# Zadar Airport (ZAD / LDZD)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ZAD / LDZD
- Type: Large airport
- Owner: Croatia
- Serves: Zadar, Zadar County, Croatia
- Elevation: 88 m / 289 ft
- Coordinates: 44.0970, 15.3536
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 1,620,417 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Zagreb
- Website: https://www.zadar-airport.hr/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zadar_Airport (35 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155359
- Weather station: LDZD · WMO 14431
- Ident: LDZD

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | yes |
| 04/22 | 2,000 m / 6,561 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Asphalt | 042° / 222° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 475,795 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 470,576 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 501,816 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 573,517 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 584,569 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 782,574 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 111,179 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 500,286 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 1,082,672 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 1,213,247 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 1,576,270 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 1,620,417 | Eurostat |

## Routes

67 destinations in 22 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [PUY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldpl.md) Pula Airport · Croatia · 144 km / 89 mi · Croatia Airlines
- [ZAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldza.md) Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport · Croatia · 191 km / 119 mi · Croatia Airlines
- [OSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldos.md) Osijek Airport · Croatia · 312 km / 194 mi · Trade Air

### Seasonal (64)

- [RJK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldri.md) Rijeka Airport · Croatia · 139 km / 86 mi · Trade Air
- [BLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipe.md) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · Italy · 327 km / 203 mi · Ryanair
- [BRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libd.md) Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · Italy · 348 km / 216 mi · Ryanair
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 359 km / 223 mi · Ryanair
- [PSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirp.md) Pisa International Airport · Italy · 400 km / 249 mi · Ryanair
- [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · Serbia · 401 km / 249 mi · Air Serbia
- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 456 km / 283 mi · Ryanair, Austrian Airlines
- [BTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzib.md) M. R. Štefánik Airport · Slovakia · 475 km / 295 mi · Ryanair
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 478 km / 297 mi · Ryanair
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 479 km / 298 mi · Ryanair, Wizz Air
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 547 km / 340 mi · Lufthansa
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 549 km / 341 mi · Ryanair
- [FMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edja.md) Memmingen Allgau Airport · Germany · 585 km / 364 mi · Ryanair
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 646 km / 401 mi · Edelweiss Air
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 673 km / 418 mi · Ryanair
- [KSC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzkz.md) Košice International Airport · Slovakia · 679 km / 422 mi · Ryanair
- [NUE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddn.md) Nuremberg Airport · Germany · 683 km / 424 mi · Ryanair
- [STR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edds.md) Stuttgart Airport · Germany · 694 km / 431 mi · Eurowings
- [BSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsb.md) EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · France · 720 km / 447 mi · easyJet
- [KRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkk.md) Kraków John Paul II International Airport · Poland · 745 km / 463 mi · Ryanair
- [FKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edsb.md) Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport · Germany · 762 km / 473 mi · Ryanair
- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 763 km / 474 mi · Ryanair
- [WRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwr.md) Copernicus Wrocław Airport · Poland · 787 km / 489 mi · Ryanair
- [MRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfml.md) Marseille Provence Airport · France · 817 km / 508 mi · Ryanair
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 836 km / 519 mi · Discover Airlines
- [RZE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eprz.md) Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport · Poland · 837 km / 520 mi · Ryanair
- [OTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrop.md) Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · Romania · 856 km / 532 mi · Ryanair
- [HHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edfh.md) Frankfurt-Hahn Airport · Germany · 893 km / 555 mi · Ryanair
- [LUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ellx.md) Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · Luxembourg · 927 km / 576 mi · Luxair
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 929 km / 577 mi · Ryanair
- [POZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eppo.md) Poznań-Ławica Airport · Poland · 932 km / 579 mi · Ryanair
- [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 972 km / 604 mi · Eurowings, Ryanair
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 988 km / 614 mi · Wizz Air
- [WMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epmo.md) Warsaw Modlin Airport · Poland · 1,008 km / 626 mi · Ryanair
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 1,025 km / 637 mi · Eurowings
- [FMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddg.md) Münster Osnabrück Airport · Germany · 1,058 km / 657 mi · Ryanair
- [NRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlv.md) Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport · Germany · 1,079 km / 670 mi · Ryanair
- [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 1,083 km / 673 mi · Ryanair
- [BRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddw.md) Bremen Airport · Germany · 1,105 km / 687 mi · Ryanair
- [EIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eheh.md) Eindhoven Airport · Netherlands · 1,105 km / 687 mi · Ryanair
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 1,111 km / 690 mi · Brussels Airlines
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 1,127 km / 700 mi · Ryanair
- [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · Germany · 1,130 km / 702 mi · Eurowings
- [GDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epgd.md) Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · Poland · 1,165 km / 724 mi · Ryanair
- [BVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfob.md) Beauvais-Tillé airport · France · 1,169 km / 726 mi · Ryanair
- [RTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehrd.md) Rotterdam The Hague Airport · Netherlands · 1,190 km / 739 mi · Transavia
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 1,295 km / 805 mi · Ryanair
- [KUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eyka.md) Kaunas International Airport · Lithuania · 1,360 km / 845 mi · Ryanair
- [AAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekah.md) Aarhus Airport · Denmark · 1,398 km / 869 mi · Ryanair
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 1,400 km / 870 mi · easyJet
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,415 km / 879 mi · Ryanair
- [VXO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esmx.md) Växjö Kronoberg Airport · Sweden · 1,428 km / 887 mi · Ryanair
- [BOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eghh.md) Bournemouth Airport · United Kingdom · 1,486 km / 923 mi · Ryanair
- [GOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esgg.md) Göteborg Landvetter Airport · Sweden · 1,523 km / 946 mi · Ryanair
- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · United Kingdom · 1,564 km / 972 mi · Ryanair
- [LBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnm.md) Leeds Bradford Airport · United Kingdom · 1,642 km / 1,020 mi · Ryanair
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 1,645 km / 1,022 mi · Ryanair
- [LPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggp.md) Liverpool John Lennon Airport · United Kingdom · 1,677 km / 1,042 mi · Ryanair
- [NCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnt.md) Newcastle International Airport · United Kingdom · 1,721 km / 1,069 mi · Ryanair
- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 1,738 km / 1,080 mi · Ryanair
- [EDI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egph.md) Edinburgh Airport · United Kingdom · 1,866 km / 1,159 mi · Ryanair
- [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 1,882 km / 1,169 mi · Ryanair
- [HEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efhk.md) Helsinki Vantaa Airport · Finland · 1,914 km / 1,189 mi · Ryanair
- [ORK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eick.md) Cork International Airport · Ireland · 1,961 km / 1,219 mi · Ryanair

