air Serbia]], uses Belgrade Nikola Tesla as their [[Airline hub|hub]]. It is also one of the many operating bases for low-cost airline [[Wizz Air]]. The [[air taxi]] services [[Air Pink]], Eagle Express and [[Prince Aviation]] also call the airport their home.


==History==
==History==
===First airfields===
[[File:Aeroput plne.jpg|thumb|left|[[Airport City Belgrade#Location|Belgrade-Dojno polje Airport]] with the Milanković's hangar on the right side, 1929.]]
The first airfield in Belgrade was inaugurated in 1910 in the neighbourhood of [[Banjica]] and was initially used by aviation pioneers such as Simon, Maslenikov, Vidmar and Čermak. Two years later a wooden hangar was built for the [[Serbian Air Force]], which was at the time engaged in the [[First Balkan War]] against Turkey. In 1914, the Banjica airfield was the base for the Serbian Air Force squadron and the [[Balloon (aeronautics)|Balloon]] Company. After the end of the [[First World War]], the Banjica airfield was used for [[airmail]] traffic and included the routes [[Novi Sad]]–Belgrade–[[Niš]]–[[Skoplje]] and Belgrade–[[Sarajevo]]–[[Mostar]].<ref name="History1">{{cite web|url=http://www.beg.aero/code/navigate.php?Id=111 |author=Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport |title=History: International Belgrade Airport (1927) |access-date=24 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005035154/http://www.beg.aero/code/navigate.php?Id=111 |archive-date=5 October 2007}}</ref>


In 1911 another airfield was inaugurated in Belgrade, in the lower city of the [[Belgrade Fortress|Kalemegdan Fortress]] at the location of today's [[Belgrade Planetarium]].<ref name="History1" />
Belgrade's first international airport (also known as [[Airport City Belgrade#Location|Dojno polje Airport]]) was opened on 25 March 1927 on the territory of today's Novi Beograd. From February 1928, aircraft owned by the first local airline [[Aeroput]] started taking off from the new airport. The airport's landing strip consisted of four grass [[runway]]s between 1,100 and 2,900&nbsp;m (3,609 and 9,514&nbsp;ft) long. The project for [[reinforced concrete]] [[hangar]] was made by [[Serbs|Serbian]] [[scientist]] [[Milutin Milanković]], known more for his [[Milankovitch cycles|theory of climate change]]. A modern [[airport terminal|terminal]] building was built in 1931, and in 1936 poor visibility conditions landing equipment was installed.<ref name="History1">{{cite web |url=http://www.beg.aero/code/navigate.php?Id=111 |author=Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport |title=History: International Belgrade Airport (1927) |accessdate=24 July 2007 }}</ref>


===Airport in Pančevo===
Besides Aeroput, [[Air France]], [[Deutsche Luft Hansa]], [[KLM]], [[Imperial Airways]] and airlines from [[Italy]], [[Austria]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]] and [[Poland]] also used the airport until the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]]. Starting from April 1941 [[Germany|German]] occupation forces used the airport. During 1944 the Allies bombed it, and in October of same year the German army destroyed the remaining facilities while withdrawing from the country.<ref name="History1"/>
An airport on the outskirts of [[Pančevo]], a town located northeast of Belgrade, began its operations in 1923 when [[CFRNA]] inaugurated the international route [[Paris]]–[[Istanbul]], which was flown via Belgrade. It was on that route that same year that the first world night flight ever happened in history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bturn.com/9120/the-story-of-jat-the-best-and-the-worst-of-balkan-air-travel |title=The story of JAT: the best and the worst of Balkan air travel |date=31 July 2012 |access-date=20 April 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305155043/http://bturn.com/9120/the-story-of-jat-the-best-and-the-worst-of-balkan-air-travel |url-status=dead }}</ref> The same year airmail service began operating from the airport. The Pančevo airport was also used by the [[Royal Yugoslav Air Force]] academy. After the World War II the airport was used by the [[Yugoslav Air Force]] before it became the airfield of the [[Utva Aviation Industry]] after its relocation from Zemun to Pančevo.<ref name="History1" />


===Belgrade Airport after World War II===
===Airport in Dojno Polje (New Belgrade)===
[[File:Belgrade Airport 1960s.jpg|thumb|left|Belgrade Airport in the 1960s]]
[[File:Modernisation of Belgrade Airport in the 1960s.png|thumb|Modernisation project of Belgrade Airport during the 1960s.]]
The airport was rebuilt by October 1944 and until the end of the war was used by the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Yugoslavia]] as part of the Allied war effort.


Because of the distance from Pančevo to downtown Belgrade, which at that time required crossing the [[Danube]], a decision was made to build a new airport that would be closer. The airport was planned to be built just across the river [[Sava]], in a neighborhood today known as [[Novi Beograd]]. It was opened on 25 March 1927 under the official name of '''Belgrade International Airport''' (also known as [[Airport City Belgrade#Location|Dojno polje Airport]]). From February 1928, the aircraft owned by the first local airline [[Aeroput]] started taking off from the new airport. The airport had four {{convert|1100|-|2900|m|sigfig=3}} long grass [[runway]]s. The design for a [[reinforced concrete]] [[hangar]] that was built at the airfield was made by the Serbian scientist [[Milutin Milanković]], better known for his [[Milankovitch cycles|theory of climate change]]. A modern [[airport terminal|terminal]] building was built in 1931, while the landing equipment for conditions of poor visibility was installed in 1936.<ref name="History1" />
Civil transport by Air Force cargo planes via this airport was renewed at the end of 1945. At the beginning of 1947 JAT Yugoslav Airlines and JUSTA took over domestic and international traffic, and from 1948 the first aircraft from West European airlines started to land in Belgrade.


Before World War II, Belgrade was also used as a stopover for some major air races, such as [[The Schlesinger African Air Race]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-09-21 |title=ENGLAND TO AFRICA |page=4 |work=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30112343 |access-date=2022-12-24}}</ref>
Constant traffic increase and the appearance of passenger jet planes demanded a significant airport enlargement. In the meantime there was a plan to build a residential and business district called Novi Beograd, where the airport was located. Thus, it was decided that a new international airport should be constructed near the village of Surčin. The last flight to depart from the old airport was at the beginning of 1964.<ref name="GlasJ">{{cite web|url=http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2007/05/08/srpski/bg07050704.shtml|author=Jovan Nikolić|authorlink=Glas javnosti|title=Svi Beogradski aerodromi|accessdate=24 July 2007|date=8 May 2007|publisher=Glas javnosti|language=Serbian}}</ref>


Besides [[Aeroput]], [[Air France]], [[Deutsche Luft Hansa]], [[KLM]], [[Imperial Airways]] and airlines from Italy, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Poland also used the airport until the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]]. Belgrade gained further prominence when Imperial Airways introduced inter-continental routes through Belgrade, when [[London]] was linked with [[India]] through the airport.<ref name="flight0439">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Flight International]]|title=World Airlines Directory |date=8 May 1931|page=407|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1931/1931%20-%200439.html?search=aeroput}}</ref> Belgrade was linked with [[Paris]] and [[Breslau]] because [[CFRNA|CIDNA]] and Deutsche Luft Hansa, respectively, included Belgrade on its routes to [[Istanbul]].<ref>{{cite book|title=International Air Guide: Air Atlas: The Reference Book on Civil and Commercial Aviation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w-8WDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT431|year=2017|publisher=Imprimerie Crété S.A.|isbn=978-1-5430-2191-2|page=431}}</ref> By 1931, Belgrade became a major air hub being linked with regular flights with international destinations such as [[London]], [[Madrid]], [[Venice]], [[Brussels]], [[Berlin]], [[Cologne]], [[Warsaw]], [[Prague]], [[Vienna]], [[Graz]], [[Klagenfurt]], [[Budapest]], [[Bucharest]], [[Sofia]], [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]], [[Thessaloniki]], [[Athens]], [[Istanbul]], and also intercontinental links with [[Cairo]], [[Karachi]] and India.<ref name="flight0439" />
===Construction of new airport===
During the first years of the development of postwar Belgrade, construction of the modern airport became a social and economic priority. Basic studies and engineering research started in 1947, and became part of the 1950 General City Plan. This document defined the future or air traffic and the role of Belgrade's Airport within the Yugoslav and international air network.


Starting from April 1941, German occupation forces used the airport. During 1944 it was bombed by the Allies, and in October of the same year the German army destroyed the remaining facilities while withdrawing from the country.<ref name="History1" />
[[File:Belgrade airport interier.JPG|thumb|Interior of the airport]]


The airport was rebuilt by October 1944 and until the end of the war was used by the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia as part of the Allied war effort.<ref name="History1" />
The new location for the airport was on the Surčin plateau 12&nbsp;km (7&nbsp;mi) from Belgrade's city center.<ref name="GlasJ"/> Thanks to the original planners' vision, two conditions for the airport's development were fulfilled: a location was chosen which met the navigational, meteorological, construction, technical, and traffic requirements; and the special needs for the airport's long-term development were established.


Civil transport by [[Yugoslav Air Force]] cargo planes from this airport was reinstated at the end of 1945. At the beginning of 1947 [[Jat Airways|JAT Yugoslav Airlines]] and [[JUSTA]] took over domestic and international traffic, and from 1948 Western European airlines resumed flights to Belgrade.<ref name="History1" />
Experts from the Serbian City Planning Bureau, with the architect Nikola Dobrović at the helm, made the preliminary plans for the new airport.<ref name="GlasJ"/> The development and realization of the idea was taken over from 1953 onwards by the Civil Aviation Department (later Federal Department for Civil Aviation) whose experts, with engineer Miloš Lukić as team leader, finished the general airport plan for one runway, appropriate taxiways, and a terminal complex in 1957. Building of the new airport started in April 1958 and lasted until 28 April 1962, when it was officially opened by President [[Josip Broz Tito]].<ref name="GlasJ"/>


A constant increase in traffic and the beginning of the passenger jet era called for a significant expansion of the airport. In the meantime, a plan to build a residential and business district called Novi Beograd on the location of the airport was introduced. The officials decided therefore that a new international airport should be built near the village of Surčin to the west. The last flight to depart from the old airport was early in 1964.<ref name="GlasJ">{{cite web|url=http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2007/05/08/srpski/bg07050704.shtml|first=Jovan|last=Nikolić|author-link=Glas javnosti|title=Svi Beogradski aerodromi|access-date=24 July 2007|date=8 May 2007|publisher=Glas javnosti|language=sr}}</ref>
During that period a 3,000&nbsp;m (9,843&nbsp;ft) long runway was built with the parallel taxiway and concrete aprons for sixteen planes. The passenger terminal building occupied an area of 8,000&nbsp;m² (2 [[acre]]s). Cargo storage were also built, as well as a technical block with the air traffic [[control tower]] and other accompanying facilities. Modern navigational equipment was installed, earning the airport the highest international classification according to the [[International Civil Aviation Organization]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rscg.co.me/code/navigate.php?Id=111|author=Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport|title=History: Belgrade Surcin (1962)|accessdate=4 April 2007 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>


===Airport in Surčin===
[[File:Beg-exterior.jpg|thumb|Terminal 1 exterior]]
The new location for the airport was on the Surčin plateau, {{cvt|15|km|mi|sigfig=1}} from Belgrade's city centre.<ref name="GlasJ" /> Thanks to the original planners' vision, two conditions for the airport's development were fulfilled: a location was chosen that met the navigational, meteorological, construction, technical, and traffic requirements; and the special needs for the airport's long-term development were established. {{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}


Building of the new airport started in April 1958 and lasted until 28 April 1962, when it was officially opened by President [[Josip Broz Tito]].<ref name="GlasJ" /> During that period a {{convert|3000|m|mi|adj=mid|-long}} runway was built, with the parallel taxiway and concrete aprons for sixteen airplanes. The passenger terminal building occupied an area of {{cvt|8,000|m2}}. Cargo storage spaces were also built, as well as a technical block with the air-traffic [[control tower]] and other accompanying facilities. Modern navigational equipment was installed, earning the airport the highest international classification according to the [[International Civil Aviation Organization]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rscg.co.me/code/navigate.php?Id=111 |author=Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport |title=History: Belgrade Surcin (1962) |access-date=4 April 2007}} {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
===2000 - 2011===
The airport stagnated during the 1990s after the outbreak of the [[Yugoslav wars|Yugoslav civil wars]] and the [[United Nations]] sanctions imposed on the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]. The sanctions also included a ban on air travel. The airport had minimal passenger movement and many facilities were in need of attention.


The airport stagnated during the 1990s after the outbreak of the [[Yugoslav wars]] and the [[United Nations]] sanctions imposed on the [[Serbia and Montenegro]]. The sanctions also included a ban on air travel. The airport had minimal passenger movement, and many facilities were in need of reparation.
With a change in government and international sentiment, normal air traffic resumed in 2001. A few years later the airport’s terminal 2 underwent a complete reconstruction.


