Rijeka Airport
Rijeka Airport Zračna luka Rijeka/Krk I. | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Rijeka Airport Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Rijeka | ||||||||||
| Location | Omišalj, Croatia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 278 ft / 85 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°13′01″N 014°34′13″E / 45.21694°N 14.57028°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.rijeka-airport.hr | ||||||||||
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Rijeka Airport (Croatian: Zračna luka Rijeka) (IATA: RJK, ICAO: LDRI) 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.[1]
Most of the traffic to and from the airport occurs during the summer months, when it is used by several European low-cost airlines flying tourists to the northern parts of the Croatian coast.
Airlines and destinations
- All routes below are summer seasonal routes unless indicated otherwise.
Scheduled
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Ak Bars Aero | Charter: Kaliningrad |
| Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways | Charter: Innsbruck |
| Condor | Frankfurt |
| Croatia Airlines | Barcelona, London-Heathrow |
| Danube Wings | Košice |
| Germanwings | Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Hannover [from summer 2013], Stuttgart |
| Khors Air | Charter: Kiev |
| Malmö Aviation | Charter: Gothenburg-Landvetter |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Oslo-Gardermoen |
| Ryanair | London-Stansted, Stockholm-Skavsta |
| SkyWork Airlines | Bern |
| Small Planet Airlines | Charter: Vilnius |
Statistics
| Year | Passengers | Change | Aircraft movements | Change |
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| 2003 | 41,498 | 2,630 | ||
| 2004 | 51,349 |  23,74%
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2,753 | 4,68%
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| 2005 | 118,244 | 130,28%
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3,043 | 10,53%
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| 2006 | 166,675 | 40,96%
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3,497 | 14,92%
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| 2007 | 160,862 |  3,49%
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3,407 | 2,57%
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| 2008 | 109,706 | 31,80%
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2,521 | 26,00%
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| 2009 | 110,208 | 0,46%
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2,759 | 9,44%
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| 2010 | 61,478 | 44,22%
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2,016 | 26,93%
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| 2011 | 78,890 | 28,32%
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2,680 | 32,84%
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Source: Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure
Incidents and accidents
- On 23 May 1971, an Aviogenex Tupolev Tu-134A (tail number YU-AHZ) crashed on approach to Rijeka Airport because of rough landing in bad weather conditions,[2][3] killing 78 people and leaving five survivors. Among the victims was the famous Croatian poet Josip Pupačić with his wife and daughter.
Gallery
References
External links
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