Zadar Airport (Croatian: Zračna luka Zadar; IATA: ZAD, ICAO: LDZD) is an international airport serving Zadar, Croatia. It is located in Zemunik Donji, 8 km (5 mi) from the centre of Zadar.[1] It is rapidly growing now with 70 destinations and had its 1,000,000th passenger in September 2023.[2] It is the fourth busiest airport in Croatia.
Zadar Airport Zračna luka Zadar/Zemunik | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Zadar Airport Ltd. | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Zadar | ||||||||||||||
Location | Zemunik Donji, Croatia | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | Ryanair | ||||||||||||||
Focus city for | Croatia Airlines | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 289 ft / 88 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°06′30″N 015°20′48″E / 44.10833°N 15.34667°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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History
editAs early as 1936, Zadar (then part of the Italian Province of Zara) had regular commercial flights, initially provided by Ala Littoria.[3] Over time the airport has grown to become Croatia's fourth largest international airport, handling 801,347 annual passengers. It used to be one of a few airports in the world where the taxiway crossed a public road. The road was closed on 7 April 2010 due to terms negotiated with the European Union during Croatian accession negotiations.[4] In 2020, an underpass was built and the road was reopened.
In April 2013, Zadar Airport became a Ryanair base with a stationed Boeing 737-800. In December 2019, Lauda announced the stationing of three Airbus A320 aircraft during the summer 2020 timetable period. A set of 11 new routes was announced by the airline for summer 2020.[5] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the airline postponed the opening of the base to July 2021, where it will station two Airbus A320-200 and serve 37 destinations.[6]
Facilities
editThe airport also is a Croatian Air Force main training base. It used to be a base for Lufthansa's InterCockpit flight school.
Airlines and destinations
editThe following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Zadar Airport:
Statistics
editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Year | Passengers | Cargo (kg) |
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1976 | N/A | |
2010 | 15,975 | |
2011 | 19,457 | |
2012 | 10,516 | |
2013 | 17,267 | |
2014 | 7,275 | |
2015 | 12,791 | |
2016 | 26,450 | |
2017 | 5,925 | |
2018 | 19,953 | |
2019 | 2,517 | |
2020 | 50 | |
2021 | 274 | |
2022 | 1,045 | |
2023 | 80 |
References
edit- ^ a b AIP from the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
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- ^ Ala Littoria, Timetableimages.com
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- ^ Liu, Jim (31 December 2019). "easyJet S20 new routes as of 27DEC19". Routesonline.com.
- ^ "EasyJet pustio u prodaju novu liniju prema Zadru - Croatian Aviation". 19 December 2023.
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- ^ Liu, Jim. "Lufthansa expands Croatia/Poland routes in S18". Routesonline.com. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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- ^ a b "Norwegian NS24 Network Additions – 14NOV23". AeroRoutes.
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- ^ "Ryanair opens a new Zadar base for summer '21". Zadar-airport.hr. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "RYANAIR NS24 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 10DEC23". Aeroroutes. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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- ^ "Ryanair to launch new Zagreb service". 3 February 2023.
- ^ a b "12 Ryanair Zadar Summer Flights Postponed Until Beginning of June". Total-croatia-news.com. 4 January 2022. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ "RYANAIR NS24 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 10DEC23". Aeroroutes. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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- ^ "Ryanair to close Frankfurt airport base". Businesstraveller.com. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Ryanair najavio nove linije iz Hrvatske za sljedeće ljeto!". Croatianaviation.com. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Ryanair najavio još jednu novu liniju za Zadar". 5 March 2024.
- ^ "RYANAIR NS24 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 10DEC23". Aeroroutes. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "RYANAIR NS24 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 10DEC23". Aeroroutes. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Ryanair's summer schedule at Leeds Bradford Airport to include new flights to Barcelona, Paris and Zadar". Yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ "RYANAIR NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 05DEC22". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ "RYANAIR NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 05DEC22". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ "Ryanair: Ninth route from Zadar to Germany". Avioradar.hr. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Ryanair to add new Italy - Zadar routes". Exyuaviation.com. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "RYANAIR NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 05DEC22". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ "Wien: Ryanair bedient Suceava und Zadar nicht im Winter 2022/23". 15 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "SAS NS23 EUROPEAN NETWORK ADDITIONS". Aeroroutes. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "SkyAlps najavio dvije linije iz Italije prema Hrvatskoj". croatianaviation.com. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Fly to Zadar (Croatia)". Transavia.com. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "Transavia offers new summer destinations in 2019". Worldairlinenews.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.