Zadar Airport ( hr, Zračna luka Zadar; ) is an international airport serving

Zadar Zadar ( , ; historically known as Zara (from Venetian and Italian: ); see also other names), is the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region. Zadar ser ...

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. It is located in Zemunik Donji, from the centre of Zadar.

History

As early as 1936, Zadar (then part of the Italian Province of Zara) had regular commercial flights initially provided by

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. 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

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crossed a public road. The road was closed on 7 April 2010 due to terms negotiated with the European Union during Croatian accession negotiations. 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

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. In December 2019, Lauda announced the stationing of three

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aircraft during the summer 2020 timetable period. A set of 11 new routes were announced by the airline for summer 2020. Due to the ongoing

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the airline postponed the opening of the base to July 2021, where it will station two

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and serve 37 destinations.

Facilities

The airport also is a

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main training base. It used to be a base for Lufthansa's ''InterCockpit'' flight school.

Airlines and destinations

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Statistics

References

External links

Official website
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