# Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase (TGD / LYPG)

**Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase** (IATA: TGD, ICAO: LYPG) is a large airport in Podgorica, Podgorica Municipality, Montenegro. It opened in 1961. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 1.7 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TGD / LYPG
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Podgorica, Podgorica Municipality, Montenegro
- Opened: 1961
- Elevation: 43 m / 141 ft
- Coordinates: 42.3594, 19.2519
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 1,748,652 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Podgorica
- Website: https://montenegroairports.com/aerodrom-podgorica/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podgorica_Airport (43 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844825
- Weather station: LYPG
- Ident: LYPG

## Timeline

- 1961: Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase opens.
- 11 Sep 1973: JAT Airways Flight 769. 41 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 184° / 004° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 699,141 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 748,899 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 868,616 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 1,049,740 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 1,200,748 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 1,291,535 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 338,169 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 647,231 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 1,262,765 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 1,652,386 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 1,754,189 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 1,748,652 | Eurostat |

## Routes

39 destinations in 19 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (21)

- [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · Serbia · 286 km / 178 mi · Air Montenegro
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 564 km / 350 mi · Wizz Air
- [LJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ljlj.md) Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport · Slovenia · 574 km / 357 mi · Air Montenegro, Wizz Air
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 581 km / 361 mi · Air Montenegro, Wizz Air
- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 673 km / 418 mi · Austrian Airlines
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 794 km / 493 mi · Air Montenegro
- [ADB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbj.md) Adnan Menderes International Airport · Türkiye · 808 km / 502 mi · Pegasus Airlines
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 851 km / 529 mi · Pegasus Airlines
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 916 km / 569 mi · Wizz Air
- [FMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edja.md) Memmingen Allgau Airport · Germany · 943 km / 586 mi · Wizz Air
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 1,014 km / 630 mi · Air Montenegro
- [BSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsb.md) EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · France · 1,090 km / 677 mi · Wizz Air
- [FKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edsb.md) Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport · Germany · 1,123 km / 698 mi · Wizz Air
- [ESB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltac.md) Esenboğa International Airport · Türkiye · 1,174 km / 729 mi · Pegasus Airlines
- [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 1,320 km / 820 mi · Wizz Air
- [DTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlw.md) Dortmund Airport · Germany · 1,345 km / 836 mi · Wizz Air
- [MST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehbk.md) Maastricht Aachen Airport · Netherlands · 1,397 km / 868 mi · Wizz Air
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 1,425 km / 885 mi · Wizz Air
- [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · Germany · 1,428 km / 887 mi · Wizz Air
- [MMX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esms.md) Malmö Sturup Airport · Sweden · 1,525 km / 948 mi · Wizz Air
- [BVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfob.md) Beauvais-Tillé airport · France · 1,538 km / 956 mi · Wizz Air

### Seasonal (18)

- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 633 km / 393 mi · Aegean Airlines
- [CTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licc.md) Catania-Fontanarossa Airport · Italy · 650 km / 404 mi · Wizz Air
- [BTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzib.md) M. R. Štefánik Airport · Slovakia · 665 km / 413 mi · Air Montenegro, Wizz Air
- [BRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lktb.md) Brno-Tuřany Airport · Czechia · 781 km / 485 mi · Air Montenegro
- [RZE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eprz.md) Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport · Poland · 888 km / 552 mi · Wizz Air
- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 903 km / 561 mi · Wizz Air
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 942 km / 585 mi · Air Montenegro
- [WRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwr.md) Copernicus Wrocław Airport · Poland · 989 km / 615 mi · Wizz Air
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 1,098 km / 682 mi · Wizz Air
- [POZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eppo.md) Poznań-Ławica Airport · Poland · 1,134 km / 705 mi · Wizz Air
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 1,183 km / 735 mi · Air Montenegro
- [GDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epgd.md) Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · Poland · 1,338 km / 831 mi · Wizz Air
- [VNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eyvi.md) Vilnius International Airport · Lithuania · 1,434 km / 891 mi · Wizz Air
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 1,488 km / 925 mi · Air Montenegro
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 1,490 km / 926 mi · Transavia France
- [NTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfrs.md) Nantes Atlantique Airport · France · 1,725 km / 1,072 mi · Air Montenegro
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 1,766 km / 1,097 mi · Wizz Air
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,169 km / 1,969 mi · Flynas

### Seasonal charter (2)

- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 903 km / 561 mi · Smartwings
- [GDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epgd.md) Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · Poland · 1,338 km / 831 mi · Smartwings

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (3)

- ZQ [Air Montenegro](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-montenegro) · 11
- DIS [Di Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/di-air)
- [OKI Air International](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/oki-air-international)

### Passenger (7)

- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 24
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 3
- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 2 · seasonal charter
- A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- OS [Austrian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/austrian-airlines) · 1
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 1 · seasonal
- TO [Transavia France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia-france) · 1 · seasonal

Former hub of [Montenegro Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/montenegro-airlines).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.7M (2025) | #615 of 3,974 | #163 in Europe | #1 in ME |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =390 in Europe | #2 in ME |
| Elevation | 43 m / 141 ft | =35,559 of 43,403 | =4,668 in Europe | #4 in ME |
| Age | Opened 1961 | =4,721 of 15,079 | =952 in Europe | #1 in ME |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =2 in ME |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 118.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [TIV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lytv.md) Tivat Airport · 44 km / 27 mi
- [DBV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lddu.md) Dubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [KFZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/laku.md) Kukës International Airport · 102 km / 64 mi
- [TIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lati.md) Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa · 112 km / 70 mi
- [PRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bkpr.md) Priština Adem Jashari International Airport · 148 km / 92 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: “Podgorica Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Podgorica_Airport&oldid=1369345726), revision of 14 Aug 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/lypg/data