With a change in government and international sentiment, normal air traffic resumed in 2001. A few years later the airport's terminal 2 underwent a major reconstruction. The runway was upgraded to CAT IIIb in 2005, as part of a large renovation project. CAT IIIb is an [[Instrument landing system|Instrument Landing System (ILS)]], giving aircraft the security of landing during [[fog]] and storms. In 2006, the airport was renamed to ''Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport''. [[Nikola Tesla]] was a Serbian-American inventor and scientist, generally considered one of the world's most famous [[inventors]].<ref>{{cite web |author= |author-link= |date=2 February 2006 |title=Aerodrom menja ime u "Nikola Tesla" |url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2006&mm=02&dd=02&nav_id=187313&nav_category=12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313091754/http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2006&mm=02&dd=02&nav_id=187313&nav_category=12 |archive-date=13 March 2007 |access-date=4 April 2007 |website=[[B92]] |language=sr}}</ref> The construction of the new air traffic control centre was completed in 2010. In 2011 Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport shares (AERO) began trading on the [[Belgrade Stock Exchange]] (BELEX).
The runway, which is now CAT IIIb, was upgraded in October 2005, as part of a large renovation project. CAT IIIb is the latest runway system giving aircraft the security of landing during fog and storms.
A countrywide petition was signed to have the name of the airport changed to ''Belgrade Nikola Tesla International Airport''. [[Nikola Tesla]] was a Serbian-American inventor and scientist, generally considered one of the world's most important [[electrical engineers]].


===2012–2018===
The proposal was accepted by Aerodrom Beograd a.d., the state-owned airport authority, and received approval by the Ministry of Capital Investment, and finally the [[Government of Serbia|Serbian Government]] on 2 February 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2006&mm=02&dd=02&nav_id=187313&nav_category=12|author=B92|title=Aerodrom menja ime u "Nikola Tesla"|authorlink=B92|accessdate=4 April 2007|date=2 February 2006|language=Serbian| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20070313091754/http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2006&mm=02&dd=02&nav_id=187313&nav_category=12| archivedate= 13 March 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> On 10 July 2006, to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth [[scientist]] [[Nikola Tesla]], a monument was erected near Terminal 1. The monument is 3.10&nbsp;m (10&nbsp;ft 2&nbsp;in) high and weighs 1,000&nbsp;kg (2,205 [[Pound (mass)|lb]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beg.aero/code/navigate.php?Id=90|author=Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport|title=Na beogradskom Aerodromu otkriven spomenik Nikoli Tesli|accessdate=4 April 2007|date=10 July 2006|language=Serbian| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20070318183849/http://www.beg.aero/code/navigate.php?Id=90| archivedate= 18 March 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>


In 2012, construction work on the modernization and expansion of the airport began. It was carried out on the expansion and reconstruction of the A-gate and C-gate departure and transit areas. As a result, an extra {{convert|2750|m2}} was added. Jetways at the A and C gates were also replaced.
In 2006, the airport served a total of 2,222,455 passengers, which represented an increase of 9% over 2005 figures. After 17 years, the airport served its 2,500,000th passenger on 28 December.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beg.aero/code/navigate.php?Id=6 |author=Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport |title=Aerodrom pomaže deci u ime svog ostvarenog rekorda – 2,5 milionitog putnika |date=28 December 2007 |accessdate=28 December 2007 |language=Serbian}}</ref> The official total number of passengers served for the full year of 2007 was 2,512,890.


Also, there were plans for the construction of a new control tower as the current air control tower was built in 1962.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blic.rs/vesti/drustvo/rovcanin-novi-kontrolni-tornjevi-u-beogradu-i-tivtu/evt55wv |title=Rovčanin: Novi kontrolni tornjevi u Beogradu i Tivtu |publisher=Tanjug |date=1 October 2014 |language=sr}}</ref> Future expansion of current terminals should see additional 17,000 sqm added, with terminal 2 getting additional 4 jetways.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tangosix.rs/2015/04/08/prve-fotografije-novi-izgled-c-hodnika-aerodroma-nikola-tesla/|title=Prve ilustracije: Novi izgled "C" hodnika aerodroma "Nikola Tesla" - Tango Six|date=4 August 2015|website=Tangosix.rs|access-date=16 May 2018}}</ref>
In August 2007, the airport management announced that within the next 4 years Terminal 2 gates will be expanded as well as parking spaces for aircraft. Terminal 1 and 2 would be connected as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danas.rs/20070813/biznis2.html|author=Veroslav Janković|authorlink=Danas|title=Otvoreno nebo donosi konkurenciju, ali i šansu za lidersku poziciju u regionu|accessdate=12 August 2007|date=13 August 2007|publisher=Danas|language=Serbian}}</ref>


===2018–present===
In 2008, the airport served a total of 2,650,048 passengers, which represented an increase of 5% over 2007 figures. The airport experienced its best month in May 2008 due to the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008]] held in Belgrade. Those record figures were however outnumbered at the end of 2010 with 2,698,730 handled passengers.
In January 2018, the [[Government of Serbia]] granted a 25-year concession of the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to the French airport operator [[Vinci SA|Vinci Airports]] for a sum of 501 million euros.<ref name="vincitakover">{{cite news|title=Pala odluka: Kome će "Nikola Tesla"|url=https://www.b92.net/biz/vesti/srbija.php?yyyy=2018&mm=01&dd=05&nav_id=1343926|access-date=6 January 2018|work=b92.net|agency=Tanjug|date=5 January 2018|language=sr}}</ref> On 21 December 2018, Vinci formally took over the airport.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 December 2018 |title=Vansi preuzeo aerodrom Nikola Tesla |language=sr |work=[[Radio Free Europe]] |url=https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/29669926.html |access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref> In 2018, the airport had a sizeable increase in revenue and net income, due to Vinci Airports transaction.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Obradović |first1=M. |title=Otpisi dugova i isplata koncesije napumpali profit |url=https://www.danas.rs/ekonomija/otpisi-dugova-i-isplata-koncesije-napumpali-profit/ |access-date=10 August 2019 |work=danas.rs |date=16 July 2019 |language=sr}}</ref>

On 24 April 2024 Serbian finance minister [[Siniša Mali]] announced that the concession of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport had been extended by 18 months<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.b92.net/biz/srbija/vesti/16719/mali-odgovorio-nikezicu-tesko-prizemljenje/vest|title=Belgrade Airport concession extended}}</ref> in order to minimize the influence of [[COVID-19]] Pandemic. The concession will last until 1 July 2044.
[[File:Belgrade Airport Terminal 2.jpg|thumb|Terminal 2 check in area]]

The construction of the new airport control centre was completed in 2010 and the EU initiative to regionalize airport controls will begin implementation in 2012 at the earliest.{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}}

In February 2011 Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport shares began trading on the [[Belgrade Stock Exchange]].

===2012 - 2014 expansion===
In February 2012 construction work on the modernisation and expansion of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport began. Work is being carried out on the A gate departure lounges and transit areas. By mid summer of 2012 the airport will have completed the expansion and reconstruction of its C1-2 and A1 to A6 gates. As a result, an extra 2.750 square metres will be added. After the summer, expansion work will begin on gates C3-4 and C5-6, the airport says. Air bridges at the A gates, which belong to terminal one, are also to be replaced. An additional new floor stretching over 4.900 square metres will be built above the current terminal two building with construction to begin next year so as to separate arriving and departing passengers.

Work has also begun on the expansion of the terminal two security and passport control area. Due to a big increase in passenger numbers, long queues are now a constant at the airport, especially during the morning rush hour period. New x-ray and body scanner machines will be added to cut waiting time, with Belgrade becoming the first airport in the former Yugoslavia to use specialised shoe scanners. The new technology was first rolled out in the United States in 2010. Construction work on this areas should be completed by [[July 2012]].

Within the next three years over 53.000.000 euros will be invested into the airport.<ref>http://exyuaviation.blogspot.com/2012/02/belgrade-airport-overhaul-in-full-force.html#comment-form</ref>

Air Traffic Services Agency has announced that it will finance the construction of a new control tower at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. Construction will begin next year and is set to be completed by 2014. According to the agency, the land on which the tower will be built has been selected and work on the project design is now in progress. The new tower will stand at 52 metres tall. The current air control tower, being used at Serbia’s busiest airport, was built back in 1962. In 2010 the 92 million euro worth Air Control Centre was opened within the airport complex.<ref>http://exyuaviation.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-control-tower-for-belgrade-airport.html</ref>

According to Ex-Yu Aviation, on October 15, 2012, Azerbaijan airline company, [[Azerbaijan Airlines|Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL)]], is negotiating plans to start flights to the United States via Belgrade. This depends upon the US FAA giving Belgrade a CAT I rating. If such flights commence, Belgrade would renew itself as a regional airport for all of the former Yugoslavia and the Balkans. It would join Athens and Budapest as the only airports with direct links to North America.


==Terminals==
==Terminals==
The airport's two terminals have a combined area of {{convert|44000|sqm|sqft}}, with Terminal 2 being larger of the two, the two terminals are connected by a hallway.<ref>{{cite web|title=Construction works at BEG|url=https://beg.aero/cir/radovi/o_projektu}}</ref> The airport has 90<ref>{{cite web|title=BEG check-in counters|url=https://beg.aero/sites/belgrade/files/pdf/check-in-230904-cir.pdf}}</ref> check-in counters and 32<ref>{{cite web|title=BEG gates|url=https://beg.aero/sites/belgrade/files/pdf/departures-230815-cir.pdf}}</ref> gates (of which 24 are equipped with [[Jet bridge|jetways]]). Gates A1-A10 and C1-C14 are equipped with [[Jet bridge|jetways]], gates A7a, A7b and C10a-C10e use [[Airport bus|buses]], while gate A11 is used for domestic flights to [[Niš Constantine the Great Airport|Niš]].
[[File:Check-in area at Terminal 2 in Belgrade Airport.jpg|thumb|right|Check-in area at Terminal 2]]
[[File:Boing 737 na aerodromu Nikola Tesla 2010.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jat Airways]] [[Boeing 737-300]] during passengers entry]]

Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport has two terminals, with a reconstructed Terminal 2 opened since 14 May 2006.<ref name="T2">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtsmondo.com/news/vesti/story.php?vest=17113|author=Mondo WEB Portal|title=Otvoren "Terminal 2" na aerodromu u Beogradu|accessdate=14 May 2006|date=14 May 2006|language=Serbian}}</ref>


===Terminal 1===
===Terminal 1===
Terminal 1 (T1) was the original and the only terminal when the airport was opened. The terminal handled domestic flights during the [[SFR Yugoslavia]]. Since the dissolution of the Union of [[Serbia and Montenegro]] in 2006, the gates of the terminal have been used for international flights by both international and domestic carriers.
Terminal 1 (T1) was the original and only terminal when the airport was built. The terminal handled domestic flights during the time of [[Yugoslavia]] and [[Serbia and Montenegro]], and subsequently has come to be used for international flights, mostly by low-cost and charter airlines. The terminal went through a major renovation in 2016 and 2017 when the interior was overhauled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exyuaviation.com/2017/05/photos-belgrade-airport-overhaul.html|title=PHOTOS: Belgrade Airport overhaul|website=EX-YU Aviation News|date=22 May 2017 |access-date=16 May 2018}}</ref>

From January 1, 2010, Terminal 1 is fully operational and used mostly by low cost and charter airlines.

Terminals 1 and 2 are located next to each other and are connected through a hallway. Terminal 1 contains 10 gates, A1-A10. T1 has restaurants "Aviator" and "Boeing", the "Business Club Lounge" and shops.

The terminal went through a major renovation in the 1980s when air bridges were added to connect passengers to the aircraft. Minor renovations were done in 2002.


