Dubrovnik Airport

Dubrovnik Airport, also referred to as Čilipi Airport, is the international airport of Dubrovnik, Croatia. The airport is located approximately 15.5 km (9.5 mi) from Dubrovnik city centre, near the suburb of Čilipi. Dubrovnik Airlines is based at the Dubrovnik airport. The airport is the second largest in Croatia in terms of passenger numbers and with the longest runway.

Terminal, airlines and destinations

A new 36,500 square metres (392,883 sq ft) terminal with four jet bridges is under construction; the new terminal will have a projected annual capacity of 3.5 million passengers. Further expansion is planned after 2011. T

The terminal once completed will be the largest in Croatia. Future airport plans call for an extensive commercial zone and a large four-star airport hotel, and long-term plans call for a new runway and the conversion of the existing runway in to a taxiway.

Airlines Destinations

Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin

AEROGENESIS AIR SERVICES Seasonal: Athens [begins 16 July]

Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo

Air Berlin Seasonal: Munich, Stuttgart

AtlasJet Istanbul-Atatürk

Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna

BH Air Seasonal: Birmingham, Exeter, Manchester

Blue1 Seasonal: Helsinki

Bmibaby Seasonal: East Midlands

British Airways London-Gatwick

Croatia Airlines Frankfurt, Istanbul-Ataturk [begins 19 June], Rome-Fiumicino, Split, Zagreb

Seasonal: Athens, Belgrade [begins 20 June], Düsseldorf, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Tel Aviv, Venice-Marco Polo [begins 16 June], Vienna, Zürich

DanubeWings Seasonal: Bratislava

Dubrovnik Airlines Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Manchester, Nantes, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Split

Seasonal: Athens, Belfast International, Berlin-Schönefeld, Cork, Geneva, Knock, Lisbon, Lyon, Marseilles, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino, Shannon, Strasbourg, Tel Aviv, Zürich

EasyJet London-Stansted, Rome-Fiumicino

Seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld, Geneva, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Orly

Europe Airpost Seasonal: Dublin

Flybe Seasonal: Birmingham, Exeter, Southampton

Germanwings Seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Hanover

Iberia Seasonal: Madrid

Iberia operated by Air Nostrum Seasonal: Bilbao [begins 23 July], Valencia [begins 23 July]

Israir Seasonal: Tel Aviv

Jat Airways Seasonal: Belgrade [begins 17 June]

Jetairfly Seasonal: Brussels

Jet2 Seasonal: Belfast-International, Edinburgh, Leeds-Bradford, Manchester

LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal: Gdańsk, Warsaw

Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways Seasonal: Munich

Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf

Monarch Seasonal: London-Gatwick

Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Bergen, Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stavanger, Stockholm-Arlanda, Trondheim

SAS Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Oslo-Gardermoen

Spanair Seasonal: Barcelona

TAP Portugal Seasonal: Lisbon [begins 23 June]

TAROM Seasonal: Bucharest-Henri Coandă [begins 16 June]

Thomson Airways Seasonal: Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester

Ukraine International Airlines Kiev-Boryspil, Donetsk

Vueling Airlines Seasonal: Barcelona

Wizz Air Seasonal: London-Luton [resumes 26 June]

Incidents and accidents

USAF CT-43 crash: On April 3, 1996 a United States Air Force CT-43 aircraft carrying a Department of Commerce delegation crashed north of the airport on St. John's hill. The accident killed 35 people, including Ron Brown, then-Secretary of Commerce.