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Zadar Airport

ICAO LDZD44.0970°N 15.3536°E88 m / 289 ftLarge airport

Zadar airport terminal croatia — (aeropagitica) · Public domain · Commons

Zadar Airport (IATA: ZAD, ICAO: LDZD) is a large airport in Zadar, Zadar County, Croatia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,500 m (8,202 ft). In 2025 it handled 1.6 million passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

13/31136° / 316° · LIT

LENGTH2,500 m8,202 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEAsphalt

04/22042° / 222° · LIT

LENGTH2,000 m6,561 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

476K

471K

502K

574K

585K

783K

111K

500K

1.1M

1.2M

1.6M

1.6M

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Routes

67 destinations · 22 countries

Year-round3

PUYPula AirportCroatia · Croatia Airlines144 km89 mi ZAGZagreb Franjo Tuđman International AirportCroatia · Croatia Airlines191 km119 mi OSIOsijek AirportCroatia · Trade Air312 km194 mi

Seasonal64

RJKRijeka AirportCroatia · Trade Air139 km86 mi BLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Ryanair327 km203 mi BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair348 km216 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Ryanair359 km223 mi PSAPisa International AirportItaly · Ryanair400 km249 mi BEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Serbia401 km249 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair, Austrian Airlines456 km283 mi BTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Ryanair475 km295 mi BGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair478 km297 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Ryanair, Wizz Air479 km298 mi MUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa547 km340 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Ryanair549 km341 mi FMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Ryanair585 km364 mi ZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air646 km401 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Ryanair673 km418 mi KSCKošice International AirportSlovakia · Ryanair679 km422 mi NUENuremberg AirportGermany · Ryanair683 km424 mi STRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings694 km431 mi BSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet720 km447 mi KRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair745 km463 mi FKBKarlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportGermany · Ryanair762 km473 mi KTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Ryanair763 km474 mi WROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Ryanair787 km489 mi MRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Ryanair817 km508 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Discover Airlines836 km519 mi RZERzeszów-Jasionka AirportPoland · Ryanair837 km520 mi OTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Ryanair856 km532 mi HHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · Ryanair893 km555 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair927 km576 mi BERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Ryanair929 km577 mi POZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Ryanair932 km579 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings, Ryanair972 km604 mi WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Wizz Air988 km614 mi WMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Ryanair1,008 km626 mi DUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings1,025 km637 mi FMOMünster Osnabrück AirportGermany · Ryanair1,058 km657 mi NRNWeeze (Niederrhein) AirportGermany · Ryanair1,079 km670 mi CRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair1,083 km673 mi BREBremen AirportGermany · Ryanair1,105 km687 mi EINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Ryanair1,105 km687 mi BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines1,111 km690 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Ryanair1,127 km700 mi HAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings1,130 km702 mi GDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Ryanair1,165 km724 mi BVABeauvais-Tillé airportFrance · Ryanair1,169 km726 mi RTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · Transavia1,190 km739 mi CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Ryanair1,295 km805 mi KUNKaunas International AirportLithuania · Ryanair1,360 km845 mi AARAarhus AirportDenmark · Ryanair1,398 km869 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,400 km870 mi STNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,415 km879 mi VXOVäxjö Kronoberg AirportSweden · Ryanair1,428 km887 mi BOHBournemouth AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,486 km923 mi GOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Ryanair1,523 km946 mi BHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,564 km972 mi LBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,642 km1,020 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,645 km1,022 mi LPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,677 km1,042 mi NCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,721 km1,069 mi ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Ryanair1,738 km1,080 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,866 km1,159 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair1,882 km1,169 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Ryanair1,914 km1,189 mi ORKCork International AirportIreland · Ryanair1,961 km1,219 mi

Most destinationsRyanair 50Eurowings 4Croatia Airlines 2Trade Air 2Wizz Air 2easyJet 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ZAD. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Zadar Airport” (revision of 29 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers1.6M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#651of 3,974 · #168 Europe · #4 HR Longest runway2,500 m8,202 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,332of 29,823 · =387 Europe · =6 HR Elevation88 m289 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,574of 43,341 · =3,810 Europe · =30 HR Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =2 HR

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels

APPAPP118.600

TWRTWR123.700