===Terminal 2===
===Terminal 2===
Terminal 2 (T2) was constructed during the 1980s for the airport's growing passenger numbers. After 2 years of reconstruction, T2 reopened in May 2006 with 33 check in desks.<ref name="T2"/> The terminal has a capacity of 5 million passengers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danas.rs/20060515/ekonomija1.html|author=I.R.|authorlink=Danas|title=Vrata za pet miliona putnika godišnje|accessdate=4 April 2007|date=15 May 2006|publisher=Danas|language=Serbian}}</ref> The arrivals and departures areas of the terminal were completely reconstructed. The terminal has six gates, C1 to C6. The terminal contains airline offices, transfer desks and various retail shops.
Terminal 2 (T2) was constructed in 1979 for the airport's growing passenger numbers. The terminal has a capacity of 5 million passengers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danas.rs/20060515/ekonomija1.html |author=I.R. |author-link=Danas (newspaper) |title=Vrata za pet miliona putnika godišnje |access-date=4 April 2007 |date=15 May 2006 |publisher=Danas |language=sr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401075521/http://www.danas.rs/20060515/ekonomija1.html |archive-date=1 April 2012}}</ref> The terminal contains airline offices, transfer desks and various retail shops. The terminal went through two major renovations: from 2004 through 2006, with the arrivals and departures areas of the terminal completely reconstructed, and another one in 2012 and 2013 when there were works on expansion and overhaul of the C&nbsp;platform. While not officially confirmed, it is believed that the overhauled T1 will be used by foreign carriers, while Air Serbia and Etihad Airways Partners would gain exclusive use of Terminal 2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exyuaviation.com/search/label/Belgrade|title=EX-YU Aviation News|website=EX-YU Aviation News|access-date=16 May 2018}}</ref>


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==Airlines and destinations==
==Airlines and destinations==
===Passenger===
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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights as of November 2024:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seasonal flights {{!}} Aerodrom Nikola Tesla Beograd |url=https://beg.aero/eng/seasonal |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=beg.aero}}</ref>{{better|independent source needed|date=July 2024}}


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===Scheduled===
The following scheduled passenger airlines use the airport:

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| [[Aegean Airlines]] | [[Athens International Airport|Athens]]
|[[Adria Airways]] | [[Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport|Ljubljana]] <ref>[http://www.beg.aero/putnici/letovi.231.html?flightId=130432]</ref>{{ref|1|1}} |2
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|[[Aeroflot]] | [[Moscow-Sheremetyevo]] |2
| [[airBaltic]] | '''Seasonal:''' [[Riga International Airport|Riga]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/12/airbaltic-to-boost-belgrade-service.html|title=airBaltic to boost Belgrade service|date=22 December 2023 }}</ref>
|[[Air France]] | [[Paris-Charles de Gaulle]] |2
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|[[Air One]]| [[Malpensa Airport|Milan-Malpensa]] <ref>[http://www.aviazionecivile.org/vb/showthread.php/122572-AirOne-vola-da-Milano-Malpensa-ad-Amsterdam-Belgrado-Kiev {{it}} AirOne starts Milan Malpensa-Amsterdam, Milan Malpensa-Belgrado and Milan Malpensa-Kiev]</ref><ref>[http://flyairone.com/EN-EU/manage-booking/flight-timetable/Default.aspx]</ref>|2
| [[Air Cairo]] | [[Hurghada International Airport|Hurghada]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/07/president-air-serbia-to-restore-cairo.html|title=Serbia-Egypt air link}}</ref>
|[[Alitalia]] | [[Rome-Fiumicino]] |2
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|[[Austrian Airlines]] <br>{{nowrap|operated by [[Tyrolean Airways]]}} | [[Vienna International Airport|Vienna]] |2
| [[Air Montenegro]] | [[Podgorica Airport|Podgorica]], [[Tivat Airport|Tivat]]
|[[Croatia Airlines]] | '''Seasonal''': [[Split Airport|Split]] <ref>[http://www.croatiaairlines.com/Plan-Book/Timetable/Timetable-Summer-2012/ Croatia Airlines Timetable-Summer 2012]</ref>|2
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|[[Flydubai]] | [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai]] |2
| [[Air Serbia]] | [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Amsterdam]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240702-b6jucodeshare">{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240702-b6jucodeshare | title=JetBlue / Air Serbia Expands Codeshare Service from July 2024 }}</ref> [[Athens International Airport|Athens]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240702-b6jucodeshare"/> [[Banja Luka International Airport|Banja Luka]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231012-azjucodeshare | title=ITA Airways / Air Serbia Expands Codeshare Network in NW23 }}</ref> [[Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport|Barcelona]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq">{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240229-juns24freq | title=Air Serbia NS24 Frequency Variations – 25FEB24 }}</ref> [[Berlin Brandenburg Airport|Berlin]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230228-juns23 | title=Air Serbia NS23 Frequency Changes – 28FEB23 }}</ref> [[Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport|Bologna]],<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr">{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231107-juns24fltnbr | title=Air Serbia NS24 Systemwide Flight Number Changes }}</ref> [[Brussels Airport|Brussels]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Henri Coandă International Airport|Bucharest–Otopeni]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240702-b6jucodeshare"/> [[Budapest Airport|Budapest]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240702-b6jucodeshare"/> [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2022/11/air-serbia-schedules-chicago-launch.html | title=Air Serbia schedules Chicago launch | date=17 November 2022 }}</ref> [[Copenhagen Airport|Copenhagen]],<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr"/> [[Düsseldorf Airport|Düsseldorf]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Frankfurt Airport|Frankfurt]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Florence Airport|Florence]] (resumes 18 April 2025),<ref name="JU new routes 2025">{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/12/air-serbia-to-take-fourth-wide-body.html|title="JU launches Florence, Alghero and Mykonos"}}</ref> [[Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport|Guangzhou]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2024/06/27/air-serbia-to-launch-guangzhou-service/|title=Air Serbia to launch Gaungzhou service|publisher=Business Traveller|date=17 June 2024|accessdate=13 July 2024}}</ref> [[Istanbul Airport|Istanbul]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Kazan International Airport|Kazan]], [[Kraków John Paul II International Airport|Kraków]],<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr"/> [[Larnaca International Airport|Larnaca]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240702-b6jucodeshare"/> [[Lisbon Airport|Lisbon]],<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr"/> [[Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport|Ljubljana]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Heathrow Airport|London–Heathrow]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240702-b6jucodeshare"/> [[Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport|Lyon]],<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr"/> [[Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport|Madrid]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Málaga Airport|Málaga]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2022/11/air-serbia-to-launch-malaga-service.html | title=Air Serbia to launch Malaga service this winter | date=10 November 2022 }}</ref> [[Malta Airport|Malta]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240702-b6jucodeshare"/> [[Milan Malpensa Airport|Milan–Malpensa]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Sheremetyevo International Airport|Moscow–Sheremetyevo]], [[Mostar Airport|Mostar]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/07/air-serbia-plans-year-round-mostar.html?sc=1721291916435#c7318769223421025166|title=Air Serbia plans year-round Mostar flights|date=18 July 2024 }}</ref> [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York–JFK]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230720-junw23lh | title=Air Serbia NW23 Long-Haul Service Changes – 19JUL23 }}</ref> [[Nice Côte d'Azur Airport|Nice]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/08/air-serbia-schedules-first-new-route.html|title=Air Serbia resumes Nice route|date=16 August 2024}}</ref> [[Niš Constantine the Great Airport|Niš]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230123-juqr | title=Air Serbia / Qatar Airways Begins Codeshare Service from Feb 2023 }}</ref> [[Nuremberg Airport|Nuremberg]], [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen|Oslo]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Charles de Gaulle Airport|Paris–Charles de Gaulle]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240702-b6jucodeshare"/> [[Podgorica Airport|Podgorica]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240201-jueycodeshare">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240201-jueycodeshare|title=Air Serbia / Etihad Resumes Codeshare Partnership From Feb 2024|website=Aeroroutes}}</ref> [[Porto Airport|Porto]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/09/air-serbia-to-expand-european-network.html|title=Air Serbia to launch Porto service|website=Air Serbia|date=9 November 2023}}</ref> [[Václav Havel Airport Prague|Prague]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240702-b6jucodeshare"/> [[Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport|Rome–Fiumicino]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Pulkovo Airport|Saint Petersburg]], [[Salzburg Airport|Salzburg]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Sarajevo International Airport|Sarajevo]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240201-jueycodeshare"/> [[Shanghai Pudong International Airport|Shanghai–Pudong]] (begins 11 January 2025),<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/10/air-serbia-schedules-shanghai-launch.html?m=1|title=Air Serbia schedules Shanghai launch}}</ref> [[Skopje International Airport|Skopje]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240201-jueycodeshare"/> [[Sochi International Airport|Sochi]], [[Sofia Airport|Sofia]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240702-b6jucodeshare"/> [[Stockholm Arlanda Airport|Stockholm–Arlanda]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240131-jurocodeshare|title=Air Serbia / TAROM Expands Codeshare Network From Jan 2024|website=Aeroroutes}}</ref> [[Stuttgart Airport|Stuttgart]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Thessaloniki Airport|Thessaloniki]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza|Tirana]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240201-jueycodeshare"/> [[Tivat Airport|Tivat]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Valencia Airport|Valencia]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220919-junw22 | title=Air Serbia NW22 Service Expansions }}</ref> [[Venice Marco Polo Airport|Venice]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Vienna International Airport|Vienna]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240702-b6jucodeshare"/> [[Zagreb Airport|Zagreb]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Zürich Airport|Zürich]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230410-juzrh|title=Air Serbia Schedules A330 Zurich Flights in April 2023|website=Aeroroutes}}</ref> <br /> '''Seasonal:''' [[Alghero–Fertilia Airport|Alghero]] (begins 10 June 2025),<ref name="JU new routes 2025" /> [[Ankara Esenboğa Airport|Ankara]],<ref name="exyuaviation.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/12/air-serbia-suspends-four-routes-over.html?sc=1733129466514#c4222397060835444937 | title=Air Serbia suspends four routes over winter }}</ref> [[Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport|Bari]],<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr"/> [[Catania Airport|Catania]],<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr"/> [[Chania International Airport|Chania]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Corfu International Airport|Corfu]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Dubrovnik Airport|Dubrovnik]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/> [[Göteborg Landvetter Airport|Gothenburg]],'''<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/>''' [[Hamburg Airport|Hamburg]],'''<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/>''' [[Hannover Airport|Hannover]],'''<ref name="aeroroutes_240229-juns24freq"/>''' [[Heraklion International Airport|Heraklion]],<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr"/> [[Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport|Izmir]],<ref name="JU NW24">{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/10/winter-202425-air-serbia.html|title=Naples and Izmir seasonal}}</ref> [[Mykonos Airport|Mykonos]] (begins 6 June 2025),<ref name="JU new routes 2025" /> [[Naples International Airport|Naples]],<ref name="JU NW24" /> [[Ohrid Airport|Ohrid]],<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr"/> [[Palermo Airport|Palermo]],<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr"/> [[Palma de Mallorca Airport|Palma de Mallorca]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220419-uxjucodeshare | title=Air Europa Expands Air Serbia Codeshare Routes in NS22 }}</ref> [[Pula Airport|Pula]],<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr"/> [[Rhodes International Airport|Rhodes]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240702-b6jucodeshare"/> [[Rijeka Airport|Rijeka]],<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr"/> [[Split Airport|Split]],<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr"/> [[Varna Airport|Varna]],<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr"/> [[Zadar Airport|Zadar]]<ref name="aeroroutes_231107-juns24fltnbr"/> <br /> '''Seasonal charter:''' [[Antalya Airport|Antalya]],<ref name="exyuaviation_2023_06">{{cite web | url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/06/air-serbia-to-grow-charter-traffic-by-15.html | title=Air Serbia to grow charter traffic by 15% | date=June 2023 }}</ref> [[Milas–Bodrum Airport|Bodrum]],<ref name="exyuaviation_2023_06"/> [[Dalaman Airport|Dalaman]],<ref name="exyuaviation_2023_06"/> [[Hurghada International Airport|Hurghada]],<ref name="exyuaviation_2023_06"/> [[Kavala International Airport|Kavala]],<ref>https://centreforaviation.com/news/air-serbia-to-launch-florence-and-kavala-services-in-2025-1294770</ref> [[Kefalonia International Airport|Kefalonia]],<ref name="exyuaviation_2023_06"/> [[Marsa Alam International Airport|Marsa Alam]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/01/air-serbia-to-run-regular-marsa-alam.html|title=Air Serbia to run regular Marsa Alam charters|date=30 January 2024 }}</ref> [[Marsa Matruh International Airport|Marsa Matruh]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/05/air-serbia-to-run-regular-mersa-matruh.html|title=Air Serbia to run regular Mersa Matruh charters|date=12 May 2023 }}</ref> [[Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport|Monastir]], [[Aktion International Airport|Preveza/Lefkada]], [[Samos International Airport|Samos]],<ref name="exyuaviation_2023_06"/> [[Sharm El Sheikh International Airport|Sharm El Sheikh]],<ref name="exyuaviation_2023_06"/> [[Skiathos International Airport|Skiathos]],<ref name="exyuaviation_2023_06"/> [[Zakynthos International Airport|Zakynthos]]<ref name="exyuaviation_2023_06"/>
|[[Germanwings]] | [[Stuttgart Airport|Stuttgart]] |2
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|[[Jat Airways]] | [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Amsterdam]], [[Athens International Airport|Athens]], [[Berlin Brandenburg Airport|Berlin-Brandenburg]] [begins 27 October 2013], [[Berlin Tegel Airport|Berlin-Tegel]] [ends 26 October 2013], [[Brussels Airport|Brussels]], [[Copenhagen Airport|Copenhagen]], [[Düsseldorf International Airport|Düsseldorf]], [[Frankfurt Airport|Frankfurt]], [[Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport|Gothenburg-Landvetter]], [[Istanbul-Atatürk]], [[Larnaca International Airport|Larnaca]], [[London-Heathrow]], [[Malpensa Airport|Milan-Malpensa]], [[Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport|Monastir]], [[Moscow-Sheremetyevo]], [[Paris-Charles de Gaulle]], [[Podgorica Airport|Podgorica]], [[Rome-Fiumicino]], [[Sarajevo International Airport|Sarajevo]], [[Skopje "Alexander the Great" Airport|Skopje]], [[Stockholm-Arlanda Airport|Stockholm-Arlanda]], [[Stuttgart Airport|Stuttgart]], [[Ben Gurion International Airport|Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion]], [[Thessaloniki International Airport|Thessaloniki]], [[Tivat Airport|Tivat]], [[Vienna International Airport|Vienna]], [[Zurich Airport|Zürich]] <br> '''Seasonal''': [[London-Gatwick]] <ref>[http://www.beg.aero/putnici/letovi/sezonski_red_letenja.53.html Jat Airways Timetable-Summer 2012]</ref>, [[Malta International Airport|Malta]] <ref>http://www.aviokarta.net/vesti/1116-jat-airways-direktno-do-malte-tokom-letnje-sezone/</ref>|2
| [[AJet]] | [[Ankara Esenboğa Airport|Ankara]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240313-vfns24|title=AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24|website=Aeroroutes}}</ref> [[Sabiha Gökçen International Airport|Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/11/anadolujet-to-launch-new-belgrade.html|title =AnadoluJet to launch new Belgrade service|date =12 November 2023}}</ref> [[Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport|Izmir]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/02/anadolujet-pushes-back-new-belgrade.html|title =AnadoluJet pushes back new Belgrade service|date =6 February 2023}}</ref>
|[[Jat Airways]] | '''Seasonal''': [[Dubrovnik Airport|Dubrovnik]], [[Girona-Costa Brava Airport|Girona]], [[Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport|Ohrid]], [[Pula Airport|Pula]], [[Split Airport|Split]] |1
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|[[LOT Polish Airlines]] | [[Warsaw Chopin Airport|Warsaw-Chopin]] |2
| [[Arkia]] | [[Ben Gurion Airport|Tel Aviv]]<ref name='beg-tlv'>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/06/el-als-sun-dor-to-launch-scheduled.html|title=Arkia and Sun d'Or to fly TLV-BEG|date=11 June 2024 }}</ref>
|[[Lufthansa]] | [[Frankfurt Airport|Frankfurt]] |2
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|[[Lufthansa Regional]] <br>{{nowrap|operated by [[Lufthansa CityLine]]}} | [[Munich Airport|Munich]] |2
| [[Austrian Airlines]] | [[Vienna International Airport|Vienna]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240527-osnw24eu|title=Austrian NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 26MAY24|website=Aeroroutes}}</ref>
|[[Montenegro Airlines]] | [[Podgorica Airport|Podgorica]], [[Tivat Airport|Tivat]] |2
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|[[Niki (airline)|Niki]] | [[Vienna International Airport|Vienna]] |2
| [[China Southern Airlines]] | [[Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport|Guangzhou]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/08/china-southern-airlines-to-launch.html|title=China Southern Airlines to launch Belgrade service|date=13 August 2024}}</ref>
|[[Norwegian Air Shuttle]] | [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen|Oslo-Gardermoen]], [[Stockholm-Arlanda Airport|Stockholm-Arlanda]] <br> '''Seasonal:''' [[Copenhagen Airport|Copenhagen]] <ref>Serbian: http://www.aviokarta.net/vesti/790-nowegian-najavljuje-liniju-kopenhagenbeograd/</ref> |2
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|[[Olympic Air]] | [[Athens International Airport|Athens]] |2
| [[easyJet]] | [[Geneva Airport|Geneva]]
|[[Qatar Airways]] | <!-- Do not add Ankara, no traffic rights --> [[Doha International Airport|Doha]] [begins 20 November 2012]<ref>http://www.qatarairways.com/english_global/press-release.page?pr_id=pressrelease_pressrelease_20120815</ref><ref>http://www.ameinfo.com/qatar-airways-start-flying-serbia-poland-309132</ref> |2
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|[[Sky Work Airlines]] | [[Bern Airport|Bern]] |2
| [[Eurowings]] | '''Seasonal:''' [[Düsseldorf Airport|Düsseldorf]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2021/12/eurowings-to-launch-new-belgrade-service.html|title = Eurowings to launch new Belgrade service| date=10 December 2021 }}</ref>
|[[Swiss International Airlines]] | [[Zurich Airport|Zürich]] |2
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|[[Swiss International Airlines]] <br>{{nowrap|operated by [[Contact Air]]}} | [[Zurich Airport|Zürich]] | 2
|[[TAROM]] | [[Henri Coandă International Airport|Bucharest-Henri Coandă]] |2
| [[flydubai]] | [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai–International]]
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|[[Tunisair]] | [[Tunis–Carthage International Airport|Tunis]] <br> '''Seasonal''': [[Enfidha – Hammamet International Airport|Enfidha]], [[Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport|Monastir]] |2
|[[Turkish Airlines]] | [[Istanbul-Atatürk]] |2
| [[Hainan Airlines]] | [[Beijing Capital International Airport|Beijing–Capital]]
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|[[Wizz Air]]| [[EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg|Basel/Mulhouse]] [begins 15 December 2012] <ref name="aviokarta.net">Serbian: http://www.aviokarta.net/vesti/1372-wizz-air-uvodi-letove-do-bazela-osla-rodosa-i-krfa/</ref>, [[Brussels South Charleroi Airport|Brussels-Charleroi]], [[Dortmund Airport|Dortmund]], [[Eindhoven Airport|Eindhoven]], [[Gothenburg City Airport|Gothenburg-City]], [[London-Luton]], [[Malmö Airport|Malmö]], [[Memmingen Airport|Memmingen]], [[Beauvais-Tillé Airport|Paris-Beauvais-Tillé]] [begins 1 June 2013] <ref>Serbian: http://www.aviokarta.net/vesti/1422-wizz-air-do-pariza-od-juna-naredne-godine/</ref>, [[Sandefjord Airport, Torp|Sandefjord]] [begins 31 May 2013] <ref name="aviokarta.net"/>, [[Stockholm-Skavsta Airport|Stockholm-Skavsta]] <br> '''Seasonal''': [[Corfu International Airport|Corfu]] [begins 20 June 2013], [[Rhodes International Airport|Rhodes]] [begins 15 June 2013] <ref name="aviokarta.net"/>, [[Rome-Fiumicino]] [begins 2 April 2013]<ref>http://wizzair.com/en-GB/TimeTable</ref> |1
| [[KLM]] | [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Amsterdam]]<ref name="aeroroutes_240715-klskcodeshare">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240715-klskcodeshare|title=KLM/SAS Begins Codeshare Service From Sep 2024|website=Aeroroutes}}</ref>
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| [[LOT Polish Airlines]] | [[Warsaw Chopin Airport|Warsaw–Chopin]]
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| [[Lufthansa]] | [[Frankfurt Airport|Frankfurt]], [[Munich Airport|Munich]]
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| [[Luxair]] | '''Seasonal:''' [[Luxembourg Airport|Luxembourg]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2021/01/luxair-to-launch-belgrade-flights.html|title=Luxair to launch Belgrade flights|date=21 January 2021 }}</ref>
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| [[Norwegian Air Shuttle]] | [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen|Oslo]]
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| [[Nouvelair]] | '''Seasonal charter:''' [[Djerba–Zarzis International Airport|Djerba]],<ref name="Nouvelair 2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/05/tunisias-nouvelair-further-grows-ex-yu.html|title=Tunisia's Nouvelair further grows EX-YU operations|date=19 May 2024 }}</ref> [[Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport|Monastir]]<ref name="Nouvelair 2024" />
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| [[Pegasus Airlines]] | [[Sabiha Gökçen International Airport|Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen]]
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| [[Qatar Airways]] | [[Hamad International Airport|Doha]]
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| [[Sky Express (Greece)|Sky Express]] | '''Seasonal charter:''' [[Heraklion International Airport|Heraklion]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/01/skyexpress-plans-belgrade-service.html|title=SkyExpress plans Belgrade service|website=www.exyuaviation.com|date=22 January 2024}}</ref> [[Rhodes International Airport|Rhodes]] (begins 16 June 2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/12/sky-express-to-launch-new-belgrade.html|title=Sky Express to launch new Belgrade leisure service}}</ref>
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| [[Sun d'Or]] | [[Ben Gurion Airport|Tel Aviv]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240618-lyns24beg|title = Sun d'Or Adds Belgrade Service From July 2024| date=18 June 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/06/sun-dor-upgrades-belgrade-service.html|title=Sun d'Or upgrades Belgrade service|date=24 June 2024 }}</ref>
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| {{nowrap|[[Swiss International Air Lines]]}} | [[Zürich Airport|Zürich]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241030-lxnw24eu|title=SWISS NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 27OCT24|website=Aeroroutes|publisher=Aeroroutes|accessdate=30 October 2024}}</ref>
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| [[TAROM]] | [[Henri Coandă International Airport|Bucharest–Otopeni]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221007-ronw22|title=TAROM NW22 Frequency Adjustment – 02OCT22|website=Aeroroutes.com|accessdate=2 November 2024}}</ref>
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| [[Transavia France|Transavia]] | '''Seasonal:''' [[Orly Airport|Paris–Orly]] (begins 10 April 2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/10/transavia-to-launch-new-belgrade-service.html|title=Transavia to launch new Belgrade service}}</ref>
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| [[Turkish Airlines]] | [[Istanbul Airport|Istanbul]]
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| [[Wizz Air]] | [[Abu Dhabi International Airport|Abu Dhabi]], [[Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport|Barcelona]], [[EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg|Basel/Mulhouse]], [[Beauvais–Tillé Airport|Beauvais]], [[Orio al Serio International Airport|Bergamo]],<ref name="Wizz Air to base fourth jet in Belg">{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2022/12/wizz-air-to-base-fourth-jet-in-belgrade.html|title=Wizz Air to base fourth jet in Belgrade, launch five new routes|date=22 December 2022}}</ref> [[Berlin Brandenburg Airport|Berlin]],<ref name="Wizz Air to base fourth jet in Belg"/> [[Copenhagen Airport|Copenhagen]],<ref name="Wizz Air to base fourth jet in Belg"/> [[Dortmund Airport|Dortmund]], [[Eindhoven Airport|Eindhoven]], [[Göteborg Landvetter Airport|Gothenburg]], [[Hamburg Airport|Hamburg]], [[Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport|Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden]], [[Larnaca International Airport|Larnaca]], [[Lisbon Airport|Lisbon]],<ref name="Wizz Air to base fourth jet in Belg"/> [[Luton Airport|London–Luton]], [[Malmö Airport|Malmö]], [[Malta International Airport|Malta]], [[Memmingen Airport|Memmingen]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240716-w6nw24 | title=Wizz Air NW24 Network Additions – 14JUL24 }}</ref> [[Nice Côte d'Azur Airport|Nice]], [[Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport|Rome–Ciampino]], [[Stockholm Skavsta Airport|Stockholm–Skavsta]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/05/wizz-air-makes-winter-cuts-at-skopje.html|title=Wizz Air increases BEG-NYO|date=23 May 2024 }}</ref> <br /> '''Seasonal:''' [[Heraklion International Airport|Heraklion]]
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*{{note|1|1}}[[Adria Airways]] also operates flights to [[Turin Airport|Turin]] on a twice-weekly charter basis for workers and staff of the [[Fiat]] factory in [[Kragujevac]]; seats on this flight are not sold to the public.<ref>[http://www.aviokarta.net/vesti/1118-linija-do-torina-je-zatvoreni-carter-i-nije-u-prodaji/]</ref>


