Pula Airport

Pula Airport (Croatian: Zračna luka Pula; Italian: Aeroporto di Pola; IATA: PUY, ICAO: LDPL) is the international airport serving Pula, 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 and a multitude of cities in eastern Italy. It serves as a major access point to city of Pula, as well as most of Istria, most notably Brijuni national park.

Pula Airport

Zračna luka Pula
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorPula Airport Ltd.
ServesPula, Croatia
Elevation AMSL274 ft / 84 m
Coordinates44°53′37″N 013°55′20″E
Websiteairport-pula.hr
Map
PUY
Location of the airport in Croatia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,950 9,678 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers777,568
Passenger change 18–198,42%

History

Pula Airport at current location was initially used only for military purposes but has been changed to civil airport as of 1 May 1967 and saw 701,370 passengers in 1987. Same year works on new terminal building began and were completed by 1989 with capacity of 1 million passengers per year. Croatian War of Independence has caused sharp decline in passenger numbers. Airport has seen steady increase in passenger volume over the next 3 decades, surpassing previous record in 2018. As most passengers flying to/from Pula airport are holiday makers flight numbers have a significant seasonal character.

Facilities

Pula Airport has a single terminal building with capacity of 1 million passengers per year. Airport serves both domestic and international flights. Inside the terminal there are 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 terminal building to the aircraft or are transferred by bus.

Because of its location and fairly good weather conditions whole year around, as well as lower flight numbers during winter months it is frequently used by European carriers for training flights.

Ground transportation

Airport can be reached by dedicated bus line from centre of Pula. Schedule is adjusted on a monthly basis to meet the flights arrival/departure.

Airlines and destinations
Aerial view
AirlinesDestinations
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin
Air Serbia Seasonal: Belgrade
British Airways Seasonal: London–Heathrow
Croatia AirlinesZadar, Zagreb
Seasonal: Dubrovnik, Frankfurt, Zürich
easyJet Seasonal: Amsterdam,[3] Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Bristol, Geneva,[3] Glasgow (begins 28 June 2021),[4] London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham,[5] Leeds/Bradford, Manchester
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda
People's Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein
Ryanair Seasonal: Charleroi, Hahn, London–Stansted, Vienna (begins 2 June 2021)[6][7]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Bergen, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo, Stavanger, Stockholm–Arlanda
SkyUp Seasonal: Kiev–Boryspil[8]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva
S7 Airlines Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo
Trade Air Osijek, Split, Zagreb
Transavia Seasonal: Rotterdam/The Hague
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, London–Gatwick, Manchester
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 595,812 36,5% 9,288 20,7%
2018 717,187 20,3% 10,076 8,4%
2019 777,568 8,42% 10,428 3,49%
2020 (Jan-Sep) 76,016 90,22% 3,756 63,98%

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.[9][10]
  • 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.[11]

References
  1. "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. http://www.easyjet.com
  4. "New routes from the UK". EasyJet. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  5. "Cheap Flights - Find & Book Cheap Flights Online - Jet2.com". Jet2.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. "RYANAIR NIMMT 8 NEUE VERBINDUNGEN AB WIEN AUF". Ryanair. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  7. "Ryanair annouces [sic] new route to Pula for next year". avioradar.hr. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  8. Liu, Jim (29 March 2019). "SkyUp Airlines adds Pula service from June 2019". Routesonline.
  9. Ranter, Harro. "Incident Piper PA-46-310P Malibu / Jetprop DLX D-ETPW, 02 Aug 2009". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  10. "Izbjegnuta tragedija: Njemački avion sletio "na nos" u Puli, nema ozlijeđenih". Index.hr. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  11. Ranter, Harro. "Incident Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage D-EIFA, 21 Sep 2011". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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