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (14)

- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 50 · seasonal
- EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 4 · seasonal
- OU [Croatia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/croatia-airlines) · 2
- U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 2 · seasonal
- C3 [Trade Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/trade-air) · 2
- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 2 · seasonal
- JU [Air Serbia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-serbia) · 1 · seasonal
- OS [Austrian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/austrian-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- SN [Brussels Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/brussels-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- 4Y [Discover Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/discover-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1 · seasonal
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 1 · seasonal
- LG [Luxair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/luxair) · 1 · seasonal
- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.6M (2025) | #651 of 3,974 | #168 in Europe | #4 in HR |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =390 in Europe | =6 in HR |
| Elevation | 88 m / 289 ft | =31,622 of 43,403 | =3,816 in Europe | =30 in HR |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =2 in HR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 118.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 123.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [HR-0034](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hr-0034.md) Udbina Airfield · 61 km / 38 mi
- [SPU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldsp.md) Split Saint Jerome Airport · 98 km / 61 mi
- [RJK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldri.md) Rijeka Airport · 139 km / 86 mi
- [BWK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldsb.md) Brač Airport · 140 km / 87 mi
- [PUY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldpl.md) Pula Airport · 144 km / 89 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: “Zadar Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zadar_Airport&oldid=1366699921), revision of 29 Jul 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/ldzd/data