Vrsac is one of the rare towns in Serbia with developed air traffic. It is well known for its 70 year long tradition of training professional pilots
at JAT Flight Academy. This academy has trained more than 90% of the pilots who fly for the national company JAT and almost 30 companies from all over the world has trained their pilots at this very academy.

Apart from regular pilot training, the academy supplies with services of maintaining of the whole fleet of airplanes (different types Cessna, Piper), as well as training for maintenance of airplanes. At the moment the flight academy possesses a Certification for maintenance and reparation of airplanes (Aircraft Maintenance Certificate) given by the local professional authorities and also it has a certification: Authorized New Piper Service Center given by a well known American producer of aircrafts of general aviation New Piper Aircraft Company.

Recently has begun the procedure of international verification in concordance with Part 145 at E.A.S.A., of European Agency for safety in air-traffic with the seat in Brussels.

Assuming that the aircraft maintenance service of the academy will soon receive an international verification notice in concordance with Part 145, the academy will become a regional center for maintenance.

The length of the runway is 1000 m, while its width is 25m. Aircrafts of 24 m width and maximum weight of 5700 kg when taking off may land and take off from this airport. Airport is presently used for the purposes of air-taxi traffic, training pilots, auto mechanics and air treatment of soil.

There are five hangars built at the airport that can accommodate and maintain aircrafts of the academy and agricultural aviation. There is also a building with classrooms and one with a control tower.

For the purposes of undisturbed reception and transportation of jet and turbo-jet airplanes of maximum weight of 30 tones, it would be necessary to reconstruct Vrsac airport, which would include:

- Modern runway with night start and adequate facilities. It is necessary to extend the runway for 500m and to widen it for another 5m.
- Construction of the reception building with customs and all facilities or reconstruction of the air traffic control tower building for arrivals and departures of the passengers and goods.
- It is necessary to equip the airport with adequate marking and lightning systems
- It is necessary to equip the air traffic control tower with radar navigation system

For the purposes of air traffic of larger aircrafts whose weight during taking off exceeds 5 700 kg, the road construction must be strengthened and the take off-land runway lengthened. The taxiway and terminal platform must be widened and strengthened as well as the terminal building needs to be constructed and equip the airport so as to receive and transport aircrafts, passengers and things, that is equip and enable
airport services for larger aircrafts, according to the existing regulations.

In order to adapt Vrsac airport for taking off and landing of aircrafts of maximum weight of 30 tones during taking off (with wings width of 28 m) it is quite necessary to reconstruct the maneuvering space and terminal platform, while in order to be able to perform night flights when the visibility is lower it is necessary to build in a system of light signs and power supply which would be in concordance with the type of the airport. It is also necessary to equip the airport with radio navigating systems according to the needs and possibilities of flight control.

The existing taking off-landing runway which is 1000 m long needs to be lengthened by 1500 m. Its
width needs to be increased by 30 m.

Considering unfavorable position of Vrsac airport in relation to the city itself, the lengthening of the runway needs to be done 400 m northward and a 100 m southward. This way the problem of noise and air pollution of the city is lessened and there are more possibilities for using the runway.

What also needs to be done is the strengthening of the whole construction of the runway, taxiway and terminal platform, according to the 30 tones of airplane weight.

The effects of the reconstruction of Vrsac airport:

- Multipurpose function of the airport: school, tourism and business-travel.
- Connection of the South Banat region with the airports in: Nis, Belgrade, Podgorica, Tivat, North Africa, Middle East countries.
- Rise in air-taxi traffic services, number of charter flights and regular flights in the region.
- Increase of incomes from reparation of foreign aircrafts.
- Transportation of post express (“DHL”, “TNT”, “UPS” )
- Organization of motor races as sports and tourists attraction, but also very profitable manifestations.
- Provide air traffic services to successful companies from Vrsac, such as “Hemofarm” group, “Swisslion-Takovo” Concern, “Vrsacki Vinogradi”, “Banat” and others.
- Better utilization of the capacity of the sport center “Millenium” by providing foreign representations and clubs with services, whether in regular championships, tournaments or preparations. It is important to point out that Vrsac will be one of the host towns during the European Basketball Championship in 2005. Large number of foreign tourists is expected to arrive and that is why Vrsac as an organizer must be presented in the best possible way and air traffic of Vrsac can undoubtedly give contribution to it.
- Opening of this town towards European centers and the world, will help develop tourism in this region as well as the sector of supplying with services in general.