===Charter airlines===
===Cargo===
The following cargo airlines served the airport on a regular basis:<ref name="beg.aero Cargo">{{cite web|url=http://www.beg.aero/en/strana/11851/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4-%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%9A%D0%B0|title=Cargo Flights Timetable :: Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport|website=Beg.aero|access-date=16 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235611/http://www.beg.aero/en/strana/11851/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4-%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%9A%D0%B0|archive-date=26 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=February 2023}}
{{airport-dest-list
|3rdcoltitle = Terminal
| [[Air Cairo]] | '''Seasonal''': [[Hurghada International Airport|Hurghada]], [[Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport|Sharm el-Sheikh]] |1
| [[Aviogenex]] | Charter |1
| [[Jat Airways]] | '''Seasonal''': [[Borg El Arab Airport|Alexandria-Borg el Arab]], [[Antalya Airport|Antalya]], [[Milas-Bodrum Airport|Bodrum]], [[Cairo International Airport|Cairo]], [[Catania-Fontanarossa Airport|Catania]], [[Chania International Airport|Chania]], [[Corfu International Airport|Corfu]], [[Dalaman Airport|Dalaman]], [[Djerba–Zarzis International Airport|Djerba]], [[Heraklion International Airport|Heraklion]], [[Hurghada International Airport|Hurghada]], [[Kos Island International Airport|Kos]], [[Aktion National Airport|Preveza/Lefkada]], [[Lisbon Portela Airport|Lisbon]], [[Luxor International Airport|Luxor]], [[Marsa Alam International Airport|Marsa Alam]], [[Palma de Mallorca Airport|Palma de Mallorca]], [[Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport|Porto]], [[Rhodes International Airport|Rhodes]], [[Santorini (Thira) National Airport|Santorini]], [[Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport|Sharm el-Sheikh]], [[Skiathos Island National Airport|Skiathos]], [[Sochi International Airport|Sochi]], [[Taba International Airport|Taba]], [[Zakynthos International Airport|Zakynthos]] |1
| [[Montenegro Airlines]] | '''Seasonal''': [[King Hussein International Airport|Aqaba]] <ref>http://www.aviokarta.net/vesti/1253-akaba-nova-carter-destinacija-iz-beograda/</ref>|1
| [[Nesma Airlines]] | '''Seasonal''': [[Cairo International Airport|Cairo]] <ref>[http://www.beg.aero/putnici/letovi.231.html?flightId=133253]</ref>, [[Hurghada International Airport|Hurghada]] |1
| [[Nouvelair]] | '''Seasonal''': [[Enfidha – Hammamet International Airport|Enfidha]] |1
| [[Pegasus Airlines]] | '''Seasonal''': [[Antalya Airport|Antalya]] |1
| [[Sky Airlines]] | '''Seasonal''': [[Antalya Airport|Antalya]] |1
}}


