Zadar Airport

Airport in Zemunik Donji, Croatia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 2025.[2] It is the fourth busiest airport in Croatia. It's the only airport in Croatia with 2 runways.

Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorZadar Airport Ltd.
ServesZadar
LocationZemunik Donji, Croatia
Quick facts Zračna luka Zadar/Zemunik, Summary ...
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
Websitewww.zadar-airport.hr/en/
Maps
Airport Satellite Diagram (2012)
Airport Satellite Diagram (2012)
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 (2025)
Passengers1,639,167 Increase 2.87%
Croatian Aeronautical Information Publication[1]
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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 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

The airport is also 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:

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AirlinesDestinations
Air Serbia Seasonal: Belgrade[7][8]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna[9][10][11]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[12]
Croatia Airlines Pula,[13] Zagreb[13]
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt[14]
EasyJet Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse,[15] London–Gatwick[16]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich[17]
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[18] Düsseldorf,[19] Hamburg,[20] Stuttgart[21]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Munich[22]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[23][24]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen[25]
Ryanair[26][27] Seasonal: Aarhus,[16] Barcelona,[28] Bari,[29] Beauvais,[16] Bergamo,[30] Berlin,[16] Birmingham,[31] Bologna,[32] Bournemouth,[33] Bratislava,[34] Bremen,[16] Bucharest–Otopeni,[16] Budapest,[16] Charleroi,[16] Cologne/Bonn,[16] Copenhagen,[35] Cork,[36] Dublin,[16] Edinburgh,[16] Eindhoven,[16] Gdańsk,[16] Gothenburg,[16] Hahn,[37] Helsinki,[38] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden,[30] Katowice,[39] Kaunas,[40] Košice,[41] Kraków,[16] Leeds/Bradford,[42] Liverpool,[33] London–Stansted,[43] Manchester,[16] Marseille,[16] Memmingen,[16] Milan–Malpensa,[44] Münster/Osnabrück,[45] Newcastle upon Tyne,[16] Nuremberg,[46] Pisa,[47] Poznań,[16] Prague,[16] Rome–Fiumicino,[48] Rzeszów,[49] Stockholm–Arlanda,[16] Växjö,[16] Vienna,[50] Warsaw–Modlin,[16] Weeze,[30] Wrocław[16]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen[51]
Transavia Seasonal: Rotterdam/The Hague[52][53]
Wizz Air Seasonal: Budapest (begins 9 June 2026),[54] Warsaw–Chopin (begins 9 June 2026)[54]
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Statistics

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Traffic at Zadar Airport [55]
Year Passengers Cargo (kg)
1976 Steady 146,000 N/A
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
2023 Increase1,230,835 80
2024 Increase1,593,413 150
2025 Increase1,639,167 520
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