Franjo Tuđman Airport in Zagreb
| Franjo Tuđman Zagreb Airport Međunarodna zračna luka Franjo Tuđman Zagreb  |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | LDZA |
| IATA code | ZAG |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 108 m (354 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 10 km southeast of Zagreb |
| Street | A11 / D30 / D31 / D408 |
| Local transport |
Bus : ZET bus |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1966 |
| operator | Zračna luka Zagreb doo |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 3,435,531 (2019) |
| Air freight | 12,684 t (2019) |
| Flight movements |
45,061 (2019) |
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
5 million |
| Start-and runway | |
| 05/23 | 3252 m × 45 m asphalt |
The airport Franjo Tuđman Zagreb ( Croat. Zračna luka Franjo Tuđman ) is the international airport of the Croatian capital Zagreb . Renamed in 2016 after the first democratically elected President Franjo Tuđman, the airport has one terminal and handles over three million passengers a year. It serves as the home airport of the national airline Croatia Airlines and is located 10 kilometers southeast of the center of Zagreb.
Location and transport links
- Car: The airport is located in the suburb of Pleso 17 kilometers southeast of the center of Zagreb, just before the city of Velika Gorica .
- Bus: There is a shuttle service from Pleso-Prijevoz, a subsidiary of Croatia Airlines, from the bus station (Croatian autobusni kolodvor ) on Držićeva avenija , which is easy to reach with the city tram lines and is not far from the main train station (Glavni kolodvor) lies. The journey takes 30 minutes and costs 30 kuna (as of May 2017) . The same bus company also offers a daily round-trip shuttle service to and from the city center of the port city of Rijeka . The ticket costs 180 kuna and the journey takes about 2 hours (as of June 2013) .
operator
On April 11, 2012, the newly founded ZIAC (Zagreb International Airport Company), a consortium consisting of the operating company of Paris Airport ( Aéroports de Paris ) and the French construction group Bouygues , received the approval to build a second terminal as well as the concession for the use and the Operation of the new and the existing terminal for 30 years. At the same time the airport was renamed. Previously it was known as Zagreb Airport ( Zračna luka Zagreb ) and as Pleso. The new terminal opened in March 2017 and all scheduled flight operations were relocated to the new terminal.
Airlines and Destinations
Zagreb Airport has connections to important European destinations such as Frankfurt , London , Paris and Istanbul . The longest connections run seasonally to Toronto and Seoul and since spring 2012 to Doha . Emirates has been connecting the airport with Dubai daily since June 1, 2017 . The largest airline is Croatia Airlines , which is based here .
There are the following connections from German-speaking countries:
- Austrian Airlines from Vienna
- Croatia Airlines from Frankfurt am Main , Munich , Vienna and Zurich
- Eurowings from Düsseldorf
- Germanwings from Berlin-Tegel , Hamburg , Cologne / Bonn and Stuttgart
- Lufthansa from Frankfurt am Main and Munich
- Swiss International Airlines from Zurich
Traffic figures
| year | Passenger volume | Air freight ( tons ) | Flight movements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3,435,531 | 12,684 | 45,061 |
| 2018 | 3,336,310 | 13,675 | 43,688 |
| 2017 | 3,092,047 | 11,718 | 41,585 |
| 2016 | 2,766,087 | 10,074 | 40,796 |
| 2015 | 2,587,798 | 9.225 | 39,854 |
| 2014 | 2,430,971 | 8,855 | 38,348 |
| 2013 | 2,300,231 | 9.206 | 38,894 |
| 2012 | 2,342,309 | 9,494 | - |
| 2011 | 2,319,098 | 9,450 | - |
| 2010 | 2,071,561 | 9,386 | - |
| 2009 | 2,062,242 | 11,231 | - |
| 2008 | 2,192,453 | 11,966 | - |
| 2007 | 1,992,455 | 12,348 | - |
| 2006 | 1,582,713 | 23.002 | - |
See also
Web links
- Airport website (English, Croatian)
- Shuttle buses to the airport (Croatian)
- Article on the concession (Croatian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Statistics. Zagreb-Airport.hr, accessed on February 16, 2020 (English).
- ^ Grand opening of the new passenger terminal of Franjo Tuđman Airport. Zagreb-Airport.hr, March 23, 2017, accessed on August 22, 2018 (English).
- ^ New Terminal at Zagreb Airport Officially Opened . ( total-croatia-news.com [accessed March 29, 2017]).
- ↑ Emirates flies to Zagreb from June - Austrian Aviation Net. In: www.austrianaviation.net. Retrieved January 12, 2017 .
