Split airport
| Split-Kaštela Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | LDSP |
| IATA code | SPU |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 24 m (79 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 20 km northwest of Split |
| Street | Cesta dr. Franje Tuđmana 1270, 21217 Kaštel Štafilić |
| Local transport | Bus and ferry to Split |
| Basic data | |
| opening | November 25, 1966 |
| operator | Zračna luka Split doo |
| surface | 98 ha |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 3,301,930 (2019) |
| Air freight | 262 t (2019) |
| Flight movements |
29,423 (2019) |
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
3.5 million |
| Employees | 382 |
| Start-and runway | |
| 05/23 | 2550 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Split-Kaštela Airport (Croat. Zračna luka Split-Kaštela ) is the commercial airport of the Croatian city of Split and one of the most important airports in the country. It serves as the hub of Croatia Airlines .
Location and transport links
Split-Kaštela Airport is located between Trogir and Kaštela , about 12 kilometers northwest of Split .
There is a bus shuttle from Croatia Airlines subsidiary PlesoPrijevoz, which connects the airport with the center at the port of Split. There is a connection to trains, buses and ferries. Tickets can be purchased on the bus. The departure times to and from the airport are coordinated with the flight schedules of every scheduled airline. The price for a single ticket is 30 kuna , the price of a return ticket is 40 kuna. The airport is integrated into the local public transport system by buses , the lines No. 37 and 38 connect the airport with the centers of Split, Kastela and Trogir. The stops are located directly at the entrance to the airport grounds.
The airport can be reached by car via the A1 motorway . The airport has 353 parking spaces.
history
Beginnings and the Croatian War
The airport was opened for air traffic on November 25, 1966 and was designed for an annual capacity of 150,000 passengers. But already in 1969 235,000 passengers were handled, which is why the airport was expanded.
Due to the collapse of Yugoslavia and the subsequent Croatian war , the airport was closed to air traffic in 1991. In April 1992 flight operations were resumed, but initially only for military aircraft from NATO and the UN .
21st century and expansion plans
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the airport has recorded a new record of passengers every year. In 2018 there were 3,124,067 passengers. As the annual capacity was exceeded in 2016, the airport is currently being expanded. In addition to a new terminal and an enlarged car park, a taxiway parallel to the runway is also to be built. As a result, the airport should be able to handle 3.5 million passengers in the future. Completion was planned for 2019. On June 13, 2019, the new terminal opened on time, despite disputes with neighboring property owners. Before the expansion of the new terminal, the airport had a 14,000 square meter arrival and departure hall, with 45,000 square meters the successor is now more than three times the size.
Military part
The airport was and is used by the Croatian Air Force (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzrakoplovna Obrana, HRZiPZO) also for military purposes. This has its own infrastructure south of the airfield and calls the air base “Divulje-Split”. During the 1950s, a restoration tunnel was built west of the feeder road to the E65 called "Objekat Cetina". The air base has a large plate for 10 helicopters. The retablation tunnel is designed as a passable, U-shaped tunnel. The two entrances and exits are cut 10–15 m into the rock. The retablation tunnel has space for around 10–20 combat aircraft. At the time of use by the JNA , aircraft of the types J-1 Jastreb , IJ-22 Orao , CL-215 and helicopters of the types SA 341 , Ka-25 , Ka-28 , Mi-14 and Mi-8 of the 97 were at the military airfield Aviation Brigade stationed. Today the retablation tunnel is used by the MiG-21s of the Croatian Air Force.
Airlines and Destinations
The airport is served directly from German-speaking countries: Croatia Airlines flies to Frankfurt , Munich , Berlin-Tegel , Dresden , Düsseldorf , Leipzig , Vienna and Zurich . Lufthansa serves Frankfurt am Main and Munich, Austrian Airlines flies to Vienna, Condor Flugdienst to Frankfurt am Main, EasyJet to Hamburg, Berlin-Schönefeld , Geneva and Basel , Eurowings to Berlin-Tegel , Cologne / Bonn , Hamburg , Hanover , Düsseldorf , Dortmund and Stuttgart , as well as Edelweiss Air to Zurich in Switzerland. Laudamotion flies to Split from Stuttgart and Nuremberg. In addition, many airlines fly to Split Airport as charter services on behalf of well-known European tour operators.
Traffic figures
| year | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3,301,930 |
+ 5.7%
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| 2018 | 3,124,067 |
+ 10.9%
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| 2017 | 2,818,176 |
+ 23.1%
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| 2016 | 2,289,987 |
+ 17.1%
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| 2015 | 1,955,400 |
+ 11.6%
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| 2014 | 1,752,657 |
+ 10.8%
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| 2013 | 1,581,734 | |
| Source: Split Airport | ||
See also
Web links
- Split-Kaštela Airport website (English, Croatian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Statistics. Split-Airport.hr, accessed on February 12, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b STATISTIČKI PODACI O PROMETU NA AERODROMIMA U RH. Croatian Civil Aviation Agency, accessed June 21, 2020 (Croatian).
- ↑ Split Airport's new terminal takes shape. In: exyuaviation.com. Retrieved January 3, 2019 .
- ^ Split International Airport rehabilitation and expansion. In: airport-technology.com. Retrieved January 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Significantly more space: new terminal helps Split out of the chaos. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. July 21, 2019, accessed on March 6, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
