कस्बा
Kukës
A town rebuilt above a reservoir in the 1970s, and the northern end of the Nation's Road.
सरल भाषा में
Kukës airport is in the north-east mountains near Kosovo. It was built years earlier but only started taking passenger flights in 2021. It mostly serves Albanians living abroad who come home in summer.
सरल व्याख्या
Kukës airport is in the north-east mountains near Kosovo. It was built years earlier but only started taking passenger flights in 2021. It mostly serves Albanians living abroad who come home in summer.
Origins as a domestic airfield, 1929–1999विस्तृत विवेचन
The site now occupied by Kukës International Airport Zayed lies 3.5 km south of the city of Kukës, in the village of Shtiqën. Its recorded aviation history begins on 20 April 1929, when it opened for the first time as a domestic airfield offering a scheduled air connection between Tirana and Kukës via Peshkopi.
The link operated for approximately fifteen years before the communist government removed its civil status and converted the facility into a military airfield. It remained outside civilian use for decades until the circumstances of the 1998–1999 Kosovo War created new pressure to reactivate it.
The Kosovo War and the UAE gift proposalविस्तृत विवेचन
During the Kosovo War, the United Arab Emirates organised a humanitarian camp in Kukës to assist refugees fleeing Kosovo. As part of that relief effort, the UAE first developed the airfield to allow the supply of incoming aid to reach the area. Kukës at that time received the largest influx of Kosovo citizens of any location in Albania.
UAE representatives used this period to propose the development of a permanent civil airport as a gift to the region. The Albanian government accepted the proposal, and the General Directorate of Civil Aviation undertook joint feasibility studies with the investors. On 15 February 2001, the Council of Ministers approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Albania and the Government of the United Arab Emirates for the construction of Kukës Airport.
Construction and early administration, 2003–2010विस्तृत विवेचन
Construction began on 10 May 2003 and was completed on 31 October 2005. The total investment was approximately USD 20 million, provided as a funding gift by the government of the United Arab Emirates. At the time, the project was expected to employ more than 200 people and to open touristic opportunities for the surrounding region.
On 7 June 2006, Kukës Airport came under the administration of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation. That body was subsequently renamed the Civil Aviation Authority after 2010.
Renaming and formal opening, 2021विस्तृत विवेचन
In 2021, Prime Minister Edi Rama changed the airport's name to Kukës International Airport Zayed — Albanian: Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Kukësit Zayed — in honour of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, whose government had sponsored the original investment. The IATA code is KFZ and the ICAO code is LAKU.
The formal opening ceremony took place on 18 April 2021. To mark the occasion, Air Albania Flight 9003 arrived from London Stansted Airport after a short stopover at Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza; a stopover was necessary because the airport had not yet received approval for direct international flights at that point.
The first international commercial flight landed on 9 July 2021, when Helvetic Airways Flight 8174 arrived from Zurich Airport, making that the first scheduled international service the airport had received.
Physical facilities and passenger capacityविस्तृत विवेचन
The airport is designed to handle small to medium-sized aircraft. Its apron provides parking for up to three aircraft simultaneously. The terminal is equipped with a stated annual capacity of up to 500,000 passengers.
The airport is intended to function as a low-cost facility and to serve as an alternative to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, which is the country's principal international gateway.
Operational difficulties and the Air Kosova initiativeविस्तृत विवेचन
Since opening, the airport has faced persistent difficulties in attracting and retaining airline operators, which has constrained its full operationalisation. A specific technical challenge relates to the landing corridor, which presents conditions described as affecting the regularity of flight operations. As of 4 June 2024, no regular passenger flights were operating to or from Kukës Airport.
On 30 December 2024, a new airline named Air Kosova was established with the stated aim of maintaining regular flight operations to and from the airport. Prime Minister Edi Rama described the initiative as a shared source of national pride, placing it alongside Air Albania in that framing.
माह के अनुसार जलवायु
तीस-वर्षीय सामान्य औसत — Kukës International Airport, इस Atlas के लिए 1994–2023 के दैनिक ERA5 पुनर्विश्लेषण से संगणित। ये दीर्घकालिक औसत हैं, कोई पूर्वानुमान नहीं: कोई भी व्यक्तिगत वर्ष इनसे काफ़ी भिन्न हो सकता है।
सबसे गर्म महीना है August (औसत दैनिक अधिकतम 29°C), सबसे ठंडा है January (औसत दैनिक न्यूनतम -1°C), और सबसे अधिक वर्षा वाला है December (120 mm). कुल वार्षिक वर्षा का औसत है 1,128 mm.
| माह | अधिकतम | न्यूनतम | वर्षा | वर्षा के दिन | धूप/दिन |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | -1°C | 107 mm | 12 | 6.5 h |
| February | 8°C | 0°C | 96 mm | 11 | 7.6 h |
| March | 11°C | 3°C | 103 mm | 13 | 9.0 h |
| April | 16°C | 7°C | 112 mm | 15 | 10.3 h |
| May | 22°C | 12°C | 110 mm | 15 | 11.6 h |
| June | 26°C | 17°C | 75 mm | 12 | 13.3 h |
| July | 29°C | 19°C | 61 mm | 9 | 13.4 h |
| August | 29°C | 20°C | 56 mm | 8 | 12.5 h |
| September | 24°C | 15°C | 85 mm | 10 | 10.2 h |
| October | 19°C | 10°C | 88 mm | 10 | 8.6 h |
| November | 13°C | 6°C | 114 mm | 11 | 6.8 h |
| December | 8°C | 1°C | 120 mm | 12 | 6.0 h |
स्रोत: ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 1994–2023 · "अधिकतम" और "न्यूनतम" क्रमशः औसत दैनिक अधिकतम और न्यूनतम वायु तापमान हैं। "वर्षा के दिन" उन दिनों की गणना करता है जिनमें कम से कम 1 मिमी वर्षण हुई हो। इसे JSON के रूप में प्राप्त करें
संबद्ध विषय
ये Atlas में वास्तविक संबंध हैं — वे स्थान जो इसके निकट हैं, और वे विषय जिनसे यह वास्तव में संबंधित है। यहाँ कुछ भी सामान्य अनुशंसा नहीं है।
निकटवर्ती
गाँव
Valbonë
A wide white riverbed under 2,500 m peaks; the eastern end of the Theth trek.
कस्बा
Bajram Curri
The road head for the Valbona valley, named after a guerrilla leader of the 1920s.
संबंधित विषय
कस्बा
Kukës
A town rebuilt above a reservoir in the 1970s, and the northern end of the Nation's Road.
मार्गदर्शिका
Getting to Albania
One main airport, four ferry corridors, and four land borders that all behave differently.
स्रोत
ऊपर "विस्तृत विवेचन" के रूप में चिह्नित अनुभाग इस Atlas के लिए नीचे उल्लिखित स्रोत लेख से लिखे गए हैं, जिसे पूर्णतः पढ़ा गया (4,317 अक्षर). ये उस दस्तावेज़ पर AI-सहायता प्राप्त शोध हैं, जिन्हें इस पृष्ठ के संकलित तथ्यों के विरुद्ध जाँचा गया है। किसी महत्त्वपूर्ण बात को प्राथमिक स्रोत से सत्यापित करें।
- Wikipedia —
Kukës International Airport Zayed — English Wikipedia
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Used to ground the deep-research section and as a discovery aid; not relied on alone for contested claims. - Wikidata —
Wikidata item Q1431804
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Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year. - Open-Meteo / ECMWF —
Monthly climate normals, 1994–2023
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Computed here from daily ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo over 1994–2023. - Wikimedia Commons —
Photographs
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