Kosančić Airport

Military and geopolitical changes. The airfield was a component of the Yugoslav People's Army's (JNA) Cold War-era defense strategy. The breakup of Yugoslavia and the end of the JNA eliminated the strategic need for a dense network of reserve and dispersal airfields. The subsequent, smaller military of Serbia did not have the resources or the requirement to maintain this and many other similar sites.

The site has been fully returned to agricultural use. High-resolution satellite imagery shows the area is now comprised of cultivated fields. The faint outline of the former grass or dirt runway is still partially visible from the air, but on the ground, it is indistinguishable from the surrounding farmland. There is no remaining aviation infrastructure such as hangars, buildings, or markings.

Kosančić was a reserve military airfield, known in Serbian as a 'letelište'. Its significance was entirely strategic, serving as a dispersal location within Yugoslavia's 'Total National Defense' doctrine. This military concept was designed to counter a potential surprise attack (primarily from the Warsaw Pact or NATO) by scattering military assets, including aircraft, across numerous small, often unpaved and camouflaged airfields. Kosančić was intended for wartime or emergency use by Yugoslav Air Force (JRZ i PVO) combat aircraft, such as the Soko J-21 Jastreb, Soko G-2 Galeb, and potentially even MiG-21s. It would have seen little to no activity during peacetime, apart from occasional military exercises to practice operations from unprepared surfaces.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airfield. Its original military purpose is obsolete. Furthermore, there is no commercial or general aviation demand for an airport in this rural location, especially with the fully equipped Niš Constantine the Great Airport (LYNI) located approximately 45 km to the northeast. The prospects for reopening are considered to be non-existent.