Zadar Airport

"ZAD" redirects here. For places known by the French acronym "ZAD" (zone à défendre), see Zone to Defend.

Airport in Zemunik Donji, Croatia

Zadar Airport

Zračna luka Zadar/Zemunik

* IATA: ZAD
* ICAO: LDZD

Summary
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 / 44.10833; 15.34667
Website| www.zadar-airport.hr/en/
Map

ZAD

Location of the airport in Croatia

Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

|
|

m  | ft
13/31  | 2,500  | 8,202  | Concrete
04/22  | 2,000  | 6,562  | Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
| Passengers| 1,593,413  29.46%

|

Croatian Aeronautical Information Publication[1]

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] With over 70 destinations on offer the airport handled around 1.6 million passengers in 2024.[2] It is the fourth busiest airport in Croatia.

## History

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As 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. 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

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The 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

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

Waiting area Airlines| Destinations

|

Air Serbia |  Seasonal: Belgrade[7][8]
arkia |  Seasonal: Tel Aviv[9]
Austrian Airlines |  Seasonal: Vienna[10][11][12]
Brussels Airlines |  Seasonal: Brussels[citation needed]
Croatia Airlines |  Pula,[13] Zagreb[13]
Discover Airlines |  Seasonal: Frankfurt[14]
EasyJet |  Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse,[15] Berlin,[16] London–Gatwick,[17] Lyon,[18] Milan–Malpensa[19]
Edelweiss Air |  Seasonal: Zürich[20]
Eurowings |  Seasonal: Berlin,[citation needed] Cologne/Bonn,[21] Düsseldorf,[22] Hamburg,[citation needed] Stuttgart[23]
FLYYO | Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv[citation needed]
LOT Polish Airlines |  Seasonal: Zielona Góra[24]
Lufthansa |  Seasonal: Frankfurt,[25] Munich[26]
Luxair |  Seasonal: Luxembourg[27][28]
Norwegian Air Shuttle |  Seasonal: Copenhagen[29]
People's |  Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein[30]
Ryanair[31][32] |  Seasonal: Aarhus,[17] Barcelona,[33] Bari,[34] Beauvais,[17] Bergamo,[35] Berlin,[17] Birmingham,[36] Bologna,[37] Bournemouth,[38] Bratislava,[39] Bremen,[17] Bucharest–Otopeni,[17] Budapest,[17] Charleroi,[17] Cologne/Bonn,[17] Copenhagen,[40] Cork,[41] Dublin,[17] Edinburgh,[17] Eindhoven,[17] Gdańsk,[17] Gothenburg,[17] Hahn,[42] Hamburg,[17] Helsinki,[43] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden,[35] Katowice,[44] Kaunas,[45] Košice,[46] Kraków,[17] Leeds/Bradford,[47] Liverpool,[38] London–Stansted,[48] Maastricht/Aachen,[17] Manchester,[17] Marseille,[17] Memmingen,[17] Milan–Malpensa,[49] Münster/Osnabrück,[50] Newcastle upon Tyne,[17] Nuremberg,[51] Pisa,[52] Poznań,[17] Prague,[17] Rome–Fiumicino,[53] Rzeszów,[54] Sofia,[43] Stockholm–Arlanda,[17] Växjö,[17] Vienna,[55] Warsaw–Modlin,[17] Weeze,[35] Wrocław[17]
Scandinavian Airlines |  Seasonal: Copenhagen[56]
Sky Alps |  Seasonal: Verona[57]
Trade Air |  Osijek,[13] Rijeka[13]
Transavia |  Seasonal: Rotterdam/The Hague[58][59]

## Statistics

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Traffic at Zadar Airport [60] Year  | Passengers  | Cargo (kg)

|
|

1976  |  146,000  | N/A
|  |
2014  |  496,697  | 7,275
2015  |  487,652  | 12,791
2016  |  520,226  | 26,450
2017  |  589,468  | 5,925
2018  |  604,039  | 19,953
2019  |  801,347  | 2,517
2020  |  120,747  | 50
2021  |  513,093  | 274
2022  |  1,102,381  | 1,045
2023  | 1,230,835  | 80
2024  | 1,593,413 | 150

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60. ^ "Zadar Airport Statistics".

## External links

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