===Cargo airlines===
Cargo airlines serving the airport (as of October 2012):
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{{Airport-dest-list
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| [[CityLine Hungary]] | [[Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport|Budapest]]
| [[Czech Airlines]] | [[Václav Havel Airport Prague|Prague]], [[Sofia Airport|Sofia]]
| [[Cargoair]] | [[Linz Airport|Linz]]<ref name="beg.aero Cargo"/>
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| [[Lufthansa]] | [[Vienna International Airport|Vienna]]
| [[Solinair]] | [[Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport|Ljubljana]], [[Sarajevo International Airport|Sarajevo]]
| [[DHL Aviation]] | [[Leipzig/Halle Airport|Leipzig/Halle]], [[Milan Malpensa Airport|Milan–Malpensa]]<ref name="beg.aero Cargo"/>
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| [[Turkish Cargo]] | [[Istanbul Airport|Istanbul]]<ref name="beg.aero Cargo"/>
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}}
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==Statistics==
==Statistics==
===Traffic figures===
{| class="toccolours sortable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse"
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=BEG}}
|+ '''Traffic figures at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport'''
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
!width="150"|Year
!width="100"|Year
!width="150"|Passengers
!width="100"|Passengers
!width="150"|Change
!width="100"|Change
!width="150"|Cargo (t)
!width="100"|Cargo (t)
!width="150"|Change
!width="100"|Change
!width="150"|Aircraft movements
!width="100"|Aircraft movements
!width="150"|Change
!width="100"|Change
|-
|-
|2002
|2002
|1,621,798
|1,621,798
|{{nochange}}
|
|6,827
|6,827
|{{nochange}}
|
|28,872
|28,872
|{{nochange}}
|
|-
|-
|2003
|2003
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|{{increase}}3%
|{{increase}}3%
|-
|-
|2008<ref>{{cite web|title=BEG 2008|date=12 January 2009 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2009/01/airport-results-2008.html}}</ref>
|2008
|2,650,048
|2,650,048
|{{increase}}5%
|{{increase}}5%
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|{{increase}}2%
|{{increase}}2%
|-
|-
|2009<ref>{{cite web|title=BEG 2009|date=17 January 2010 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2010/01/belgrade-airport-in-2009.html}}</ref>
|2009
|2,384,077
|2,384,077
|{{decrease}}10%
|{{decrease}}10%
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|{{decrease}}8%
|{{decrease}}8%
|-
|-
|2010<ref>{{cite web|title=BEG 2010|date=10 January 2012 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2012/01/belgrade-ends-2011-on-high.html}}</ref>
|2010
|2,698,730
|2,698,730
|{{increase}}13%
|{{increase}}13%
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|{{increase}}9%
|{{increase}}9%
|-
|-
|2011<ref>{{cite web|title=BEG 2011|date=10 January 2012 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2012/01/belgrade-ends-2011-on-high.html}}</ref>
|2011
|3,124,633
|3,124,633
|{{increase}}16%
|{{increase}}16%
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|{{increase}}2%
|{{increase}}2%
|-
|-
|2012<ref>{{cite web|title=BEG 2012|date=18 January 2013 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2013/01/ex-yu-airport-race-2012.html}}</ref>
|2012 (01.01.-30.09.)
|2,642,259
|3,363,919
|{{increase}}10%
|{{increase}}8%
|5,490
|7,253
|{{decrease}}2%
|{{decrease}}10%
|34,879
|44,990
|{{increase}}1%
|{{increase}}0%
|-
|2013<ref>{{cite web|title=BEG 2013|date=2 February 2014 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2014/02/ex-yu-airport-race-2013.html}}</ref>
|3,543,194
|{{increase}}5%
|7,679
|{{increase}}6%
|46,828
|{{increase}}4%
|-
|2014<ref>{{cite web|title=BEG 2014|date=22 January 2015 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2015/01/ex-yu-airport-race-2014.html}}</ref>
|4,638,577
|{{increase}}31%
|10,222
|{{increase}}33%
|58,695
|{{increase}}25%
|-
|2015<ref>{{cite web|title=BEG 2015|date=15 January 2016 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2016/01/ex-yu-airport-race-2015.html}}</ref>
|4,776,110
|{{increase}}3%
|13,091
|{{increase}}28%
|58,506
|{{increase}}0%
|-
|2016<ref>{{cite web|title=BEG 2016|date=19 January 2017 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2017/01/ex-yu-airport-race-2016.html}}</ref>
|4,924,992
|{{increase}}3%
|13,939
|{{increase}}7%
|58,633
|{{increase}}0%
|-
|2017<ref>{{cite web|title=BEG 2017|date=18 January 2018 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2018/01/ex-yu-airport-race-2017.html}}</ref>
|5,343,420
|{{increase}}9%
|22,350
|{{increase}}42%
|58,859
|{{increase}}0%
|-
|2018<ref>{{cite web|title=BEG 2018|date=22 January 2019 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2019/01/ex-yu-airport-race-2018.html}}</ref>
|5,641,105
|{{increase}}6%
|25,543
|{{increase}}29,3%
|67,460
|{{increase}}3,8%
|-
|2019 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2020/01/belgrade-airport-readies-for.html|title=Belgrade Airport readies for transformation after record year|date=18 January 2020 |publisher=Ex Yu Aviation|access-date=18 January 2020}}</ref>
|6,159,000
|{{increase}}9.2%
|N/A
|N/A
|70,365
|{{increase}}4,3%
|-
|2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=BEG 2020|date=22 July 2020 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2021/01/belgrade-airport-misses-two-million.html}}</ref>
|1,904,025
|{{Decrease}}69.1%
|N/A
|N/A
|34,452
|{{Decrease}}51.2%
|-
|2021<ref>{{cite web|title=BEG 2021|date=18 January 2022 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2022/01/former-yugoslav-airports-handle-148.html}}</ref>
|3,286,295
|{{Increase}}73%
|N/A
|N/A
|48,842
|{{Increase}}45%
|-
|2022<ref>{{cite web |title=BEG 2022 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/01/belgrade-airport-handles-56-million.html |website=exyuaviation.com |date=January 2023 |access-date=13 January 2023 }}</ref>
|5,611,920
|{{increase}}71%
|N/A
|N/A
|65,644
|{{increase}}34%
|-
|2023 <ref>{{cite web |title=BEG 2023
|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/01/belgrade-airport-breaks-passenger.html|date=January 2024 |access-date=16 January 2023 }}</ref>
|'''7,948,202'''
|{{increase}} 41.5%
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|2024 <ref>{{cite web |title=BEG 2024
|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/12/belgrade-airport-ends-44-month-growth.html}}</ref>
|7,770,983 (1.1.-30.11.)
|{{increase}} 6.4%
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|-
|}
|}
Source: Official website<ref name="BEG"/>


===Passenger numbers===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%" width=100% align=
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ '''Top 15 busiest routes at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport<ref>http://www.beg.aero/putnici/letovi/sezonski_red_letenja.53</ref>
|+ '''2019'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Belgrade Airport (BEG) |url=https://www.belgrade-airport.com/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=www.belgrade-airport.com}}</ref><ref name="beg.aero">{{Cite web |title=Добро дошли на Аеродром Никола Тесла Београд {{!}} Аеродром Никола Тесла Београд |url=https://beg.aero/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=beg.aero |language=sr}}</ref>
|-
! Month
! Passengers
! Change (2018–2019)
! Passengers Cumulatively
|- align=right
!January
| 347,544
|{{increase}} 4.1%
| 347,544
|- align=right
!February
| 315,717
|{{increase}} 6.1%
| 663,261
|- align=right
!March
| 372,122
|{{increase}} 1.6%
| 1,035,383
|- align=right
!April
| 467,469
|{{increase}} 4.4%
| 1,502,852
|- align=right
!May
| 507,633
|{{increase}} 5.9%
| 2,010,485
|- align=right
!June
| 602,466
|{{increase}} 11.7%
| 2,612,951
|- align=right
!July
| 734,898
|{{increase}} 9.4%
| 3,347,849
|- align=right
!August
| 757,062
|{{increase}} 9.8%
| 4,104,911
|- align=right
!September
| 647,005
|{{increase}} 11.9%
| 4,751,916
|- align=right
!October
| 562,996
|{{increase}} 13.5%
| 5,314,912
|- align=right
!November
| 424,656
|{{increase}} 14.6%
| 5,739,568
|- align=right
!December
| 419,432
|{{increase}} 12.3%
| 6,159,000
|- align=right
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ '''2023'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Belgrade 2023|date=14 December 2023 |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/12/belgrade-airport-registers-busiest.html}}</ref>
|-
! Month
! Passengers
! Change (2023–2019)
! Change (2023-2022)
! Passengers Cumulatively
|- align=right
!January
| 445,840
|{{increase}} 28.3%
|{{increase}} 85.0%
| 445,840
|- align=right
!February
| 396,091
|{{increase}} 25.5%
|{{increase}} 89.6%
| 841,931
|- align=right
!March
| 471,518
|{{increase}} 26.7%
|{{increase}} 61.0%
| 1,313,449
|- align=right
!April
| 579,094
|{{increase}} 23.9%
|{{increase}} 48.5%
| 1,892,543
|- align=right
!May
| 648,748
|{{increase}} 27.8%
|{{increase}} 38.7%
| 2,541,291
|- align=right
!June
| 745,467
|{{increase}} 23.8%
|{{increase}} 37.6%
| 3,286,758
|- align=right
!July
| 901,843
|{{increase}} 22.7%
|{{increase}} 26.5%
| 4,188,601
|- align=right
!August
| 930,536
|{{increase}} 22.9%
|{{increase}} 29.7%
| 5,119,137
|- align=right
!September
| 833,155
|{{increase}} 28.8%
|{{increase}} 37.7%
| 5,952,292
|- align=right
!October
| 744,022
| {{increase}} 32.2%
| {{increase}} 43.6%
| 6,696,314
|- align=right
!November
| 614,464
| {{increase}} 44.7%
| {{increase}} 40.0%
| 7,310,778
|- align=right
!December
| 641,020
| {{increase}} 52.8%
| {{increase}} 34.6%
| 7,948,202
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ '''2024'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Belgrade Airport 2024 (BEG) |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/12/belgrade-airport-ends-44-month-growth.html |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=www.exyuaviation.com|date=16 July 2024 }}</ref>
|-
! Month
! Passengers
! Change (2023–2024)
! Passengers Cumulatively
|- align=right
!January
| 570,937
|{{increase}} 28.1%
| 570,937
|- align=right
!February
| 480,185
|{{increase}} 21.2%
| 1,051,122
|- align=right
!March
| 558,277
| {{increase}} 18.4%
| 1,609,399
|- align=right
!April
| 615,425
| {{increase}} 6.3%
| 2,224,824
|- align=right
!May
| 717,381
| {{increase}} 10.6%
| 2,942,205
|- align=right
!June
| 775,795
| {{increase}} 4.1%
| 3,717,777
|- align=right
!July
| 913,255
| {{increase}} 1.2%
| 4,631,042
|- align=right
!August
| 933,327
| {{increase}} 0.3%
| 5,564,369
|- align=right
!September
| 857,783
| {{increase}} 3.2%
| 6,423,607
|- align=right
!October
| 752,007
| {{increase}} 1.1%
| 7,175,614
|- align=right
!November
| 595,369
| {{decrease}} 2.9%
| 7,770,983
|- align=right
!December
|
|
|
|- align=right
|}

