Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport#History

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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.{{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}}

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

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. In the same year, on that route, the first ever world night flight occurred.{{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}} The same year airmail service began operating from the airport. The Pančevo airport was also used by the Royal Yugoslav Air Force academy. After 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.

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 {{convert|1100|-|2900|m|sigfig=3}} 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.

Before World War II, Belgrade was also used as a stopover for some major air races, such as The Schlesinger African Air Race.{{Cite news |date=1936-09-21 |title=ENGLAND TO AFRICA |page=4 |work=The Mercury |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30112343 |access-date=2022-12-24}}

Besides Aeroput, Air France, Deutsche Luft Hansa, KLM, Imperial Airways, LOT Polish Airlines and airlines from Italy, Austria, Hungary and Romania 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.{{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}} Belgrade was linked with Paris and Breslau because CIDNA and Deutsche Luft Hansa, respectively, included Belgrade on its routes to Istanbul.{{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}} 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.{{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}}

The new location for the airport was on the Surčin plateau, {{cvt|15|km|mi|sigfig=}} from Belgrade's city centre. 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. 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.{{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}}

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.{{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}} 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).

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.

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

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.{{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 |work=b92.net |agency=Tanjug |date=5 January 2018 |access-date=6 January 2018 |language=sr}} On 21 December 2018, Vinci formally took over the airport.{{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}} In 2018, the airport had a sizeable increase in revenue and net income, due to Vinci Airports transaction.{{cite news |last=Obradović |first=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}} On 24 April 2024, Serbian finance minister Siniša Mali announced that the concession of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport had been extended by 18 months{{cite web |url=https://www.b92.net/biz/srbija/vesti/16719/mali-odgovorio-nikezicu-tesko-prizemljenje/vest |title=Belgrade Airport concession extended}} in order to minimize the influence of COVID-19 Pandemic. The concession is to last until 1 July 2044.

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.{{cite web |title=Construction works at BEG |url=https://beg.aero/cir/radovi/o_projektu}} The airport has 90{{cite web |title=BEG check-in counters |url=https://beg.aero/sites/belgrade/files/pdf/check-in-230904-cir.pdf}} check-in counters and 32{{cite web |title=BEG gates |url=https://beg.aero/sites/belgrade/files/pdf/departures-230815-cir.pdf}} 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 (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.{{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}}

Terminal 2 (T2) was constructed in 1979 for the airport's growing passenger numbers. The terminal has a capacity of 5 million passengers.{{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}} 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.{{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}}

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights as of April 2025:{{Cite web |title=Seasonal flights {{!}} Aerodrom Nikola Tesla Beograd |url=https://beg.aero/eng/seasonal |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=beg.aero}}{{better|independent source needed|date=July 2024}}

{{Airport-dest-list

| Aegean Airlines | Athens{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240122-a3ns24intl|title=Aegean Airlines NS24 International Network Changes – 21JAN24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=22 January 2024|accessdate=2 January 2025|language=en-ca}}

| Air Cairo | Hurghada{{cite web |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/07/president-air-serbia-to-restore-cairo.html |title=Serbia-Egypt air link |date=19 July 2024}}

