Aerodrom-New Skopje

General information_________________Under the Law on New Territorial Division of August 2004, the new Municipality of Aerodrom has been constituted, which in the past used to be an integral part of the Municipality of Kisela Voda. It was established on April 12th 2005, when the first meeting of the Municipality Council was held.Numbers of firms 6788 registered business subjects with registered employees (information obtained from the Employment Agency)• Trade centers / Shopping malls: 3 TC. Skopjanka TC. Biser TC in the Lisice settlement (Tri Biseri and one in Gorno and Dolno Lisice)• Post offices: 5 Under Railway station In the “Tri Biseri” center 2 in the Lisice settlement (old and new) 1 in Upper Lisice• Clinics: 2 Jane Sandanski Polyclinic – Old Aerodrom, 1 ambulance in the Lisice settlement• Churches : 3 1. Gorno Lisice – St.Petar and Pavle (St. Peter and Paul), 2. Dolno Lisice – Sveta Troica (Holy Trinity) 3. Aerodrom – Sveti IlijaBorders: From the railway bridge on River Vardar – junction of the three borders of the Municipality of Aerodrom, Centar, and Gazi Baba, stretching along the “Skopje” Transport Centar, the railway line toward Veles all the way to the bridge on Markova Reka (River Markova), continuing along the outer border of the cadastre municipality of Lower Lisice to River Vardar, and then taking the opposite direction to the railway bridge on River Vardar.History of the Municipality The Municipality was named after the military airport (which used to be located where the “Jane Sandanski” polyclinic and the “Goce Delcev” military barracks are today), which was bombed by Nazi Germany in April 1941.Airplanes were introduced very late in Skopje, as the latest and cutting-edge means of transport. The airport was called “Skopje”, and it was located at the farther end of the city, in today’s settlement of “Aerodrom”.The first passenger jet landed in Skopje on June 15th, 1928. The airplane was a “Potez-29” model, and it was transporting 5 passengers.In 1929, the Thessalonica-Skopje-Belgrade airplane line was introduced. The departure timetable was scheduled in such a way that it saved the time of the passengers and merchants from Thessalonica. The airplanes departed from Skopje at 7 a.m.The Great Head of the Skopje District, Antonio Vildovik, being an aviation fan and Head of Government, in 1925 bought a French airplane - “Keljdran”, which was the first civil (sports) airplane in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.The first pilot was M. Yeroshenko.In the autumn of 1926, the first airline meeting took place, presenting some military airplanes and an appropriate program. Airline meetings were organized each year at Zajcev Rid and in Old Aerodrom.Invitation from the “Skopje” Airport to the Skopje Science Association, on the occasion of the celebration of the St. Ilija feast in 1938.The visitors of the airline meetings could take an airplane ride for 30 dinars.An interesting moment, according to the old Skopje inhabitants, was the landing of Amy Johnson, one of the world’s first female pilots, at the Skopje Airport in 1930, on her way back from Australia to London.In 1937, under an agreement with the airline companies of “Aeroput” and Sidna, the Ministry of Traffic established airplane line with the Kingdom and with foreign countries. This airplane line route brought the “Pravda” newspaper from Belgrade, too.In the period from 1924 to 1931, football matches between the neighborhoods were organized. The “Slavija” Club was founded by the three sport clubs of “Yug”, “Pobeda”, and “Slavija”, which played under the name of “Slavija” ZKS - Railway Club.