It is created from the former 161st air base (military part of Niš Airport), 265th air base (Kraljevo-Lađevci Airport) and their ground support units, 98th fighter aviation regiment, 119th Helicopter Regiment, part of 677th transport aviation squadron and one part of 353rd reconnaissance squadron.
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Most of its units are located at Lađevci Air Base, while a few units (119. Combined-Arms Helicopter Squadron and 161. Air Base Security Battalion) are located at military part of Niš Airport.
A gala opening ceremony was held on 12 October 1986 accompanied by the airfare and the landing of the first Boeing 737.
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Changes on the political scene in Yugoslavia and deteriorated relations among the republics in 1990, brought to the sharp decrease in travelling to the Adriatic Sea, Ljubljana and Zagreb, once the most attractive flights from Niš.
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The airport is within the closest vicinity (60 kilometers-about 50 minutes by Bus, instead 2 hours 45 mins from Niš Constantine the Great Airport transfer) to the famous Kopaonik mountain ski resort, and is also 20 kilometers from the Goč mountain.