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]

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

Zadar Airport

Aerodrom 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
Location of the airport in Croatia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,500 8,202 Concrete
04/22 2,000 6,562 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers801,347 32.66%

History

As early as 1936, Zadar (then part of the Italian Province of Zara) had regular commercial flights initially provided by Ala Littoria.[2] 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.[3] 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. It serves 8 European destinations in Belgium, Germany, Italy and Poland. In December 2019, Lauda announced the stationing of three Airbus A320 aircraft during the summer 2020 timetable period. A set of 11 new routes were announced by the airline for summer 2020.[4] 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.[5]

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
AirlinesDestinations
AirExplore Seasonal: Košice[6]
Air Serbia Seasonal: Belgrade[7]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna[8][9]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels (resumes 7 May 2022)[10][11]
Croatia Airlines Pula, Zagreb
Seasonal: Frankfurt
easyJet Seasonal: Amsterdam,[12] Basel/Mulhouse,[12] Berlin, London–Gatwick, Milan–Malpensa
Eurowings Seasonal: Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart
Flyr Seasonal: Bergen (begins 11 June 2022),[13] Oslo[14]
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal: Rzeszów,[15] Szczecin,[15] Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt,[16] Munich
Lübeck Air Seasonal: Lübeck (begins 19 May 2022)[17][18]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[19]
Ryanair[20] Seasonal: Aarhus, Bari, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin, Birmingham (begins 7 May 2022),[21] Bologna, Bordeaux (begins 3 June 2022), Bournemouth (begins 18 June 2022),[22] Bremen, Bucharest, Budapest, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Dublin, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Gdańsk, Gothenburg, Hahn,[23] Hamburg, Helsinki (begins 17 June 2022),[24] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Kraków, Leeds/Bradford (begins 3 May 2022),[25] Liverpool (begins 16 June 2022),[22] London–Stansted, Maastricht/Aachen, Manchester, Marseille, Memmingen, Naples, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nuremberg (begins 2 June 2022),[26] Pisa (begins 7 May 2022),[27] Poznań, Prague, Rome–Fiumicino,[28] Sofia (begins 5 June 2022),[24] Stockholm–Arlanda, Turin (begins 17 June 2022),[29] Växjö, Vienna,[30] Warsaw–Modlin, Weeze, Wrocław
S7 Airlines Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo[31]
Transavia Seasonal: Paris–Orly,[32] Rotterdam/The Hague[33]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels[34]

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at ZAD airport. See source Wikidata query.
Traffic at Zadar Airport
Year Passengers Cargo
1976 146,000 N/A
2001 39,244 N/A
2002 49,949 7,379
2003 69,876 11,698
2004 65,853 58,889
2005 86,857 257,658
2006 65,423 23,614
2007 119,449 13,652
2008 157,978 3,963
2009 215,868 337,919
2010 272,675 15,975
2011 284,980 19,457
2012 371,256 10,516
2013 472,572 17,267
2014 496,697 7,275
2015 487,652 12,791
2016 520,924 26,450
2017 589,841 5,925
2018 603,819 19,953
2019 801,347 2,517
2020 120,747 50

References
  1. AIP from the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
  2. Ala Littoria, Timetableimages.com
  4. "Ryanair brings back the base and introduces 11 new lines". Zadar-airport.hr. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. "Malta-registered airline Lauda Europe to set up new base in Croatia". Times of Malta. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. "AirExplore has announced new route from Slovakia to Zadar". Avioradar.hr. Retrieved 22 June 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. Liu, Jim (31 December 2019). "easyJet S20 new routes as of 27DEC19". Routesonline.com.
  13. Mikalsen, Knut-Erik (17 February 2022). "Flyr med massiv ny satsing - lanserer over 20 nye ruter". Flysmart24.no. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  14. "Norway's Flyr to launch Zadar service". Exyuaviation.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  15. Liu, Jim (29 June 2020). "LOT Polish Airlines outlines Summer 2020 LOTnaWakacje Holiday program". Routesonline.com.
  16. Liu, Jim. "Lufthansa expands Croatia/Poland routes in S18". Routesonline.com. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  17. "Home - Lübeck Air EN". Luebeck-air.de. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  18. "Lübeck Air has announced the first route to Croatia". Avioradar.hr. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  19. Liu, Jim. "Luxair Adds New Leisure Routes in S16 :: Routesonline". Airlineroute.net. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  20. "Ryanair opens a new Zadar base for summer '21". Zadar-airport.hr. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  21. "Ryanair unveils 24 new routes for summer 2022". Travelweekly.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  22. "12 Ryanair Zadar Summer Flights Postponed Until Beginning of June". Total-croatia-news.com. 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. 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: Ninth route from Zadar to Germany". Avioradar.hr. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  27. "Ryanair to add new Italy - Zadar routes". Exyuaviation.com. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  28. https://www.exyuaviation.com/p/ryanair-zadar-rome.html
  29. "Ryanair najavio dvije nove linije". Croatianaviation.com. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  30. "Ryanair to expand Croatia winter operations". exyuaviation.com. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  31. "Ruski S7 uvodi linije prema Zadru i Splitu!". Croatianaviation. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  32. "Fly to Zadar (Croatia)". Transavia.com. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  33. "Transavia offers new summer destinations in 2019". Worldairlinenews.com. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  34. "For Summer 2022 TUI fly Belgium resumes the Summer 2021 programme in full and adds 4 new destinations". Aviation24.be. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

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