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Pula Airport
Zračna luka Pula
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorPula Airport Ltd.
ServesPula, Croatia
Elevation AMSL274 ft (84 m)
Coordinates44°53′37″N 013°55′20″E / 44.89361°N 13.92222°E / 44.89361; 13.92222
Websiteairport-pula.hr
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PUY is located in Croatia
PUY
PUY
Location of the airport in Croatia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,950 9,678 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers509,397 Increase 19,95%
Source: Croatian Aeronautical Information Publication[1]

Pula Airport (Croatian: Zračna luka Pula; Italian: Aeroporto di Pola; IATA: PUY, ICAO: LDPL) is the international airport serving the city of Pula, in northwestern Croatia, and is located 6 km from the city centre.[1] It served 777,568 passengers in 2019.[2] The airport is designated as the alternative airport for parts of Slovenia. It serves as a major access point to the city of Pula-Pola, as well as most of Istria, most notably Brijuni-Brioni national park. It is the fifth busiest airport in Croatia.

History

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Pula Airport at its current location was initially used only for military purposes but it was changed to a civilian airport as of 1 May 1967 and saw 701,370 passengers in 1987. In the same year, works on a new terminal building began and were completed by 1989 with a capacity of 1 million passengers per year. The Croatian War of Independence caused a sharp decline in passenger numbers.

The airport saw a steady increase in passenger volume over the next 3 decades. As most passengers flying to or from Pula airport are holiday makers, flight numbers have a significant seasonal character.

Facilities

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Pula Airport has a single terminal building with a capacity of 1 million passengers per year. The airport serves both domestic and international flights. Inside the terminal there are a couple of café/snack bars as well as duty-free shop. None of the gates are equipped with jet bridges but rather the passengers walk from the terminal building to the aircraft or are transferred by bus. Because of its location and fairly good weather conditions all year around, as well as lower flight numbers during the winter months, it is frequently used by European carriers for training flights.

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Pula Airport:

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AirlinesDestinations
Air Dolomiti Seasonal: Munich[3]
Air Serbia Seasonal: Belgrade[4]
Croatia AirlinesZadar,[5] Zagreb[5]
EasyJet Seasonal: Amsterdam,[6] Basel/Mulhouse,[6] Berlin,[6] Bristol,[6] Glasgow,[7] London–Gatwick,[6] London–Luton[8]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich[9]
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[10] Düsseldorf,[11] Hanover,[12] Stuttgart[13]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham,[14] East Midlands,[15] Edinburgh (begins 2 May 2027),[16] London–Gatwick,[17] London–Stansted,[14] Manchester[14]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt,[18] Munich[19]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen,[20] Oslo,[20] Stockholm–Arlanda[20]
Ryanair Seasonal: Brussels-Charleroi,[21] Gothenburg,[22] Katowice,[23] London–Stansted,[21] Memmingen,[24] Poznań,[21] Vienna,[21] Weeze[25]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen,[26] Oslo,[26] Stockholm-Arlanda[26]
SkyUp Airlines Seasonal: Chișinău (begins 13 June 2027)[27]
Trade Air Osijek,[28] Split[28]
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam (begins 2 June 2027),[29][30] Rotterdam/The Hague[31]
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham,[32] London–Gatwick,[33] Manchester[34]
TUI fly Nordic Seasonal charter: Gothenburg,[35] Stockholm–Arlanda[35]


Climate

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Since records began in 1978, the highest temperature recorded at the airport's weather station at an elevation of 83 metres (272 ft) was 38.2 °C (100.8 °F), on 5 August 2017.[36] The coldest temperature was −10.3 °C (13.5 °F), on 8 January 1985.[37]

Ground transportation

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The airport can be reached by a dedicated bus line from the centre of Pula which goes to/from the airport ("Zračna luka Pula") and the Pula central bus terminal ("Bus Kolodvor"). The schedule is adjusted on a monthly basis to meet the flights arrival/departure.