===Busiest routes===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 88%"
|+ Busiest routes at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport<ref>{{Cite web|title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map |url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/beg/routes}}</ref><ref name="beg.aero"/>
|-
|-
! City
! City
! Airport(s)
! Airport
! Weekly Departures<br>(October 2012)
! Weekly Departures<br />(Winter 2023/2024)
! Airlines
! Airlines
|-
|-
| [[Istanbul]]
| [[File:Flag of Austria.svg|20px]] [[Vienna]]
| [[Vienna Airport|Schwechat Airport]]
| [[Istanbul Airport]], [[Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport]]
| <center>49
|align="center"| 50
| <center>[[Austrian Airlines]], [[Jat Airways]], [[Niki (airline)|Niki]]
|align="center"| [[Air Serbia]], [[AJet]], [[Pegasus Airlines]], [[Turkish Airlines]]
|-
|-
| [[Vienna]]
| [[File:Flag of Montenegro.svg|20px]] [[Podgorica]]
| [[Podgorica Airport]]
| [[Vienna Airport]]
| <center>35
|align="center"| 37
| <center>[[Jat Airways]], [[Montenegro Airlines]]
|align="center"| [[Air Serbia]], [[Austrian Airlines]]
|-
|-
| [[Podgorica]]
| [[File:Flag of Montenegro.svg|20px]] [[Tivat]]
| [[Tivat Airport]]
| [[Podgorica Airport]]
| <center>28
|align="center"| 35
| <center>[[Jat Airways]], [[Montenegro Airlines]]
|align="center"| [[Air Montenegro]], [[Air Serbia]]
|-
|-
| [[Zürich]]
| [[File:Flag of Switzerland.svg|20px]] [[Zurich]]
| [[Zurich Airport]]
| [[Zürich Airport]]
| <center>23
|align="center"| 34
| <center>[[Jat Airways]], [[Swiss International Airlines]]
|align="center"| [[Air Serbia]], [[Swiss International Air Lines]]
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] [[Frankfurt]]
| [[Frankfurt]]
| [[Frankfurt Airport]]
| [[Frankfurt Airport]]
| <center>21
|align="center"| 24
| <center>[[Jat Airways]], [[Lufthansa]]
|align="center"| [[Air Serbia]], [[Lufthansa]]
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] [[Munich]]
| [[Munich]]
| [[Munich Airport|Franz Josef Strauss Airport]]
| [[Munich Airport]], [[Memmingen Airport]]
| <center>21
|align="center"| 23
| <center>[[Lufthansa Regional]]
|align="center"| [[Lufthansa]], [[Wizz Air]]
|-
|-
| [[Amsterdam]]
| [[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|20px]] [[Istanbul]]
| [[Ataturk Airport]]
| [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol]]
| <center>15
|align="center"| 23
| <center>[[Jat Airways]], [[Turkish Airlines]]
|align="center"| [[Air Serbia]], [[KLM]]
|-
|-
| [[Paris]]
| [[File:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] [[Moscow]]
| [[Sheremetyevo International Airport|Sheremetyevo Airport]]
| [[Beauvais–Tillé Airport]], [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]]
| <center>15
|align="center"| 21
| <center>[[Aeroflot]], [[Jat Airways]]
|align="center"| [[Air Serbia]], [[Wizz Air]]
|-
|-
| [[Tivat]]
| [[File:Flag of France.svg|20px]] [[Paris]]
| [[Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport]]
| [[Tivat Airport]]
| <center>14
|align="center"| 21
| <center>[[Air France]], [[Jat Airways]]
|align="center"| [[Air Montenegro]], [[Air Serbia]]
|-
|-
| [[Rome]]
| [[File:Flag of Italy.svg|20px]] [[Rome]]
| [[Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport]]
| [[Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport]]
| <center>14
|align="center"| 20
| <center>[[Alitalia]], [[Jat Airways]]
|align="center"| [[Air Serbia]], [[Wizz Air]]
|-
|-
| [[Ljubljana]]
| [[File:Flag of Greece.svg|20px]] [[Athens]]
| [[Athens International Airport|Eleftherios Venizelos Airport]]
| [[Ljubljana Airport]]
| <center>13
|align="center"| 19
| <center>[[Jat Airways]], [[Olympic Air]]
|align="center"| [[Air Serbia]]
|-
|-
| [[Budapest]]
| [[File:Flag of United Kingdom.svg|20px]] [[London]]
| [[Heathrow Airport]], [[London Luton Airport|Luton Airport]]
| [[Budapest Airport]]
| <center>11
|align="center"| 18
|align="center"| [[Air Serbia]]
| <center>[[Jat Airways]], [[Wizz Air]]
|-
|-
| [[Zagreb]]
| [[File:Flag of Macedonia.svg|20px]] [[Skopje]]
| [[Skopje Alexander the Great Airport]]
| [[Zagreb Airport]]
| <center>9
|align="center"| 17
| <center>[[Jat Airways]]
|align="center"| [[Air Serbia]]
|-
|-
| [[Athens]]
| [[File:Flag of Netherlands.svg|20px]] [[Amsterdam]]
| [[Schiphol Airport]]
| [[Athens International Airport]]
| <center>7
|align="center"| 16
| <center>[[Jat Airways]]
|align="center"| [[Aegean Airlines]], [[Air Serbia]]
|-
|-
| [[Barcelona]]
| [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] [[Dusseldorf]]
| [[Dusseldorf Airport]]
| [[Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport]]
| <center>7
|align="center"| 16
| <center>[[Jat Airways]]
|align="center"| [[Air Serbia]], [[Wizz Air]]
|-
|-
| [[Bucharest]]
| [[File:Flag of Italy.svg|20px]] [[Milan]]
| [[Malpensa Airport]]
| [[Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport]]
| <center>7
|align="center"| 16
| <center>[[Air One]], [[Jat Airways]]
|align="center"| [[Air Serbia]], [[TAROM]]
|-
|-
| [[Milan]]
| [[File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg|20px]] [[Sarajevo]]
| [[Sarajevo Airport]]
| [[Milan Malpensa Airport]], [[Orio al Serio International Airport]]
| <center>7
|align="center"| 16
| <center>[[Jat Airways]]
|align="center"| [[Air Serbia]], [[Wizz Air]]
|-
| [[London]]
| [[Heathrow Airport]], [[Luton Airport]]
|align="center"| 15
|align="center"| [[Air Serbia]], [[British Airways]], [[Wizz Air]]
|}
|}


==Services==
==Services==

===Security===
===Security===
Before the 2020/2021-2023 remodelling, Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport was built with only one airside hallway for both departing and arriving passengers. As such, [[Airport security|security checks]] used to be located at gate entrances rather than on a central location. An additional security check used to exist on the hallway entrance, but it was removed in 2013 as it inconvenienced passengers and was not essential for security.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/125/drustvo/1334168/samo-jedna-kontrola-na-aerodromu.html |title=Samo jedna kontrola na aerodromu |trans-title=Only one control on the Airport |publisher=RTS |date=20 May 2013}}</ref> As of 2021, however, there is a central security hall directly above the ticketing area, before passport control, where all passengers must be screened.
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.
In April 2007 the airport also introduced the latest technology for explosive and narcotic detection.
These units are implemented at the airport itself, as well as at the customs and border checkpoints and other facilities and locations of security interest.

Each international passenger must pass security and passport control before entering the departure lounge. Passengers are again screened and carry on luggage is scanned at the gate, prior to entering the aircraft.

Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport has a '''Rescue and Fire Service''', which in 2007 received internationally recognized certificates. All members of the fire service unit underwent training at the UK International Fire Training Center run by Serco. This has led to praise by the [[IATA]] and [[ICAO]] organisations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:4ME25z-7EKIJ:www.rscg.co.me/code/navigate.php%3FId%3D63+security+at+belgrade+airport&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=au |author=Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport |title=HSecurity: Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport |title=Rescue and Fire Service of the Belgrade "Nikola Tesla" Airport received internationally recognized certificates |accessdate=24 April 2007 |date=24 March 2007}}</ref>


Passport control for departing passengers is located on the first floor in the Terminal 2, just before the security screening, while the passport control for arriving passengers is located on the ground level. All passengers must pass the passport control, except those traveling domestically. An additional passport control booth exists in Terminal 1, however it is not available for passengers anymore, but only for flight crews. In mid-December 2024 [[Automated border control system|eGates for passport controls]] were introduced, with 10 eGates in the departures area and 10 eGates in the arrivals area, totaling in 20 eGates.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/12/belgrade-airport-opens-passport-egates.html|title=Belgrade Airport opens passport eGates}}</ref>
Since 2003 airport security has been further increased. The airport relies on the Serbian Police and Serbian anti-terrorist units for patrolling the airport. In August 2007 the airport prohibited cars parking next to the airport terminal, instead they have to use the car park provided, as a result of the [[2007 Glasgow International Airport attack]]. All parked cars in restricted zones will be towed away and the owners will receive a fine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtsmondo.com/news/world/text.php?vest=66317 |author=Mondo WEB Portal |title=HSecurity: Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport |title=Zabranjen saobraćaj ispred zgrade aerodroma |accessdate=8 August 2007 |date=14 August 2007 |language=Serbian}}</ref>
In late 2007 the airport received technology from [[Israel]] which provides the ability to monitor the 20&nbsp;km [[radius]] around the airport.


In 2007 the airport prohibited cars parking next to the airport terminal, instead they have to use the car park provided, as a result of the [[2007 Glasgow International Airport attack]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtsmondo.com/news/world/text.php?vest=66317 |author=Mondo WEB Portal |title=Zabranjen saobraćaj ispred zgrade aerodroma |access-date=8 August 2007 |date=14 August 2007 |language=sr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005341/http://www.mtsmondo.com/news/world/text.php?vest=66317 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>
In 2012 Belgrade Airport introduced foot scans and installed additional x-ray machines to cut waiting time and further improve security procedures.


===Lounges===
===Lounges===
Belgrade Airport offers a single business class lounge, "Business Club", for all airlines operating from the airport. "Business Club", opened in December 2011, replaced the older lounge which has been closed since. The new business lounge covers an area of 250&nbsp;m², and seats 30 guests. Free drinks and a buffet are offered to guests. The lounge also includes a business area as well as restrooms. All passengers flying business class (except Lufthansa business class passengers) on a flight from Belgrade may use the lounge. It is located in the transit area next to gates A4-A5.
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport offers a business class lounge operated by [[Dufry]], ''Business Club'', for the majority of airlines operating from the airport. "Business Club", opened in 2011, covers an area of {{cvt|250|m2}}, and can seat 30 guests.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-24 |title=Business Lounge |url=https://beg.aero/eng/business/airport_lounges |website=Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport}}</ref>


Nikola Tesla Airport also has a VIP lounge, with separate check-in and passport control facilities, which was built during the 2004-2006 terminal 2 reconstruction. The lounge consists of three parts - the first part for leisure, second for television crew and press conferences and a third part is a presidential suite. The lounge has a total surface area of 500&nbsp;m². The lounge is also used as a press centre upon the arrival of VIPs.
The airport also has a ''VIP Lounge'', with separate check-in and passport control facilities. The VIP Lounge is entered from the public area and directly from the apron, so it functions as a separate and independent element. Passport and customs control and baggage control are located at the very entrance into the lounge.


''Air Serbia Premium Lounge'' is the first dedicated airline owned and operated lounge at the airport, located between gates A4 and A5. Air Serbia plans to open a new Premium Lounge next to gate C10 at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport by the end of 2024. The new lounge will occupy an area of {{cvt|630|m2}} (twice the size of the existing lounge) and will be able to accommodate up to 160 guests simultaneously.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-27 |title=New Air Serbia premium lounge at Belgrade Airport by the end of the year |url=https://www.airserbia.com/New-Air-Serbia-premium-lounge-at-Belgrade-Airport-by-the-end-of-the-year~1758419 |website=Air Serbia}}</ref>
==Accessibility==


===By car===
==Ground transport==
===Car===
Belgrade Airport is connected to the [[Belgrade]]–[[Šid]] highway ([[E70 in Serbia|E-70]]) via a nearby interchange.
The airport is connected to the [[A3 motorway (Serbia)|A3 motorway]] via a nearby interchange. The toll station on A3 is located to the west of the interchange, and the sections to the Belgrade downtown and the [[Belgrade bypass]] are toll-free. Licensed taxis from the airport to the city are available.
There are [[car rental]] agencies in the Arrivals Hall.


===By bus===
===Bus===
The following scheduled bus services connect the airport with its surroundings:<ref>[https://www.beg.aero/eng/parking_access/transport/public_transportation beg.aero - Public transportation] retrieved 9 December 2023</ref><ref>[https://www.bgprevoz.rs/vesti/linija-br-607-u-bulevaru-xeroja-sa-kosara-nova-veza-aerodroma-i-banovog-brda bgprevoz.rs - Public transportation] retrieved 9 December 2023</ref>
<div style='text-align: center;'>
{| class="wikitable"
{| border="4" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="1"
! Service !! Destination (departing from the airport)
! style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" |Service !! style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" |Destination (departing from the airport) !! style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" |Operator !! style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold"|Frequency !! style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold"|Trip duration
|-
|-
| Line A1 || [[Slavija Square]]
| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | Line A1 || [[Slavija (Belgrade)|Slavija Square]] || Belgrade public transport system ||20 minutes ||30 minutes<ref name="Belgrade Airport Bus">{{cite web |url=http://www.beg.aero/passengers/to_and_from_the_airport/transportation.106.html |author=Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport |title=Official website |accessdate=17 June 2011 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20110531190359/http://www.beg.aero/passengers/to_and_from_the_airport/transportation.106.html| archivedate= 31 May 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Line 72 || [[Zeleni Venac]]
| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | Line 72 || [[Zeleni Venac]] || GSP Belgrade Transport Company ||32 minutes ||30–40 minutes<ref name="Belgrade Airport Bus"/>
|-
|-
| Line 600 || [[Belgrade Centre railway station]]
| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | Line 92 || [[Novi Sad]] || Public city transport company "Novi Sad" ||120 minutes ||75 minutes<ref>http://www.gspns.rs/aerodrom.php</ref>
|-
| Line 607 || [[Banovo Brdo]]
|-
| Line 860i || [[Belgrade Main railway station|Savski Square]]
|}
|}
</div>


===By taxi===
===Rail===
The Serbian Ministry of Construction, Transportation and Infrastructure has announced a construction project for a new railway line between the city and the airport. The construction is scheduled to start in 2024, and should be completed in 18 months.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 June 2018 |title=Serbia to build Belgrade Airport rail link |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2018/06/serbia-to-build-belgrade-airport-rail.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225025129/https://www.exyuaviation.com/2018/06/serbia-to-build-belgrade-airport-rail.html |archive-date=25 February 2021 |access-date=24 December 2022 |website=exyuaviation.com}}</ref>
Licensed taxis from the airport to the city are available.


