Dubrovnik Airport

Airport in Močići, Croatia

Dubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport

Močići Airport

Zračna luka Dubrovnik/Močići

* IATA: DBV
* ICAO: LDDU

Summary
Airport type| Public
Operator| Dubrovnik Airport Ltd.
Serves| Dubrovnik-Neretva County
Location| Močići, Croatia
Hub for| Croatia Airlines
Elevation AMSL| 527 ft / 161 m
Coordinates| 42°33′41″N 18°16′06″E﻿ / ﻿42.56139°N 18.26833°E﻿ / 42.56139; 18.26833
Website| airport-dubrovnik.hr
Map

DBV

Location of the airport in Croatia

Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

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m  | ft
11/29  | 3,300  | 10,827  | Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
| Passengers| 2,416,818  12.45%

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Croatian Aeronautical Information Publication[1] Statistics from Dubrovnik Airport site[2]

Dubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (Croatian: Zračna luka Ruđer Bošković Dubrovnik; IATA: DBV, ICAO: LDDU), also referred to as Čilipi Airport (Croatian pronunciation: [tʃǐlipi]), is the international airport of Dubrovnik, Croatia. The airport is located approximately 15.5 km[1] (9.5 mi) from Dubrovnik city center, near Čilipi. It was the third-busiest airport in Croatia in 2019 after Zagreb Airport and Split Airport in terms of passenger throughput. It has the country's longest runway, allowing it to accommodate heavy long-haul aircraft. The airport is a major destination for leisure flights during the European summer holiday season.

## History[edit]

Yugoslav flag carrier Aeroput used a seaplane station in Dubrovnik to open the first route to the city in 1936. It linked Dubrovnik to the national capital Belgrade via Sarajevo. The following year a route to Zagreb was inaugurated. But it was in 1938 that Dubrovnik saw a significant increase in air traffic, with the introduction by Aeroput of regular flights to Vienna, Brno and Prague with stops in Sarajevo and Zagreb, and also the introduction of a regular flight between Belgrade and Tirana with a stop in Dubrovnik. The city was originally served by the Gruda Airfield which opened for commercial traffic in 1936 and was in use only during the summer months.[3] However, by early 1940s, due to World War II, Aeroput operations were suspended.[4][5]

The current Dubrovnik Airport opened in 1962. During 1987, the busiest year in Yugoslav aviation, the airport handled 835,818 passengers on international flights and a further 586,742 on domestic services.[6] Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, the airport surpassed the one-million-passenger mark in 2005. In September 2023, it surpassed the two-million-passenger mark.[7]

Today, Dubrovnik boasts the most modern passenger terminal in the country. A new terminal has been built in place of the old airport building, that dated from 1962, which has now been demolished to make way for a new modern structure. The price tag of the project amounts to seventy million euros and is to be financed out of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In May 2010 a new terminal opened stretching over 13,700 square meters. Dubrovnik Airport has the capacity to handle two million passengers per year.

In 2023 the airport was renamed to honor the astronomer and polymath Roger Joseph Boscovich (Ruđer Josip Bošković, 1711–1787).[8][9]

## Terminal facilities[edit]

Control tower View of the runway

Dubrovnik Airport consists of three terminal areas, A, B and C. The spacious new Terminal C was opened in February 2017 and became fully functional in April 2017 as it replaced Terminal A for all passenger departures including check-in and security check. The new terminal features check-in and commercial space stretching over 1,000 square meters, eight security lanes, a departure lounge with commercial and catering facilities, a premium lounge and restaurants. Furthermore, it boasts sixteen gates, two of which will be used for domestic flights and the remaining fourteen for international services. With an area of 24,181 square meters, the airport's annual capacity has increased to 3.5 million passengers.[10] The Terminal A building has been permanently closed for passenger traffic and is now being used solely as a baggage sorting facility. The new Terminal C is located next to the existing Terminal B building which handles arriving passengers. The two have been combined into a single functioning unit. Future airport plans call for an extensive commercial zone and a four-star airport hotel, and long-term plans call for a new runway and the conversion of the existing runway into a taxiway.

## Airlines and destinations[edit]

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Dubrovnik Airport:

Airlines| Destinations

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Aegean Airlines |  Seasonal: Athens
Aer Lingus |  Seasonal: Cork, Dublin
airBaltic |  Seasonal: Riga, Tallinn,[11] Vilnius[12]
Air France |  Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[13]
Air Serbia |  Seasonal: Belgrade
Austrian Airlines |  Seasonal: Vienna
British Airways |  Seasonal: London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow
Brussels Airlines |  Seasonal: Brussels
Croatia Airlines |  Frankfurt, Zagreb
Seasonal: Athens, Munich,[14] Osijek, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Prague,[15] Pula, Rome–Fiumicino, Split, Zürich
Discover Airlines |  Seasonal: Frankfurt[16][17]
easyJet |  Seasonal: Amsterdam, Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Bristol, Edinburgh, Geneva, London–Gatwick, Lyon, Manchester, Nantes,[18] Naples, Paris–Orly, Venice[19]
Edelweiss Air |  Seasonal: Zürich[20]
Eurowings |  Seasonal: Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart
Finnair |  Seasonal: Helsinki
flydubai |  Seasonal: Dubai–International[21]
Freebird Airlines |  Charter: Amsterdam, Berlin, Billund, Brussels, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Helsinki, London–Gatwick, Lyon, Oslo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Stockholm–Arlanda[22]
Iberia |  Seasonal: Madrid
Jet2.com |  Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
KLM |  Seasonal: Amsterdam[23][24]
Korean Air |  Seasonal charter: Seoul–Incheon[25]
Leav Aviation |  Seasonal charter: Cologne/Bonn[26]
LOT Polish Airlines |  Seasonal: Warsaw–Chopin[27]
Lufthansa |  Seasonal: Munich
Luxair |  Seasonal: Luxembourg[28]
Norwegian Air Shuttle |  Seasonal: Bergen, Copenhagen, Gothenburg,[29] Helsinki, Oslo, Stavanger, Stockholm–Arlanda
Ryanair[30] |  Charleroi,[31] London–Stansted,[31] Vienna
Seasonal: Bari,[32] Beauvais,[31] Bergamo,[31] Berlin,[31] Dublin, Helsinki,[31] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden,[31] Kraków,[31] Manchester,[31] Memmingen,[31] Poznań,[31] Rome–Fiumicino,[31] Sandefjord,[31] Stockholm–Arlanda,[31] Weeze, Wrocław[31]
Scandinavian Airlines |  Seasonal: Copenhagen
SkyAlps |  Seasonal: Bolzano[33]
Seasonal charter: Bratislava
Smartwings |  Seasonal: Katowice,[34] Prague, Warsaw–Chopin[34]
Seasonal charter: Gdańsk[35]
Trade Air |  Osijek, Rijeka, Split
Transavia |  Seasonal: Paris–Orly, Rotterdam/The Hague[36]
TUI Airways |  Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff,[37] East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford,[38] London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne[39]
TUI fly Belgium |  Seasonal: Brussels
Turkish Airlines |  Istanbul[40]
United Airlines |  Seasonal: Newark[41][42]
Volotea |  Seasonal: Athens, Bari,[43] Bordeaux, Lille,[44] Lyon,[45] Marseille, Nantes, Toulouse[46]
Vueling |  Seasonal: Barcelona, Rome–Fiumicino
Wizz Air |  Seasonal: Warsaw–Chopin[47]

## Statistics[edit]

### Traffic figures[edit]

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

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Traffic at Dubrovnik Rudjer Boskovic Airport[48][49] Year  | Passengers  | Passenger %
Change  | Aircraft Landings  | Aircraft Landings%
Change  | Cargo (tonnes)  | Cargo %
Change

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1987  | 1,460,354  | 20.52 | 15,606  | 2.55 | 2,490 | 0.53
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2011  | 1,349,501  | 6.25 | 16,050  | 3.29 | 420  | 3.45
2012  | 1,480,470  | 9.70 | 16,216  | 1.03 | 357  | 15.00
2013  | 1,522,629  | 2.85 | 16,126  | 0.56 | 375  | 5.04
2014  | 1,584,471  | 4.06 | 16,492  | 2.27 | 291  | 22.40
2015  | 1,693,934  | 6.91 | 16,852  | 2.18 | 256  | 12.03
2016  | 1,993,243  | 17.67 | 19,244  | 14.19 | 224  | 12.50
2017  | 2,323,065  | 16.5 | 21,496  | 11.70 | 204  | 8.90
2018  | 2,539,412  | 9.31 | 23,596  | 9.76 | 176  | 13.70
2019  | 2,896,227 | 14.05 | 25,962 | 10.03 | 127  | 28.41
2020  | 330,147  | 88.6 | 8,486  | 67.31 | 29  | 77.17
2021  | 927,934  | 181.1 | 14,212  | 67.47 | 390  | 1244
2022  | 2,149,181  | 131.6 | 20,630  | 45.16 | 411  | 5.3
2023  | 2,416,818  | 12.46 | 21,484  | 4.14 | 57  | 86.14
Traffic at Dubrovnik Rudjer Boskovic Airport in 2022/2023 by month  Month  | Passengers 2022  | Passengers 2023  | Passenger %
Change

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January  | 9,320  | 14,269  | 53.10
February  | 9,242  | 17,459  | 88.91
March  | 25,645  | 50,456  | 96.75
April  | 117,715  | 167,731  | 42.49
May  | 214,243  | 275,797  | 28.73
June  | 313,381  | 344,456  | 9.92
July  | 425,536  | 447,315  | 5.12
August  | 429,878  | 444,368  | 3.37
September  | 336,890  | 354,068  | 5.09
October  | 217,751  | 242,752  | 11.48
November  | 30,925  | 38,384  | 24.12
December  | 18,655  | 19,763  | 5.93

### Largest airlines[edit]

Rank | Carrier | Passengers 2018 | %

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1 |  Croatia Airlines | 429,953 | 16.93
2 |  EasyJet | 347,260 | 13.67
3 |  Jet2.com | 179,990 | 7.09
4 |  Thomson Airways | 127,352 | 5.02
5 |  Vueling Airlines | 123,907 | 4.88
6 |  Lufthansa | 103,760 | 4.09
7 |  British Airways | 100,502 | 3.96
8 |  Norwegian Air Shuttle | 88,243 | 3.47
9 |  Eurowings | 87,570 | 3.53
10 |  Norwegian Air International | 87,431 | 3.44
11 |  Austrian Airlines | 87,065 | 3.43
12 |  Volotea | 79,140 | 3.12
13 |  Turkish Airlines | 70,339 | 2.77
| Remaining | 626,900 | 24.69
Source: Dubrovnik Airport[50]

## Ground transport[edit]

A shuttle bus operated by the company Platanus[51] connects the airport to Dubrovnik Old Town and Dubrovnik Bus Station in Gruž.

## References[edit]

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40. ^ "Istanbul New Airport Transition Delayed Until April 5, 2019 (At The Earliest)". 9 April 2019.
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51. ^ "Dubrovnik Airport Official Shuttle Bus Transfer". Platanus. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

## External links[edit]

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