Zadar Airport

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 they had their 1.000.000th passenger in September 2023.[2]

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

Zadar Airport

Zračna luka Zadar/Zemunik
Summary
Airport typePublic/military
OperatorZadar Airport Ltd.
ServesZadar
LocationZemunik Donji, Croatia
Hub forRyanair
Focus city forCroatia Airlines
Elevation AMSL289 ft / 88 m
Coordinates44°06′30″N 015°20′48″E
Websitezadar-airport.hr
Map
ZAD is located in Croatia
ZAD
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 (2022)
Passengers1,102,381 Increase 114.85%

History

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 4th 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.

At the beginning of 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

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

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

AirlinesDestinations
AeroItalia Seasonal: Forlì
Air Serbia Seasonal: Belgrade[7]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna[8][9]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[10][11]
Croatia Airlines Munich (begins 31 October 2023),[12] Pula, Zagreb
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt (begins 28 April 2024)[13]
easyJet Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse,[14] Berlin, London–Gatwick, Milan–Malpensa
Eurowings Seasonal: Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal: Zielona Góra[15]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt,[16] Munich
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[17]
People's Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein[18]
Ryanair[19] Seasonal: Aarhus, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin, Birmingham,[20] Bologna,[21] Bordeaux, Bournemouth,[22] Bremen, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Dublin, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Gdańsk, Gothenburg, Hahn,[23] Hamburg, Helsinki,[24] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Kraków, Leeds/Bradford,[25] Liverpool,[22] London–Stansted, Maastricht/Aachen, Manchester, Marseille, Memmingen, Milan–Malpensa,[26] Münster/Osnabrück,[27] Newcastle upon Tyne, Nuremberg,[28] Pisa,[29] Poznań, Prague, Rzeszów,[30] Sofia,[24] Stockholm–Arlanda, Turin,[31] Växjö, Vienna,[32] Warsaw–Modlin, Weeze, Wrocław
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen[33]
Trade Air Osijek, Rijeka, Zagreb
Transavia Seasonal: Paris–Orly,[34] Rotterdam/The Hague[35]

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at ZAD airport. See Wikidata query.
Traffic at Zadar Airport
Year Passengers Cargo
1976 Steady 146,000 N/A
2010 Increase 272,675 15,975
2011 Increase 284,980 19,457
2012 Increase 371,256 10,516
2013 Increase 472,572 17,267
2014 Increase 496,697 7,275
2015 Decrease 487,652 12,791
2016 Increase 520,226 26,450
2017 Increase 589,468 5,925
2018 Increase 604,039 19,953
2019 Increase 801,347 2,517
2020 Decrease 120,747 50
2021 Increase 513,093 274
2022 Increase 1,102,381 1,045

References
  1. AIP from the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
  2. "Nagrađen milijunti putnik". Zračna luka Zadar - Zadar Airport (in Croatian). 8 September 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. Ala Littoria, Timetableimages.com
  4. "Zatvorena cesta Zadar-Zemunik koja presijeca zračnu pistu - Jutarnji.hr". Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  5. "Ryanair brings back the base and introduces 11 new lines". Zadar-airport.hr. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. "Malta-registered airline Lauda Europe to set up new base in Croatia". Times of Malta. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. Liu, Jim. "Air Serbia outlines S19 network expansion". Routesonline.com. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  8. Liu, Jim. "Eurowings transfers selected Vienna service to Austrian from Jan 2020". Routesonline.com. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  9. Liu, Jim. "Austrian adds Zadar service from July 2020". Routesonline.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  10. "BRUSSELS AIRLINES GROWS AGAIN". 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  11. "Brussels Airlines Destinations". 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  12. "Croatia Airlines najavila zimski red letenja!". 16 August 2023.
  13. "EUROWINGS DISCOVER ASSUMES ADDITIONAL LUFTHANSA CROATIA SERVICE IN NS24".
  14. Liu, Jim (31 December 2019). "easyJet S20 new routes as of 27DEC19". Routesonline.com.
  15. "LOT returning to Zadar". 23 May 2023.
  16. Liu, Jim. "Lufthansa expands Croatia/Poland routes in S18". Routesonline.com. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  17. Liu, Jim. "Luxair Adds New Leisure Routes in S16 :: Routesonline". Airlineroute.net. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  18. "EKSKLUZIVNO: People's pokreće letove za Zadar – zamaaero".
  19. "Ryanair opens a new Zadar base for summer '21". Zadar-airport.hr. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  20. "Ryanair unveils 24 new routes for summer 2022". Travelweekly.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  21. "Ryanair to launch new Zagreb service". 3 February 2023.
  22. "12 Ryanair Zadar Summer Flights Postponed Until Beginning of June". Total-croatia-news.com. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  23. "Ryanair to close Frankfurt airport base". Businesstraveller.com. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  24. "Ryanair najavio nove linije iz Hrvatske za sljedeće ljeto!". Croatianaviation.com. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  25. "Ryanair's summer schedule at Leeds Bradford Airport to include new flights to Barcelona, Paris and Zadar". Yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  26. "RYANAIR NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 05DEC22". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  27. "RYANAIR NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 05DEC22". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  28. "Ryanair: Ninth route from Zadar to Germany". Avioradar.hr. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  29. "Ryanair to add new Italy - Zadar routes". Exyuaviation.com. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  30. "RYANAIR NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 05DEC22". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  31. "Ryanair najavio dvije nove linije". Croatianaviation.com. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  32. "Wien: Ryanair bedient Suceava und Zadar nicht im Winter 2022/23". Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  33. "SAS NS23 EUROPEAN NETWORK ADDITIONS". Aeroroutes. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  34. "Fly to Zadar (Croatia)". Transavia.com. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  35. "Transavia offers new summer destinations in 2019". Worldairlinenews.com. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

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