Zadar Airport is the airport serving Zadar

Zadar

Zadar is a city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea. It is the centre of Zadar county and the wider northern Dalmatian region. Population of the city is 75,082 citizens...

, Croatia

Croatia

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. It is located in Zemunik Donji

Zemunik Donji

Zemunik Donji is a municipality in Croatia in the Zadar County. According to the 2001 census, there are 1,903 inhabitants, 94% which are Croats....

 8 km from the Zadar railway station. The airport serves as the flying base for Lufthansa

Lufthansa

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's flight school InterCockpit and Croatian Air Force main training base.

Zadar airport was one of the few airports in the world where the taxiway

Taxiway

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 crossed a public road. The road was closed on Wednesday, 07 April 2010 due to the terms negotiated with the European Union during Croatian accession negotiations.

Airlines and destinations

Moreover a number of charter flights connect the airport with numerous destinations throughout Europe

Europe

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during the summer months.

Traffic figures

Traffic at Zadar Airport

Year	Passengers	Cargo
1990	360,624	N/A
2001	39,244	N/A
2002	49,949	N/A
2003	69,876	N/A
2004	65,853	N/A
2005	86,857	N/A
2006	65,423	N/A
2007	119,449	N/A
2008	157,978	N/A
2009	215,868	N/A
2010	272,675	13,786

External links

• Airport website