Dubrovnik Airport
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Traffic statistics

Dubrovnik Airport handled 1,270,062 passengers in 2010.
Traffic at Dubrovnik Ćilipi Airport
Year Passengers Cargo
1987 1,460,354 2,490
2000 395,458 680
2001 461,322 646
2002 507,459 657
2003 716,592 592
2004 880,967 822
2005 1,008,240 677
2006 1,120,453 741
2007 1,144,038 847
2008 1,191,474 997
2009 1,122,355 516
2010 1,270,062
2011 1,194,700


In 1987 Dubrovnik Airport handled 1.5 million passengers and 2500 tons of cargo, making 1987 year the busiest thus far. Dubrovnik is expected to hit those figures by 2012.

Incidents and accidents

  • USAF CT-43 crash
    1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash
    On April 3, 1996, a United States Air Force CT-43A crashed on approach to Dubrovnik, Croatia while on an official trade mission. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-253 built as a T-43 navigation trainer, was carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 34 other people, including The New York...

    : On April 3, 1996 a United States Air Force
    United States Air Force
    The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

     CT-43
    Boeing T-43
    |-See also:-External links:* http://www.militaryaircraft.de/pictures/military/aircraft/T-43/T-43A_Gator.html* http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/t43a.shtml* http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/12ftw.htm...

     aircraft carrying a Department of Commerce
    United States Department of Commerce
    The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. It was originally created as the United States Department of Commerce and Labor on February 14, 1903...

     delegation crashed north of the airport on St. John's hill. The accident killed 35 people, including Ron Brown
    Ron Brown (U.S. politician)
    Ronald Harmon "Ron" Brown was the United States Secretary of Commerce, serving during the first term of President Bill Clinton. He was the first African American to hold this position...

    , then-Secretary of Commerce
    United States Secretary of Commerce
    The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce"...

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