Incidents and accidents

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  • On 2 August 2009, a private Piper PA-46-310P Malibu, from Frankfurt to Pula failed to extend its nose gear for landing. After several tries it ran out of fuel and landed on its main landing gear. When it landed, the nose of the airplane touched the runway and stopped, which resulted in substantial damage. There were no injuries reported among the five passengers.[38]
  • On 31 March 2023, a German-registered Flight Design CTSW crashed during takeoff killing both occupants.[39][40]

References

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  1. 1 2 "AIP from the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation". Ead.eurocontrol.int. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Statistics - Airport Pula". Airport-pula.hr. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Air Dolomiti erweitert Angebot ab Frankfurt und München um neue Europa-Verbindungen" (in German). 26 February 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Air Serbia plans third year-round Croatia route". EX-YU Aviation News. 22 June 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 "LIST OF PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATIONS" (PDF). 11 March 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Rogulj, Daniela (9 March 2022). "19 easyJet Summer Lines to Pula, Split, Dubrovnik Operate from End of March". Total Croatia. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "easyJet to launch new Pula service". exyuaviation.com. 16 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Davies, Rachael (3 September 2024). "easyJet flights sale for 2025 is now on". The Standard. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Edelweiss gewährt Einblick in Sommerflugplan". Fliegerweb (in German). 20 December 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Eurowings povećava frekvencije iz Njemačke — više letova u ljeto 2026. - Croatian Aviation" (in Croatian). 2 December 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  11. ↑ Petrushevska, Dragana (25 May 2021). "Eurowings to start, resume several flights to Croatian destinations - report | Croatia Investments News | SeeNews". Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "PRVI OBJAVLJUJEMO-NAJAVE: Eurowings pokreće Hanover-Pula – zamaaero".
  13. ↑ "Eurowings shelves three routes and twenty weekly EX-YU flights". EX-YU Aviation News. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  14. 1 2 3 "Jet2holidays puts four new destinations across Greece, Portugal and Croatia on sale".
  15. ↑ "Jet2 and Jet2holidays tease further growth as expanded summer 2026 programme released".
  16. ↑ Aviation, EX-YU (26 February 2026). "Jet2 schedules first new Croatia route for 2027". exyuaviation.com. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  17. ↑ "Jet2 to introduce Gatwick flights and holidays". Travel Weekly (in Portuguese). 31 March 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  18. ↑ Rogulj, Daniela (30 April 2021). "Lufthansa Flights to Zadar and Pula Resume this Weekend!". Total Croatia. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "Lufthansa seeks solution for suspended routes". EX-YU Aviation News. 28 April 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  20. 1 2 3 "Norwegian adds new Pula service". EX-YU Aviation News. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  21. 1 2 3 4 Frankovic, Igor (7 February 2026). "Ryanair ove godine iz Pule nudi osam linija, većina kreće tek u lipnju". IstraIN. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  22. ↑ "Dvije nove linije Ryanaira prema Hrvatskoj". Croatianaviation. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  23. ↑ "Ryanair najavio 5 novih linija prema Hrvatskoj". Croatian Aviation. 17 November 2022.
  24. ↑ "Ryanair launches Pula-Memmingen flights". 5 December 2023.
  25. ↑ "Ryanair start vier nieuwe zomerroutes vanaf Weeze Airport met extra toestel". luchtvaartnieuws.nl. 14 December 2022.
  26. 1 2 3 Orban, André (17 February 2022). "SAS presents traffic programme for the summer with 120 destinations". Aviation24.be. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  27. ↑ "SkyUp širi mrežu iz Kišinjeva: u ljetnom redu letenja uvode se linije za Split i Pulu". 16 August 2026.
  28. 1 2 "Trade Air to resume domestic flights". 2 July 2026.
  29. ↑ "Transavia adds destinations from Amsterdam and Brussels for summer 2027". 11 September 2026.
  30. ↑ "Transavia schedules new Pula service". 17 September 2026.
  31. ↑ "Transavia to halve capacity in EX-YU as it axes four routes". EX-YU Aviation News. 28 December 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  32. ↑ "Tui adds 345,000 seats to summer 2025 programme".
  33. ↑ Lawrence-Jones, Charlie (13 September 2021). "TUI confirms its still flying to green and amber countries as review expected". My London. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  34. ↑ "TUI Dreamliners to return to Pula". 17 March 2021.
  35. 1 2 Kotek, Jan (31 May 2021). "TUI fly Nordic will boost flight operations to Croatia". AvioRadar (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  36. ↑ DHMZ (19 July 2022). "Najviše izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja". Državni hidrometeorološki zavod.
  37. ↑ DHMZ (21 January 2022). "Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja". Državni hidrometeorološki zavod.
  38. ↑ "Two foreigners killed as small plane crashes in Croatia". macaubusiness.com. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  39. ↑ "2 foreign nationals die in small plane crash in Croatia". FOX News Network. Associated Press. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  40. ↑ "Pula, Croatia, on March 31, 2023. A small private plane with German registration number crashed at Pula Airport during takeoff, in Pula, Croatia, on March 31, 2023. Two people died in the crash. Photo: Srecko Niketic/PIXSELL Stock Photo - Alamy". www.alamy.com. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
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