Split Airport

Split Airport (Croatian: Zračna luka Split; IATA: SPU, ICAO: LDSP), also known as Resnik Airport (Croatian: Zračna luka Resnik), is the international airport serving the city of Split, Croatia. It is located 19 km (12 mi) from Split, on the west side of Kaštela Bay, in the town of Kaštela, and extending into the adjacent town of Trogir.

Split Airport

Zračna luka Split
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerSplit Airport Ltd.
ServesSplit/Kaštela/Trogir
LocationKaštela, Croatia
Hub forCroatia Airlines
Elevation AMSL78 ft / 24 m
Coordinates43°32′20″N 016°17′53″E
Websitewww.split-airport.hr
Map
SPU
Location of the airport in Croatia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,550 8,366 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers3,301,930 5.69%
Statistics from Split Airport site[1]
General information from Split Airport site[2]
Source: Croatian Aeronautical Information Publication[3]

In 2019, the airport was the second busiest in Croatia after Zagreb Airport handling 3.3 million passengers.[4] The airport was the busiest in Croatia in 2021 handling 1.57 million passengers, surpassing Zagreb Airport for the first time. It is a major destination for leisure flights during the European summer holiday season and an important focus city for Croatia Airlines that offers flights to European cities such as Athens, Frankfurt, London and Paris.

History

The first grass airfield was located in Sinj and the first commercial route was opened in 1931 by the Yugoslav airline Aeroput. It linked Zagreb with Belgrade through Rijeka, Split and Sarajevo, and maintained this route until the start of the Second World War.[5][6] These flights connected Split either by its Divulje seaplane station, or by the Sinj airfield.[5]

In the sixties, the airport was relocated from Sinj to Resnik. The new airport complex, designed by architect Darko Stipevski (Tehnika, Zagreb), was opened on 25 November 1966. The apron had dimensions of only 200 x 112 m and 6 parking positions with a planned capacity of 150,000 passengers. In 1968, passenger numbers already stood at 150,737 and in 1969 at 235,000. In 1967, the apron was extended for the first time to accommodate 10 aircraft.[7]

A new larger terminal building designed by architect Branko Gruica (Projektant, Mostar) was constructed and opened in 1979 to accommodate traffic for the 8th Mediterranean Games held in Split in September of that year.[8] The largest pre-war passenger numbers were achieved in 1987 totalling 1,151,580 passengers and 7,873 landings.[7]

In 1991, the passenger figures dropped to nearly zero, as the war in the former Yugoslavia broke out. 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 1995, the civilian traffic figures began rising again, and eventually surpassed the 1987 record in 2008.[7]

In 2005, the terminal got a major facelift by architect Ivan Vulić (VV-Projekt, Split) adding one more gate, the glass façade, as well as the award-winning Airport entrance structure consisting of steel/fabric "trees" illuminated by multi-colour LEDs.[9][10]

The new apron designed by Ivan Vulić, Ivan Radeljak and Mate Žaja was constructed in 2011 with a capacity slightly over the old one but with better security conditions.[11] The cost of this investment was €13 million leading to 34,000 m2  of new parking space for aircraft as well as space for future administrative works below the apron.[12] The lower level houses warehouses, workshops, offices and other objects that will support the new 34,500 m2, HRK 455 million terminal building that is being built next to it.[13][14] New apron features an unusual sound barrier on the south side which can be closed when an aircraft is close by and opened in all other times to allow for fairly unobstructed view of the Adriatic sea from terminal building.

The airport's busiest time are the months of June, July and August due to a large influx of tourists for the European summer holiday period. Weekends are the busiest part of the week with more than 200 flights and some 50,000 passengers.[15]

On the grounds of the airport there are some 1000 olive trees.

Expansion (2019)

Due to significant increase in passengers numbers, especially during the summer months, an expansion project was completed in summer of 2019, adding more than three times the floor space of the original terminal building and increasing the capacity to 5 million passengers per year. Original terminal has been refurbished and is still being used for some international departures, while check in, all domestic departures as well as both international and domestic arrivals including baggage claim is located in the new areas.

As a part of the expansion project enclosed bridge over the state road D409 taking passengers to newly built parking lot, bus terminal as well as rental car facilities.