| Air Montenegro | Podgorica, Tivat

| Air Serbia | Amsterdam,{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240702-b6jucodeshare |title=JetBlue / Air Serbia Expands Codeshare Service from July 2024}} Athens, Banja Luka,{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231012-azjucodeshare |title=ITA Airways / Air Serbia Expands Codeshare Network in NW23}} Barcelona,{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240229-juns24freq |title=Air Serbia NS24 Frequency Variations – 25FEB24}} Berlin,{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230228-juns23 |title=Air Serbia NS23 Frequency Changes – 28FEB23}} Bologna,{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231107-juns24fltnbr |title=Air Serbia NS24 Systemwide Flight Number Changes}} Brussels, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Chicago–O'Hare,{{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}} Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Florence,{{cite web |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/12/air-serbia-to-take-fourth-wide-body.html |title="JU launches Florence, Alghero and Mykonos" |date=10 December 2024}} Geneva (resumes 23 June 2025),{{cite web |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2025/04/air-serbia-schedules-geneva-launch.html |title=Air Serbia schedules Geneva launch}} Guangzhou,{{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 |access-date=13 July 2024}} Istanbul, Kazan,{{cite web |url=https://aero.telegraf.rs/avio-kompanije/4047293-er-srbija-obnavlja-letove-za-rusiju-koje-je-obustavila |title=Air Serbia resumes Russian destinations |date=31 January 2025}} Kraków, Larnaca, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London–Heathrow, Lyon, Madrid, Málaga,{{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}} Malta, Milan–Malpensa, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Mostar,{{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}} New York–JFK,{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230720-junw23lh |title=Air Serbia NW23 Long-Haul Service Changes – 19JUL23}} Nice,{{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}} Niš,{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230123-juqr |title=Air Serbia / Qatar Airways Begins Codeshare Service from Feb 2023}} Nuremberg, Oslo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Podgorica,{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240201-jueycodeshare |title=Air Serbia / Etihad Resumes Codeshare Partnership From Feb 2024 |website=Aeroroutes}} Porto,{{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}} Prague, Rome–Fiumicino, Saint Petersburg, Salzburg, Sarajevo, Shanghai–Pudong,{{cite web |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/10/air-serbia-schedules-shanghai-launch.html?m=1 |title=Air Serbia schedules Shanghai launch |date=8 October 2024}} Skopje, Sochi, Sofia, Stockholm–Arlanda,{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240131-jurocodeshare |title=Air Serbia / TAROM Expands Codeshare Network From Jan 2024 |website=Aeroroutes}} Stuttgart, Tbilisi (begins {{date|2025-6-15}}),{{cite news |title=Air Serbia schedules Tbilisi launch |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2025/03/air-serbia-schedules-tbilisi-launch.html |access-date=27 March 2025 |publisher=EX-YU Aviation News |date=25 March 2025}} Thessaloniki, Tirana, Tivat, Valencia,{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220919-junw22 |title=Air Serbia NW22 Service Expansions}} Venice, Vienna, Zagreb, Zürich{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230410-juzrh |title=Air Serbia Schedules A330 Zurich Flights in April 2023 |website=Aeroroutes}}
Seasonal: Alghero (begins 10 June 2025), Ankara,{{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 |date=2 December 2024}} Bari, Catania, Chania, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Hannover, Heraklion, Izmir,{{cite web |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/10/winter-202425-air-serbia.html |title=Naples and Izmir seasonal |date=29 October 2024}} Mykonos (begins 6 June 2025), Naples, Ohrid, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca,{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220419-uxjucodeshare |title=Air Europa Expands Air Serbia Codeshare Routes in NS22}} Pula, Rhodes, Rijeka, Split, Varna, Zadar
Seasonal charter: Antalya,{{cite web |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2025/03/summer-2025-air-serbia.html |title=Summer 2025 – Air Serbia |date=March 2025}} Bodrum, Dalaman, El Dabaa, Hurghada, Kavala,{{cite web |url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/air-serbia-to-launch-florence-and-kavala-services-in-2025-1294770 |title=News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA }} Kefalonia, Marsa Matruh,{{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}} Monastir, Preveza/Lefkada, Sharm El Sheikh, Skiathos, Zakynthos

| AJet | Ankara,{{cite web |last=Liu |first=Jim |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240313-vfns24 |title=AJet NS24 New Flight Number Designations – 12MAR24 |website=Aeroroutes.com |date=13 March 2024 |access-date=2 February 2025 |language=en-CA}} Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,{{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}} Izmir{{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}}

| Arkia | Tel Aviv{{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 }}

| Austrian Airlines | Vienna{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240527-osnw24eu |title=Austrian NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 26MAY24 |website=Aeroroutes}}

| China Southern Airlines | Guangzhou{{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}}

| easyJet | Geneva{{cite journal |author= |journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=Belgrade, Serbia |date=August 2023 |volume=25 |issue=2 |publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited |location=Luton, UK |issn=1466-8718 |pages=119–121}}

| Eurowings | Seasonal: Düsseldorf{{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}}

