Rijeka Airport
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Rijeka Airport is the airport serving Rijeka
, Croatia
. It is located near the town of Omišalj
on the island of Krk
, 17 km from the Rijeka railway station.
Most of the traffic to and from the airport occurs during the summer months, when it is used by several Europe
an low-cost airlines flying tourists to the northern parts of the Croatian coast. The airport had 210,000 passengers in 2006.
Rijeka
Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third largest city in Croatia . It is located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,735 inhabitants...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. It is located near the town of Omišalj
Omišalj
Omišalj is a small coastal town in the north-west of the island of Krk in Croatia. The population of the town itself is 1,790 , while the Omišalj municipality also includes the nearby Njivice, bringing the total up to 2,998 people...
on the island of Krk
Krk
Krk is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county....
, 17 km from the Rijeka railway station.
Most of the traffic to and from the airport occurs during the summer months, when it is used by several Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an low-cost airlines flying tourists to the northern parts of the Croatian coast. The airport had 210,000 passengers in 2006.