Pula Airport

Pula Airport Zračna luka Pula
IATA: PUY ICAO: LDPL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Pula Airport Ltd.
Serves	Pula, Croatia
Elevation AMSL	274 ft / 84 m
Coordinates	44°53′37″N 013°55′20″E
Website	airport-pula.hr
Map
PUY Location of the airport in Croatia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 2,950 9,678 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 436,121 Passenger change 15–16 21,3%
Croatian Aeronautical Information Publication

Pula Airport (IATA: PUY, ICAO: LDPL) is the international airport serving Pula, Croatia, and is located 6 km from the city center. It served 436,121 passengers in 2016. The airport is designated as the alternative airport for parts of Slovenia and a multitude of cities in eastern Italy. The airport also attracts jet set passengers flying privately or rented aircraft, visiting the Brijuni islands or attending concerts and shows at the Pula Arena and sailing their yachts. Pula airport is currently capable of handling large wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and Ilyushin Il-96.

Airlines and destinations

Aerial view

Airlines	Destinations
Aer Lingus	Seasonal: Dublin
Air Serbia	Seasonal: Belgrade
ASL Airlines France	Seasonal charter: Lyon, Nantes
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal charter: Graz
BRA Braathens Regional Airlines	Seasonal charter: Trollhättan
British Airways	Seasonal: London-Heathrow
Croatia Airlines	Zadar, Zagreb Seasonal: Amsterdam, Dubrovnik, Frankfurt, Zürich
Dniproavia	Seasonal charter: Lviv
easyJet	Seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld, Bristol, Hamburg, London-Gatwick, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zürich
Eurowings	Düsseldorf
Eurowings operated by Air Berlin	Seasonal: Munich
Eurowings operated by Germanwings	Düsseldorf Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Hamburg, Stuttgart
Finnair	Seasonal: Helsinki
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, London-Stansted, Manchester
LOT Polish Airlines	Seasonal: Warsaw-Chopin
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine	Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Helsinki, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stavanger, Stockholm–Arlanda, Trondheim
People's Viennaline	Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein
Ryanair	Seasonal: Charleroi, Frankfurt (begins 26 March 2018), Hahn, London-Stansted
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal: Bergen (begins 4 July 2018), Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stavanger (begins 30 June 2018), Stockholm-Arlanda
S7 Airlines operated by Globus Airlines	Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo
Trade Air operated by AIS Airlines	Osijek, Split
Transavia	Seasonal: Rotterdam Seasonal charter: Amsterdam
TUI Airways	Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands Edinburgh, London-Gatwick, Manchester
TUI fly Netherlands	Seasonal: Amsterdam
TUI fly Nordic	Seasonal: Copenhagen (begins 05 May 2018) Seasonal charter: Stockholm-Arlanda
Volotea	Seasonal: Nantes (begins 30 May 2018)
Windrose Airlines	Seasonal: Kiev-Boryspil

Statistics

Traffic at Pula Airport

Year	Passengers	Change	Aircraft movements	Change
1990	672,241	N/A	N/A	N/A
1996	33,612	N/A	3,179	N/A
1997	63,747	89,7%	3,596	13,1%
1998	66,934	5,0%	3,698	2,8%
1999	53,360	20,3%	3,183	13,9%
2000	66,772	25,1%	4,106	29%
2001	102,985	54,2%	4,617	12,5%
2002	140,431	36,4%	5,475	18,6%
2003	136,207	3,1%	5,903	7,8%
2004	155,566	14,2%	6,859	16,2%
2005	209,412	34,6%	7,539	9,9%
2006	295,342	41,0%	7,895	4,7%
2007	384,487	30,2%	8,458	7,1%
2008	397,363	3,4%	9,408	11,2%
2009	318,838	19,8%	9,126	3,0%
2010	332,399	4,3%	6,830	25,2%
2011	355,920	7,1%	6,984	2,3%
2012	367,455	3,2%	7,132	2,1%
2013	351,196	4,4%	7,292	2,2%
2014	382,992	9,1%	7,106	2,6%
2015	359,426	6,2%	6,954	2,1%
2016	436,121	21,3%	7,692	10,6%
2017(01.01-30.09)	551,519	35,7%	8,148	21,3%

Ground transportation

A bus that goes to/from the airport ("Pula Zracna Luka") and the Pula central bus terminal ("Bus Kolodvor").

A taxi can be taken to the outskirts of Pula (specifically, Verudela, where Hotel Palma and Histria are located).

Incidents and accidents

• 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 5 passengers.
• On 21 September 2011, the left main gear on a private Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage collapsed after it made a 180 turn to line-up with the runway. The runway was closed for 3 hours as a result. The plane received a minor damage and there were no injuries reported among the 4 passengers in the aircraft.

External links

• Official website