==Accidents and incidents==
==Awards==
*On 18 February 2024, [[Air Serbia Flight 324]], an [[Embraer E-195]] [[Aircraft lease#Wet lease|wet leased]] from [[Marathon Airlines]] with 106 passengers and crew on board, sustained serious damage to its fuselage and tail after hitting the airport runway’s instrument landing system array during takeoff on its way to [[Dusseldorf]]. The aircraft turned back after failing to gain altitude and was safely evacuated upon landing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/serbia-damaged-aircraft-accident-0edc1e946a99ea12b1dbe0b05f6335ba |title=Passenger jet hits equipment on takeoff from Belgrade airport and is forced to make emergency return |publisher=Associated Press |date=19 February 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport was awarded the "Euro Annie award for the airport that has attracted the most new airlines during the 12 month period analysed (August 2010 v August 2009)."<ref>{{cite news|work=anna.aero Airline News & Analysis|the Euro annies (August 2010 v August 2009)- based on science, statistics and evidence|url=http://www.anna.aero/2010/05/12/the-euro-annies/}}</ref> by anna.aero. Despite losing Olympic’s service to Athens, the airport attracted 10 ‘new’ carriers, at least compared with the previous year, making a net gain of nine carriers. The interest in the Serbian market and its largest airport can be presumed to be linked to the fact that Serbian nationals no longer need visas to travel to the Schengen Area, which is formed of the majority of European states.


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Aeronautical Museum Belgrade]]
{{Portal|Serbia|Aviation}}
*[[List of airlines of Serbia]]
* [[List of airlines of Serbia]]
*[[List of airports in Serbia]]
* [[List of airports in Serbia]]
*[[Museum of Aviation in Belgrade]]
*[[List of the largest airports in the Former Yugoslavia]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist|30em}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport}}
{{Commons category-inline|Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport}}
*[http://www.beg.aero/ Official website]
* [http://www.beg.aero/ Official website]
*[http://www.airport-data.com/world-airports/LYBE-BEG/ Belgrade Nikola Tesla International Airport at Airport-Data.com]
* [http://www.airport-data.com/world-airports/LYBE-BEG/ Belgrade Nikola Tesla International Airport at Airport-Data.com]
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Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport

Аеродром Никола Тесла Београд

Aerodrom Nikola Tesla Beograd
Summary
Airport typeInternational
OwnerGovernment of Serbia
OperatorVINCI Airports Serbia d.o.o.[1]
ServesBelgrade
LocationBelgrade, Serbia
Hub forAir Serbia
Operating base forWizz Air
Elevation AMSL336 ft / 102 m
Coordinates44°49′10″N 20°18′25″E / 44.81944°N 20.30694°E / 44.81944; 20.30694
Websitebeg.aero
Map
BEG/LYBE is located in Belgrade
BEG/LYBE
BEG/LYBE
Location within Belgrade
BEG/LYBE is located in Serbia
BEG/LYBE
BEG/LYBE
BEG/LYBE (Serbia)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12L/30R 3,400 11,155 Asphalt/concrete
12R/30L 3,500 11,483 Asphalt/concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers7,948,202 Increase 42%
Aircraft movements (2022)65,644 Increase34%
Cargo volumeN/A
Source: Vinci Airports Press Release[2]
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
Native name
Аеродром Никола Тесла Београд
Company typeJoint-stock company
BELEX: AERO
IndustryAirport operations
Founded28 April 1962; 62 years ago (1962-04-28)
HeadquartersAerodrom Beograd 47, Surčin,
Belgrade
,
Serbia[3]
Area served
Belgrade, Serbia
Key people
Saša Vlaisavljević (CEO)
Vesna Stanković Jevđević (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
RevenueIncrease €5.96 million (2021)[4]
Positive decrease (€2.15 million) (2021)[4]
Total assetsIncrease €275.18 million (2021) [4]
Total equityDecrease €244.00 million (2021) [4]
OwnerGovernment of Serbia (84.56%)
Others [4]
Number of employees
1,556 (2018)
ParentVinci Airports
Footnotes / references
Business ID: 07036540
Tax ID: 100000539[5]

Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (Serbian: Аеродром Никола Тесла Београд / Aerodrom Nikola Tesla Beograd) or Belgrade Airport (Serbian: Аеродром Београд / Aerodrom Beograd) (IATA: BEG, ICAO: LYBE) is an international airport serving Belgrade, Serbia. It is the largest and the busiest airport in Serbia, situated 18 km (11 mi) west of downtown Belgrade near the suburb of Surčin, surrounded by fertile lowlands. It is operated by French conglomerate Vinci Airports and it is named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla (1856–1943).

The flag carrier and the largest airline of Serbia, Air Serbia, uses Belgrade Nikola Tesla as their hub. It is also one of the many operating bases for low-cost airline Wizz Air. The air taxi services Air Pink, Eagle Express and Prince Aviation also call the airport their home.

History

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First airfields

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The first airfield in Belgrade was inaugurated in 1910 in the neighbourhood of Banjica and was initially used by aviation pioneers such as Simon, Maslenikov, Vidmar and Čermak. Two years later a wooden hangar was built for the Serbian Air Force, which was at the time engaged in the First Balkan War against Turkey. In 1914, the Banjica airfield was the base for the Serbian Air Force squadron and the Balloon Company. After the end of the First World War, the Banjica airfield was used for airmail traffic and included the routes Novi Sad–Belgrade–Niš–Skoplje and Belgrade–Sarajevo–Mostar.[6]

In 1911 another airfield was inaugurated in Belgrade, in the lower city of the Kalemegdan Fortress at the location of today's Belgrade Planetarium.[6]

Airport in Pančevo

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An airport on the outskirts of Pančevo, a town located northeast of Belgrade, began its operations in 1923 when CFRNA inaugurated the international route Paris–Istanbul, which was flown via Belgrade. It was on that route that same year that the first world night flight ever happened in history.[7] The same year airmail service began operating from the airport. The Pančevo airport was also used by the Royal Yugoslav Air Force academy. After the World War II the airport was used by the Yugoslav Air Force before it became the airfield of the Utva Aviation Industry after its relocation from Zemun to Pančevo.[6]

Airport in Dojno Polje (New Belgrade)

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Because of the distance from Pančevo to downtown Belgrade, which at that time required crossing the Danube, a decision was made to build a new airport that would be closer. The airport was planned to be built just across the river Sava, in a neighborhood today known as Novi Beograd. It was opened on 25 March 1927 under the official name of Belgrade International Airport (also known as Dojno polje Airport). From February 1928, the aircraft owned by the first local airline Aeroput started taking off from the new airport. The airport had four 1,100–2,900 metres (3,610–9,510 ft) long grass runways. The design for a reinforced concrete hangar that was built at the airfield was made by the Serbian scientist Milutin Milanković, better known for his theory of climate change. A modern terminal building was built in 1931, while the landing equipment for conditions of poor visibility was installed in 1936.[6]

Before World War II, Belgrade was also used as a stopover for some major air races, such as The Schlesinger African Air Race.[8]

Besides Aeroput, Air France, Deutsche Luft Hansa, KLM, Imperial Airways and airlines from Italy, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Poland also used the airport until the outbreak of the Second World War. Belgrade gained further prominence when Imperial Airways introduced inter-continental routes through Belgrade, when London was linked with India through the airport.[9] Belgrade was linked with Paris and Breslau because CIDNA and Deutsche Luft Hansa, respectively, included Belgrade on its routes to Istanbul.[10] By 1931, Belgrade became a major air hub being linked with regular flights with international destinations such as London, Madrid, Venice, Brussels, Berlin, Cologne, Warsaw, Prague, Vienna, Graz, Klagenfurt, Budapest, Bucharest, Sofia, Varna, Thessaloniki, Athens, Istanbul, and also intercontinental links with Cairo, Karachi and India.[9]

Starting from April 1941, German occupation forces used the airport. During 1944 it was bombed by the Allies, and in October of the same year the German army destroyed the remaining facilities while withdrawing from the country.[6]

The airport was rebuilt by October 1944 and until the end of the war was used by the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia as part of the Allied war effort.[6]

Civil transport by Yugoslav Air Force cargo planes from this airport was reinstated at the end of 1945. At the beginning of 1947 JAT Yugoslav Airlines and JUSTA took over domestic and international traffic, and from 1948 Western European airlines resumed flights to Belgrade.[6]

A constant increase in traffic and the beginning of the passenger jet era called for a significant expansion of the airport. In the meantime, a plan to build a residential and business district called Novi Beograd on the location of the airport was introduced. The officials decided therefore that a new international airport should be built near the village of Surčin to the west. The last flight to depart from the old airport was early in 1964.[11]

Airport in Surčin

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The new location for the airport was on the Surčin plateau, 15 km (9 mi) from Belgrade's city centre.[11] Thanks to the original planners' vision, two conditions for the airport's development were fulfilled: a location was chosen that met the navigational, meteorological, construction, technical, and traffic requirements; and the special needs for the airport's long-term development were established. [citation needed]

Building of the new airport started in April 1958 and lasted until 28 April 1962, when it was officially opened by President Josip Broz Tito.[11] During that period a 3,000-metre-long (1.9 mi) runway was built, with the parallel taxiway and concrete aprons for sixteen airplanes. The passenger terminal building occupied an area of 8,000 m2 (86,000 sq ft). Cargo storage spaces were also built, as well as a technical block with the air-traffic control tower and other accompanying facilities. Modern navigational equipment was installed, earning the airport the highest international classification according to the International Civil Aviation Organization.[12]

The airport stagnated during the 1990s after the outbreak of the Yugoslav wars and the United Nations sanctions imposed on the Serbia and Montenegro. The sanctions also included a ban on air travel. The airport had minimal passenger movement, and many facilities were in need of reparation.

With a change in government and international sentiment, normal air traffic resumed in 2001. A few years later the airport's terminal 2 underwent a major reconstruction. The runway was upgraded to CAT IIIb in 2005, as part of a large renovation project. CAT IIIb is an Instrument Landing System (ILS), giving aircraft the security of landing during fog and storms. In 2006, the airport was renamed to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor and scientist, generally considered one of the world's most famous inventors.[13] The construction of the new air traffic control centre was completed in 2010. In 2011 Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport shares (AERO) began trading on the Belgrade Stock Exchange (BELEX).

2012–2018

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In 2012, construction work on the modernization and expansion of the airport began. It was carried out on the expansion and reconstruction of the A-gate and C-gate departure and transit areas. As a result, an extra 2,750 square metres (29,600 sq ft) was added. Jetways at the A and C gates were also replaced.

Also, there were plans for the construction of a new control tower as the current air control tower was built in 1962.[14] Future expansion of current terminals should see additional 17,000 sqm added, with terminal 2 getting additional 4 jetways.[15]

2018–present

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In January 2018, the Government of Serbia granted a 25-year concession of the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to the French airport operator Vinci Airports for a sum of 501 million euros.[16] On 21 December 2018, Vinci formally took over the airport.[17] In 2018, the airport had a sizeable increase in revenue and net income, due to Vinci Airports transaction.[18] On 24 April 2024 Serbian finance minister Siniša Mali announced that the concession of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport had been extended by 18 months[19] in order to minimize the influence of COVID-19 Pandemic. The concession will last until 1 July 2044.

Terminals

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The airport's two terminals have a combined area of 44,000 square metres (470,000 sq ft), with Terminal 2 being larger of the two, the two terminals are connected by a hallway.[20] The airport has 90[21] check-in counters and 32[22] gates (of which 24 are equipped with jetways). Gates A1-A10 and C1-C14 are equipped with jetways, gates A7a, A7b and C10a-C10e use buses, while gate A11 is used for domestic flights to Niš.

