LJU

Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport

ICAO LJLJ46.2237°N 14.4576°E388 m / 1,273 ftLarge airport
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Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (IATA: LJU, ICAO: LJLJ) is a large airport in Zgornji Brnik, Cerklje na Gorenjskem Municipality, Slovenia. It opened on 24 Dec 1963. It has one runway, 3,300 m (10,827 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Fraport. In 2025 it handled 1.6 million passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1963–2015
24 DEC 1963
OpenedLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport opens.
01 SEP 1966
DisasterBritannia Airways Flight 105.98 killed
2015
MilestoneFraport becomes the operator.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Brnik terminal BBrnik terminal ATovorni terminal Brnik
12/30126° / 306° · LIT
LENGTH3,300 m10,827 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.3M
1.4M
1.4M
1.7M
1.8M
1.7M
288K
419K
969K
1.3M
1.4M
1.6M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

36 destinations · 22 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 mi4,000 miBEG · Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · 482 km / 300 miTGD · Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase · 574 km / 357 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 608 km / 378 miPRN · Priština Adem Jashari International Airport · 661 km / 411 miINI · Niš Constantine the Great Airport · 666 km / 414 miBER · Berlin Brandenburg Airport · 686 km / 426 miSKP · Skopje International Airport · 743 km / 462 miWAW · Warsaw Chopin Airport · 812 km / 505 miBRU · Brussels Airport · 898 km / 558 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 943 km / 586 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 974 km / 605 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 1,133 km / 704 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 1,203 km / 748 miATH · Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · 1,207 km / 750 miLTN · London Luton Airport · 1,247 km / 775 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 1,269 km / 789 miSAW · Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · 1,332 km / 828 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 1,434 km / 891 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 4,299 km / 2,671 miMUC · Munich Airport · 311 km / 193 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 950 km / 590 miCPH · Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · 1,052 km / 654 miLHR · London Heathrow Airport · 1,235 km / 767 miRIX · Riga International Airport · 1,356 km / 843 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 1,586 km / 985 miEDI · Edinburgh Airport · 1,641 km / 1,020 miHEL · Helsinki Vantaa Airport · 1,711 km / 1,063 miTLV · Ben Gurion International Airport · 2,354 km / 1,463 miLPA · Gran Canaria Airport · 3,305 km / 2,054 miTFS · Tenerife Sur Airport · 3,378 km / 2,099 miEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 6,794 km / 4,222 miMIR · Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport · 1,204 km / 748 miVCE · Venice Marco Polo Airport · 182 km / 113 miSJJ · Sarajevo International Airport · 405 km / 252 miLEJ · Leipzig/Halle Airport · 600 km / 373 miCGN · Cologne Bonn Airport · 745 km / 463 miEWRDXBTFSTLVHELEDIMADRIXSAWLTNATHMIRCPHORYWAWSKPBERMUCMANBCNAMSCGNBEGVCELGWBRUINIFRALEJTGDSJJLPAPRNLJU
Year-round19
BEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Serbia482 km300 miTGDPodgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci AirbaseMontenegro · Air Montenegro, Wizz Air574 km357 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa608 km378 miPRNPriština Adem Jashari International AirportKosovo · GP Aviation661 km411 miININiš Constantine the Great AirportSerbia · Air Serbia666 km414 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · easyJet686 km426 miSKPSkopje International AirportNorth Macedonia · Wizz Air743 km462 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines812 km505 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines898 km558 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France943 km586 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM974 km605 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling1,133 km704 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,203 km748 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines1,207 km750 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,247 km775 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines1,269 km789 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines1,332 km828 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,434 km891 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai4,299 km2,671 mi
Most destinationseasyJet 5AirBaltic 3Air Serbia 2Wizz Air 2Lufthansa 2Air Montenegro 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LJU. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Ljubljana Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 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#657of 3,974 · #170 Europe · #1 SILongest runway3,300 m10,827 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=713of 29,823 · =97 Europe · #1 SIElevation388 m1,273 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=14,157of 43,341 · #1,101 Europe · #9 SIAgeOpened 19632026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,069of 15,079 · =988 Europe · #4 SIRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =4 SI
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

5 channels
A/DAPP135.275
TWRTWR118.000
GND121.625
HANDLING & GA131.400
ATISalso on VOR DOL 112.700128.175