# Pula Airport (PUY / LDPL)

**Pula Airport** (IATA: PUY, ICAO: LDPL) is a large airport in Pula, Istria County, Croatia. It opened in 1940. It has one runway, 2,950 m (9,678 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 542 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldpl

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PUY / LDPL
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Pula, Istria County, Croatia
- Opened: 1940
- Elevation: 84 m / 274 ft
- Coordinates: 44.8935, 13.9222
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,950 m / 9,678 ft
- Passengers: 542,315 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Zagreb
- Website: http://www.airport-pula.hr
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pula_Airport (31 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q389327
- Weather station: LDPL · WMO 14307
- Ident: LDPL

## Timeline

- 1940: Pula Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,950 m / 9,678 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 088° / 268° | yes |

- 09/27 slopes 1.1%: threshold 09 at 52 m / 169 ft, threshold 27 at 84 m / 274 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 370,853 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 348,065 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 424,342 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 580,234 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 705,020 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 765,508 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 78,832 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 261,647 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 383,477 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 413,439 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 498,251 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 542,315 | Eurostat |

## Routes

36 destinations in 14 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [ZAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldzd.md) Zadar Airport · Croatia · 144 km / 89 mi · Croatia Airlines
- [ZAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldza.md) Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport · Croatia · 193 km / 120 mi · Croatia Airlines
- [SPU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldsp.md) Split Saint Jerome Airport · Croatia · 242 km / 150 mi · Trade Air
- [OSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldos.md) Osijek Airport · Croatia · 388 km / 241 mi · Trade Air

### Seasonal (32)

- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 411 km / 255 mi · Ryanair
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 418 km / 260 mi · Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa
- [FMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edja.md) Memmingen Allgau Airport · Germany · 445 km / 277 mi · Ryanair
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 502 km / 312 mi · Edelweiss Air
- [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · Serbia · 503 km / 313 mi · Air Serbia
- [STR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edds.md) Stuttgart Airport · Germany · 553 km / 344 mi · Eurowings
- [BSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsb.md) EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · France · 577 km / 359 mi · easyJet
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 698 km / 434 mi · Lufthansa
- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 731 km / 454 mi · Ryanair
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 831 km / 516 mi · easyJet
- [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 834 km / 518 mi · Eurowings
- [POZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eppo.md) Poznań-Ławica Airport · Poland · 864 km / 537 mi · Ryanair
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 887 km / 551 mi · Eurowings
- [HAJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddv.md) Hannover Airport · Germany · 897 km / 557 mi · Eurowings
- [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 940 km / 584 mi · Ryanair
- [NRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlv.md) Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport · Germany · 941 km / 585 mi · Ryanair
- [RTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehrd.md) Rotterdam The Hague Airport · Netherlands · 1,050 km / 652 mi · Transavia
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 1,063 km / 661 mi · easyJet, Transavia
- [RMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lukk.md) Chişinău International Airport · Moldova · 1,181 km / 734 mi · SkyUp
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 1,196 km / 743 mi · Scandinavian Airlines
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 1,256 km / 780 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,272 km / 790 mi · Jet2.com, Ryanair
- [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 1,306 km / 812 mi · easyJet
- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · United Kingdom · 1,418 km / 881 mi · Jet2.com
- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · United Kingdom · 1,420 km / 882 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways
- [GOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esgg.md) Göteborg Landvetter Airport · Sweden · 1,424 km / 885 mi · Ryanair
- [BRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggd.md) Bristol Airport · United Kingdom · 1,425 km / 885 mi · easyJet
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 1,502 km / 933 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways
- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 1,662 km / 1,033 mi · Scandinavian Airlines
- [OSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/engm.md) Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · Norway · 1,712 km / 1,064 mi · Scandinavian Airlines
- [EDI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egph.md) Edinburgh Airport · United Kingdom · 1,727 km / 1,073 mi · Jet2.com
- [GLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpf.md) Glasgow Airport · United Kingdom · 1,774 km / 1,102 mi · easyJet

### Seasonal charter (2)

- [GOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esgg.md) Göteborg Landvetter Airport · Sweden · 1,424 km / 885 mi · TUIfly Nordic
- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 1,662 km / 1,033 mi · TUIfly Nordic

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from PUY, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (15)

- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 8 · seasonal
- U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 7 · seasonal
- LS [Jet2.com](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jet2-com) · 6 · seasonal
- EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 4 · seasonal
- SK [Scandinavian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scandinavian-airlines) · 3 · seasonal
- BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 3 · seasonal
- OU [Croatia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/croatia-airlines) · 2
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 2 · seasonal
- C3 [Trade Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/trade-air) · 2
- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 2 · seasonal
- 6B [TUIfly Nordic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tuifly-nordic) · 2 · seasonal charter
- EN [Air Dolomiti](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-dolomiti) · 1 · seasonal
- JU [Air Serbia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-serbia) · 1 · seasonal
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1 · seasonal
- PQ [SkyUp](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/skyup) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 542K (2025) | #1,081 of 3,974 | #250 in Europe | #5 in HR |
| Longest runway | 2,950 m / 9,678 ft | =1,472 of 29,858 | =232 in Europe | #3 in HR |
| Elevation | 84 m / 274 ft | =31,995 of 43,403 | =3,913 in Europe | #35 in HR |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =538 in Europe | #1 in HR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =4 in HR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 118.400 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [RJK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldri.md) Rijeka Airport · 62 km / 39 mi
- [POW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ljpz.md) Portorož Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [TRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipq.md) Trieste Airport · 110 km / 68 mi
- [LIPI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipi.md) Udine-Rivolto Air Base · 139 km / 86 mi
- [VCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipz.md) Venice Marco Polo Airport · 141 km / 87 mi
- [RMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipr.md) Federico Fellini International Airport · 142 km / 88 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Pula Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pula_Airport&oldid=1375358326), revision of 17 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldpl/data