Split Airport

Two million passengers expected to pass through Split Airport by end of the month

The trend of a large number of passengers and aircraft continued at Split airport this weekend, and the second millionth passenger is expected at the end of the month.

Mate Melvan from Split airport told Hina, “These numbers have been constantly circulating for three weekends in a row, so we can expect such numbers next weekend as well, given that we have good indicators. We can say that the season at the airport is going well.

Split Kaštela/Resnik Airport (Airport Split)  is the airport serving Split and Kaštela in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. It is close to the town of Trogir.

The airport is the second largest in Croatia in terms of passenger numbers, handling 1,219,741 passengers in 2010. It is an important hub for Croatia Airlines offering flights to many European cities such as; London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Rome and Paris.

History

The airport was opened 25th of November 1966. The apron had dimensions of only 200 x 112m and had 6 parking positions. Planned capacity was 150,000 passengers. In 1968. the traffic was already at 150.737, and in 1969. at 235.000. In 1967. the apron was extended for the first time, to accommodate 10 aircraft. The largest pre-war passenger numbers were achieved in 1987. totaling in 1,151,580 passengers and 7,873 landings. Around that time the new terminal was built, and the apron was extended once more. In 1991. the passenger figures dropped almost to a zero, as the war broke out in former Yugoslavia. In the years that followed, most of the traffic were NATO and UN cargo planes, such as the C-5 Galaxy, MD-11, Boeing 747 and C-130 Hercules. After the year 1995. the civilian traffic figures started rising up again, and finally in 2007. surpassing the 1987. record. In 2005. the terminal got a major facelift, adding one more gate, the glass facade, as well as the steel/fabric palms illuminated by multi-color LED-s. Now the airport is mostly used during the summer time, as the city of Split is a large tourist destination. Saturdays are the busiest days of the week, with over 100 landings and 20,000 passengers.