Terminal 1

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Terminal 1 (T1) was the original and only terminal when the airport was built. The terminal handled domestic flights during the time of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro, and subsequently has come to be used for international flights, mostly by low-cost and charter airlines. The terminal went through a major renovation in 2016 and 2017 when the interior was overhauled.[23]

Terminal 2

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Terminal 2 (T2) was constructed in 1979 for the airport's growing passenger numbers. The terminal has a capacity of 5 million passengers.[24] The terminal contains airline offices, transfer desks and various retail shops. The terminal went through two major renovations: from 2004 through 2006, with the arrivals and departures areas of the terminal completely reconstructed, and another one in 2012 and 2013 when there were works on expansion and overhaul of the C platform. While not officially confirmed, it is believed that the overhauled T1 will be used by foreign carriers, while Air Serbia and Etihad Airways Partners would gain exclusive use of Terminal 2.[25]

Terminal 1
Terminal 1 check-in area (prior to overhaul)
Terminal 2
Terminal 2 check-in area
Aerial view with second runway under construction

Airlines and destinations

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Passenger

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights as of November 2024:[26][better source needed]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga[27]
Air Cairo Hurghada[28]
Air Montenegro Podgorica, Tivat
Air Serbia Amsterdam,[29] Athens,[29] Banja Luka,[30] Barcelona,[31] Berlin,[32] Bologna,[33] Brussels,[31] Bucharest–Otopeni,[29] Budapest,[29] Chicago–O'Hare,[34] Copenhagen,[33] Düsseldorf,[31] Frankfurt,[31] Florence (resumes 18 April 2025),[35] Guangzhou,[36] Istanbul,[31] Kazan, Kraków,[33] Larnaca,[29] Lisbon,[33] Ljubljana,[31] London–Heathrow,[29] Lyon,[33] Madrid,[31] Málaga,[37] Malta,[29] Milan–Malpensa,[31] Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Mostar,[38] New York–JFK,[39] Nice,[40] Niš,[41] Nuremberg, Oslo,[31] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[29] Podgorica,[42] Porto,[43] Prague,[29] Rome–Fiumicino,[31] Saint Petersburg, Salzburg,[31] Sarajevo,[42] Shanghai–Pudong (begins 11 January 2025),[44] Skopje,[42] Sochi, Sofia,[29] Stockholm–Arlanda,[45] Stuttgart,[31] Thessaloniki,[31] Tirana,[42] Tivat,[31] Valencia,[46] Venice,[31] Vienna,[29] Zagreb,[31] Zürich[47]
Seasonal: Alghero (begins 10 June 2025),[35] Ankara,[48] Bari,[33] Catania,[33] Chania,[31] Corfu,[31] Dubrovnik,[31] Gothenburg,[31] Hamburg,[31] Hannover,[31] Heraklion,[33] Izmir,[49] Mykonos (begins 6 June 2025),[35] Naples,[49] Ohrid,[33] Palermo,[33] Palma de Mallorca,[50] Pula,[33] Rhodes,[29] Rijeka,[33] Split,[33] Varna,[33] Zadar[33]
Seasonal charter: Antalya,[51] Bodrum,[51] Dalaman,[51] Hurghada,[51] Kavala,[52] Kefalonia,[51] Marsa Alam,[53] Marsa Matruh,[54] Monastir, Preveza/Lefkada, Samos,[51] Sharm El Sheikh,[51] Skiathos,[51] Zakynthos[51]
AJet Ankara,[55] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[56] Izmir[57]
Arkia Tel Aviv[58]
Austrian Airlines Vienna[59]
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou[60]
easyJet Geneva
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf[61]
flydubai Dubai–International
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital
KLM Amsterdam[62]
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[63]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Oslo
Nouvelair Seasonal charter: Djerba,[64] Monastir[64]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Qatar Airways Doha
Sky Express Seasonal charter: Heraklion,[65] Rhodes (begins 16 June 2025)[66]
Sun d'Or Tel Aviv[67][68]
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich[69]
TAROM Bucharest–Otopeni[70]
Transavia Seasonal: Paris–Orly (begins 10 April 2025)[71]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Beauvais, Bergamo,[72] Berlin,[72] Copenhagen,[72] Dortmund, Eindhoven, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Larnaca, Lisbon,[72] London–Luton, Malmö, Malta, Memmingen,[73] Nice, Rome–Ciampino, Stockholm–Skavsta[74]
Seasonal: Heraklion

Cargo

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The following cargo airlines served the airport on a regular basis:[75][better source needed]

AirlinesDestinations
Cargoair Linz[75]
DHL Aviation Leipzig/Halle, Milan–Malpensa[75]
Turkish Cargo Istanbul[75]

Statistics

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Traffic figures

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Annual passenger traffic at BEG airport. See Wikidata query.
Year Passengers Change Cargo (t) Change Aircraft movements Change
2002 1,621,798 Steady 6,827 Steady 28,872 Steady
2003 1,849,148 Increase14% 6,532 Decrease4% 32,484 Increase13%
2004 2,045,282 Increase11% 8,946 Increase37% 36,416 Increase12%
2005 2,032,357 Decrease1% 7,728 Decrease14% 37,614 Increase3%
2006 2,222,445 Increase9% 8,200 Increase6% 42,360 Increase13%
2007 2,512,890 Increase13% 7,926 Decrease3% 43,448 Increase3%
2008[76] 2,650,048 Increase5% 8,129 Increase3% 44,454 Increase2%
2009[77] 2,384,077 Decrease10% 6,690 Decrease18% 40,664 Decrease8%
2010[78] 2,698,730 Increase13% 7,427 Increase11% 44,160 Increase9%
2011[79] 3,124,633 Increase16% 8,025 Increase8% 44,923 Increase2%
2012[80] 3,363,919 Increase8% 7,253 Decrease10% 44,990 Increase0%
2013[81] 3,543,194 Increase5% 7,679 Increase6% 46,828 Increase4%
2014[82] 4,638,577 Increase31% 10,222 Increase33% 58,695 Increase25%
2015[83] 4,776,110 Increase3% 13,091 Increase28% 58,506 Increase0%
2016[84] 4,924,992 Increase3% 13,939 Increase7% 58,633 Increase0%
2017[85] 5,343,420 Increase9% 22,350 Increase42% 58,859 Increase0%
2018[86] 5,641,105 Increase6% 25,543 Increase29,3% 67,460 Increase3,8%
2019 [87] 6,159,000 Increase9.2% N/A N/A 70,365 Increase4,3%
2020[88] 1,904,025 Decrease69.1% N/A N/A 34,452 Decrease51.2%
2021[89] 3,286,295 Increase73% N/A N/A 48,842 Increase45%
2022[90] 5,611,920 Increase71% N/A N/A 65,644 Increase34%
2023 [91] 7,948,202 Increase 41.5% N/A N/A N/A N/A
2024 [92] 7,770,983 (1.1.-30.11.) Increase 6.4% N/A N/A N/A N/A

Passenger numbers

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2019[93][94]
Month Passengers Change (2018–2019) Passengers Cumulatively
January 347,544 Increase 4.1% 347,544
February 315,717 Increase 6.1% 663,261
March 372,122 Increase 1.6% 1,035,383
April 467,469 Increase 4.4% 1,502,852
May 507,633 Increase 5.9% 2,010,485
June 602,466 Increase 11.7% 2,612,951
July 734,898 Increase 9.4% 3,347,849
August 757,062 Increase 9.8% 4,104,911
September 647,005 Increase 11.9% 4,751,916
October 562,996 Increase 13.5% 5,314,912
November 424,656 Increase 14.6% 5,739,568
December 419,432 Increase 12.3% 6,159,000
2023[95]
Month Passengers Change (2023–2019) Change (2023-2022) Passengers Cumulatively
January 445,840 Increase 28.3% Increase 85.0% 445,840
February 396,091 Increase 25.5% Increase 89.6% 841,931
March 471,518 Increase 26.7% Increase 61.0% 1,313,449
April 579,094 Increase 23.9% Increase 48.5% 1,892,543
May 648,748 Increase 27.8% Increase 38.7% 2,541,291
June 745,467 Increase 23.8% Increase 37.6% 3,286,758
July 901,843 Increase 22.7% Increase 26.5% 4,188,601
August 930,536 Increase 22.9% Increase 29.7% 5,119,137
September 833,155 Increase 28.8% Increase 37.7% 5,952,292
October 744,022 Increase 32.2% Increase 43.6% 6,696,314
November 614,464 Increase 44.7% Increase 40.0% 7,310,778
December 641,020 Increase 52.8% Increase 34.6% 7,948,202
2024[96]
Month Passengers Change (2023–2024) Passengers Cumulatively
January 570,937 Increase 28.1% 570,937
February 480,185 Increase 21.2% 1,051,122
March 558,277 Increase 18.4% 1,609,399
April 615,425 Increase 6.3% 2,224,824
May 717,381 Increase 10.6% 2,942,205
June 775,795 Increase 4.1% 3,717,777
July 913,255 Increase 1.2% 4,631,042
August 933,327 Increase 0.3% 5,564,369
September 857,783 Increase 3.2% 6,423,607
October 752,007 Increase 1.1% 7,175,614
November 595,369 Decrease 2.9% 7,770,983
December

Busiest routes

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Busiest routes at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport[97][94]
City Airport Weekly Departures
(Winter 2023/2024) 		Airlines
Istanbul Istanbul Airport, Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport 50 Air Serbia, AJet, Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines
Vienna Vienna Airport 37 Air Serbia, Austrian Airlines
Podgorica Podgorica Airport 35 Air Montenegro, Air Serbia
Zürich Zürich Airport 34 Air Serbia, Swiss International Air Lines
Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport 24 Air Serbia, Lufthansa
Munich Munich Airport, Memmingen Airport 23 Lufthansa, Wizz Air
Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 23 Air Serbia, KLM
Paris Beauvais–Tillé Airport, Charles de Gaulle Airport 21 Air Serbia, Wizz Air
Tivat Tivat Airport 21 Air Montenegro, Air Serbia
Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport 20 Air Serbia, Wizz Air
Ljubljana Ljubljana Airport 19 Air Serbia
Budapest Budapest Airport 18 Air Serbia
Zagreb Zagreb Airport 17 Air Serbia
Athens Athens International Airport 16 Aegean Airlines, Air Serbia
Barcelona Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport 16 Air Serbia, Wizz Air
Bucharest Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport 16 Air Serbia, TAROM
Milan Milan Malpensa Airport, Orio al Serio International Airport 16 Air Serbia, Wizz Air
London Heathrow Airport, Luton Airport 15 Air Serbia, British Airways, Wizz Air

Services

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Security

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Before the 2020/2021-2023 remodelling, Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport was built with only one airside hallway for both departing and arriving passengers. As such, security checks used to be located at gate entrances rather than on a central location. An additional security check used to exist on the hallway entrance, but it was removed in 2013 as it inconvenienced passengers and was not essential for security.[98] As of 2021, however, there is a central security hall directly above the ticketing area, before passport control, where all passengers must be screened.

Passport control for departing passengers is located on the first floor in the Terminal 2, just before the security screening, while the passport control for arriving passengers is located on the ground level. All passengers must pass the passport control, except those traveling domestically. An additional passport control booth exists in Terminal 1, however it is not available for passengers anymore, but only for flight crews. In mid-December 2024 eGates for passport controls were introduced, with 10 eGates in the departures area and 10 eGates in the arrivals area, totaling in 20 eGates.[99]

In 2007 the airport prohibited cars parking next to the airport terminal, instead they have to use the car park provided, as a result of the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack.[100]

Lounges

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Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport offers a business class lounge operated by Dufry, Business Club, for the majority of airlines operating from the airport. "Business Club", opened in 2011, covers an area of 250 m2 (2,700 sq ft), and can seat 30 guests.[101]

The airport also has a VIP Lounge, with separate check-in and passport control facilities. The VIP Lounge is entered from the public area and directly from the apron, so it functions as a separate and independent element. Passport and customs control and baggage control are located at the very entrance into the lounge.

Air Serbia Premium Lounge is the first dedicated airline owned and operated lounge at the airport, located between gates A4 and A5. Air Serbia plans to open a new Premium Lounge next to gate C10 at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport by the end of 2024. The new lounge will occupy an area of 630 m2 (6,800 sq ft) (twice the size of the existing lounge) and will be able to accommodate up to 160 guests simultaneously.[102]

Ground transport

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Car

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The airport is connected to the A3 motorway via a nearby interchange. The toll station on A3 is located to the west of the interchange, and the sections to the Belgrade downtown and the Belgrade bypass are toll-free. Licensed taxis from the airport to the city are available.

Bus

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The following scheduled bus services connect the airport with its surroundings:[103][104]

Service Destination (departing from the airport)
Line A1 Slavija Square
Line 72 Zeleni Venac
Line 600 Belgrade Centre railway station
Line 607 Banovo Brdo
Line 860i Savski Square

Rail

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The Serbian Ministry of Construction, Transportation and Infrastructure has announced a construction project for a new railway line between the city and the airport. The construction is scheduled to start in 2024, and should be completed in 18 months.[105]

Accidents and incidents

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  • On 18 February 2024, Air Serbia Flight 324, an Embraer E-195 wet leased from Marathon Airlines with 106 passengers and crew on board, sustained serious damage to its fuselage and tail after hitting the airport runway’s instrument landing system array during takeoff on its way to Dusseldorf. The aircraft turned back after failing to gain altitude and was safely evacuated upon landing.[106]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport – About the Concession www.beg.aero (in English and Serbian)
  2. ^ "VINCI Airports – Traffic 2022" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Претрага привредних друштава". apr.gov.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Godisnji izvestaj za 2021. godinu" (PDF). antb.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Error" Основни подаци о привредном друштву. apr.gov.rs (in Serbian). Serbian Business Registers Agency. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. "History: International Belgrade Airport (1927)". Archived from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
  7. ^ "The story of JAT: the best and the worst of Balkan air travel". 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  8. ^ "ENGLAND TO AFRICA". The Mercury. 21 September 1936. p. 4. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  9. ^ a b "World Airlines Directory". Flight International. 8 May 1931. p. 407.
  10. ^ International Air Guide: Air Atlas: The Reference Book on Civil and Commercial Aviation. Imprimerie Crété S.A. 2017. p. 431. ISBN 978-1-5430-2191-2.
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