Željava Air Base
Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under the Gola Plješevica mountain, near the city of Bihać, was the largest underground hangar and military air base in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Zlatko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “LYBI” and “Vojni aerodrom Željava”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Papari and Željava.
Papari
Village
Papari is a village in the municipality of Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Papari is situated 3 km east of Željava Air Base.
Željava
Village
Željava is a village in the Plitvička Jezera municipality, Lika-Senj County, Croatia. It is located between Ličko Petrovo Selo and the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Željava is situated 3½ km northwest of Željava Air Base.
Kula
Village
Kula is a village in the municipality of Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kula is situated 3½ km northeast of Željava Air Base.
Željava Air Base
- Categories: air base and historic site
- Location: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
44.84182° or 44° 50′ 31″ northLongitude
15.76368° or 15° 45′ 49″ eastOpen location code
8FPQRQR7+PFOpenStreetMap ID
way 71379280OpenStreetMap feature
historic=militaryWikidata ID
Q640410
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In Other Languages
From Croatian to Tajik—“Željava Air Base” goes by many names.
- Croatian: “Aerodrom Željava”
- Czech: “Letiště Željava”
- French: “base aérienne de Željava”
- French: “Base aérienne de Željava”
- German: “Flugzeugkaverne Željava”
- Hungarian: “Željava légitámaszpont”
- Indonesian: “LYBI”
- Japanese: “ジェリャヴァ空軍基地”
- Japanese: “ゼリャヴァ空軍基地”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی ژلجاوا”
- Polish: “Aerodrom Željava”
- Polish: “Željava”
- Russian: “Желява”
- Serbian: “Aerodrom Željava”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Aerodrom Željava”
- Slovak: “Letisko Željava”
- Slovenian: “Vojaško letališče Željava”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ жлҷово”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Жалява”
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