Decision not to include any jet bridges in the new expansion has been justified with limited apron space as well as the fact that majority of the airlines at the airport are low cost carriers.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin[16]
Aeroflot Seasonal: Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[17]
Air Serbia Seasonal: Belgrade
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga[18]
AirExplore Seasonal: Bratislava[19]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Blue Air Seasonal: Bucharest (begins 23 June 2022)[20]
British Airways Seasonal: London–City,[21] London–Heathrow
Brussels AirlinesSeasonal: Brussels[22]
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf,[23] Frankfurt, Munich[24]
Croatia Airlines Frankfurt, Munich, Rome–Fiumicino, Zagreb
Seasonal: Amsterdam (begins 14 June 2022),[25] Athens (resumes 2 July 2022), Berlin, Bucharest (begins 10 June 2022),[25] Copenhagen,[25] Dublin (begins 12 June 2022),[25] Dubrovnik, Düsseldorf, London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow, Lyon, Milan–Malpensa (begins 12 June 2022),[25] Osijek, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Prague,[26] Stockholm–Arlanda (begins 10 June 2022),[25] Vienna, Zürich
Seasonal charter: Ancona,[27] Luleå,[28] Molde,[29] Örnsköldsvik,[28] Östersund,[28] Skellefteå,[28] Sundsvall,[28] Umeå[28]
easyJet Seasonal: Amsterdam, Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Bristol, Geneva, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Lyon, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich[30]
Eurowings Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart
Seasonal: Berlin, Dortmund, Hamburg, Hanover, Salzburg
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
Iberia Seasonal: Madrid
ITA Airways Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino (begins 4 August 2022)[31][32]
Jet Time Seasonal charter: Helsinki (begins 13 May 2022)[33]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester
KLM Amsterdam
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal: Gdańsk,[34] Katowice,[34] Lublin,[34] Poznań,[34] Rzeszów,[35] Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[36]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Bergen, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Oslo, Stavanger, Stockholm–Arlanda, Trondheim
Novair Seasonal charter: Gothenburg,[37] Stockholm–Arlanda
Ryanair Seasonal: Dublin
S7 Airlines Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo[38]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Bergen, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Kristiansand, Oslo, Stavanger, Stockholm–Arlanda
SkyUp Seasonal: Kyiv–Boryspil[39]
Smartwings Seasonal: Katowice,[40] Prague, Warsaw–Chopin[41]
Seasonal charter: Ostrava[42]
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Helsinki[43]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva[44]
Trade Air Dubrovnik, Osijek, Pula, Rijeka, Zagreb
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam,[45] Montpellier (begins 9 July 2022),[46] Nantes (begins 10 July 2022),[47] Paris–Orly, Rotterdam/The Hague
TUI Airways[48] Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Antwerp, Lille
TUI fly Nordic Seasonal charter: Gothenburg (begins 12 August 2022),[49] Stockholm–Arlanda
Ukraine International Airlines Seasonal: Kyiv–Boryspil[50]
Volotea Seasonal: Bordeaux, Lille (begins 8 May 2022),[51] Lyon,[52] Marseille, Nantes, Toulouse, Venice
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona, Paris–Orly (begins 17 June 2022),[53] Rome–Fiumicino
Windrose Airlines Seasonal: Kyiv–Boryspil
Wizz Air Seasonal: Gdańsk,[54] Katowice, Kraków,[55] London–Luton, Lublin,[56] Poznań,[56] Rome–Fiumicino,[57] Vienna,[58][59] Vilnius (begins 13 June 2022),[60] Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław

Statistics
Split Airport new terminal interior
Split Airport old terminal entrance
Split Airport old terminal interior
Air Traffic Control tower
New apron
Annual passenger traffic at SPU airport. See source Wikidata query.
Traffic at Split Resnik Airport[1]
Year Passengers Passenger %
Change		 Cargo Cargo %
Change
2000 540,603 n/a 1,452 n/a
2001 568,625 5.18 1,214 16.39
2002 617,005 8.51 956 21.25
2003 698,128 13.15 931 2.62
2004 778,771 11.55 981 5.37
2005 934,049 19.94 877 10.6
2006 1,095,852 17.32 1,459 66.36
2007 1,190,551 8.64 1,482 1.58
2008 1,203,778 1.11 1,081 27.06
2009 1,115,099 7.37 688 n/a
2010 1,219,741 9.38 630 n/a
2011 1,300,381 6.61 619 n/a
2012 1,425,749 9.64 577 n/a
2013 1,581,734 10.94 450 28.81
2014 1,752,657 10.81 498 7.14
2015 1,955,400 11.57 551 10
2016 2,289,987 17.11 631 15
2017 2,818,176 23.1 747 18
2018 3,124,067 10,85 823 10
2019 3,301,930 5,69 866 5
2020 669,702 79,61 273 68
2021 1,577,584 233,93 n/a n/a
2022 205,839 86,95 n/a n/a
Traffic at Split Resnik Airport in 2021/2022 by month[1]
Month Passengers 2021 Passengers 2022 Passenger %
Change
January 7,753 20,400 263,12
February 6,125 19,678 321.27
March 8,477 32,445 382.74
April 14,783 133,316 901.86
May 33,695
June 116,596
July 352,857
August 494,241
September 328,886
October 162,475
November 27,128
December 24,568

Bus

Split Airport can be reached from Split (and Trogir, where indicated) by public buses:

  • Promet line no. 37 (Split-Airport-Trogir and Trogir-Airport-Split), terminating at the Sukoišan bus terminal in Split (about 10 minutes walking from the old town, and 20 minutes from the main bus/railway station), departing every 20 minutes on weekdays and every 30 minutes on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays[61]
  • Promet line no. 2 (Split-Strinje-Airport)[62]

The airport is also easily reachable by shuttles, taxis or private cars. Numerous car rental companies are available on the site.

Ship

A catamaran service between the Airport and Split harbour is available every 90 minutes in the peak tourist season (15 July – 30 September) and with lower frequency through October.[63][64] Another line connecting the Airport two additional times daily with Split harbour and Bol on Brač island is available from June to mid-September.[65]

Rail

The airport is linked onto the Split suburban railway with a Promet bus line running eight times daily between the nearest train station (Kaštel Stari) and the airport with a joint ticket.[66][67]

According to Split city administration plans, starting from 2025–6 the Split suburban railway will be extended to the airport.

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