| flydubai | Dubai–International

| Hainan Airlines | Beijing–Capital

| KLM | Amsterdam{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240715-klskcodeshare|title=KLM/SAS Begins Codeshare Service From Sep 2024|website=Aeroroutes}}

| LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw–Chopin{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221128-lons23eu|title=LOT Polish Airlines NS23 Europe Frequency Adjustment – 27NOV22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=28 November 2022|accessdate=29 December 2024|language=en-CA}}

| Lufthansa | Frankfurt,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241030-lhnw24eu|title=Lufthansa NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 27OCT24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=30 October 2024|accessdate=1 February 2025|language=en-ca}} Munich

| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Oslo{{cite journal |author= |journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023 |volume=25 |issue=5 |publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited |location=Luton, UK |issn=1466-8718 |pages=793–797}}

| Nouvelair | Seasonal charter: Djerba,{{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}} Monastir

| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen{{cite journal |author= |journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023 |volume=25 |issue=5 |publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited |location=Luton, UK |issn=1466-8718 |pages=463–470}}

| Qatar Airways | Doha

| Sky Express | Seasonal charter: Heraklion,{{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}} Rhodes (begins 16 June 2025){{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 |date=15 December 2024}}

| Sundor | Tel Aviv{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240618-lyns24beg |title=Sun d'Or Adds Belgrade Service From July 2024 |date=18 June 2024}}{{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}}

| {{nowrap|Swiss International Air Lines}} | Zürich{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241030-lxnw24eu|title=SWISS NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 27OCT24|website=Aeroroutes|accessdate=30 October 2024}}

| TAROM | Bucharest–Otopeni{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221007-ronw22|title=TAROM NW22 Frequency Adjustment – 02OCT22|website=Aeroroutes.com|access-date=2 November 2024}}

| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul{{cite journal |author= |journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023 |volume=25 |issue=5 |publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited |location=Luton, UK |issn=1466-8718 |pages=463–470}}

| Wizz Air | Abu Dhabi, Alicante (begins 3 June 2025),{{cite web |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2025/02/wizz-air-to-station-fourth-belgrade-jet.html |title=Wizz Air to station fourth jet in Belgrade, launch two new routes |date=20 February 2025}} Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Beauvais, Bergamo,{{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}} Berlin, Copenhagen, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Friedrichshafen (resumes 2 June 2025), Gothenburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Larnaca, Lisbon, London–Luton, Malmö, Malta, Memmingen,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240716-w6nw24 |title=Wizz Air NW24 Network Additions – 14JUL24}} Nice, Rome–Ciampino, Stockholm–Skavsta{{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}}
Seasonal: Heraklion{{cn|date=May 2025}}

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The following cargo airlines served the airport on a regular basis:{{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}}{{better source needed|date=February 2023}}

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| Cargoair | Linz

| DHL Aviation | Leipzig/Halle, Milan–Malpensa

| Turkish Cargo | Istanbul

| YTO Cargo Airlines | Aktobe,{{cite web|url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2025/05/chinas-yto-cargo-airlines-launches.html|title=China’s YTO Cargo Airlines launches Belgrade flights|date=12 May 2025}} Ürümqi

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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.{{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}} Since 2021, however, there has been 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 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 no longer available for passengers, 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, totalling in 20 eGates.{{cite web |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/12/belgrade-airport-opens-passport-egates.html |title=Belgrade Airport opens passport eGates |date=20 December 2024}}

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 Airport attack.{{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}}

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.{{cite web |date=2024-06-24 |title=Business Lounge |url=https://beg.aero/eng/business/airport_lounges |website=Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport}}

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.{{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}}

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.

The following scheduled bus services connect the airport with its surroundings:[https://www.beg.aero/eng/parking_access/transport/public_transportation beg.aero - Public transportation] retrieved 9 December 2023[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

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.{{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}}

• 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 Düsseldorf. The aircraft turned back after failing to gain altitude and was safely evacuated upon landing.{{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}}

• Aeronautical Museum Belgrade
• List of airlines of Serbia
• List of airports in Serbia

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• [http://www.beg.aero/ Official website]
• [http://www.airport-data.com/world-airports/LYBE-BEG/ Belgrade Nikola Tesla International Airport at Airport-Data.com]

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