Rijeka Airport
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Rijeka Airport
| Rijeka Airport Zračna luka Rijeka/Krk I. |
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IATA: RJK – ICAO: LDRI
 RJK
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Rijeka Airport Ltd. | ||
| Serves | Rijeka, Croatia | ||
| Location | Omišalj, Croatia | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 278 ft / 85 m | ||
| Coordinates | 45°13′01″N 014°34′13″E / 45.21694°N 14.57028°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 14/32 | 2,500 | 8,202 | Concrete/Asphalt |
| Croatian Aeronautical Information Publication[1] | |||
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.
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Airlines and destinations
- All routes below are summer seasonal routes unless indicated otherwise.
Scheduled
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Condor | Frankfurt |
| Croatia Airlines | Barcelona [begins 5 June 2012], London-Heathrow |
| Danube Wings | Košice [resumes 21 June 2012] |
| Germanwings | Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart [begins 30 July 2012] |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Oslo-Gardermoen [resumes 28 June 2012] |
| Ryanair | London-Stansted [resumes 4 July 2012], Stockholm-Skavsta |
| SkyWork Airlines | Bern |
Seasonal Charters
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Ak Bars Aero | Moscow-Domodedovo [begins 16 June 2012] |
| Arkia Israel Airlines | Tel Aviv |
| Malmö Aviation | Gothenburg-Landvetter [resumes 16 June 2012] |
| Small Planet Airlines | Vilnius [begins 22 June 2012] |
| Tyrolean Airways | Innsbruck [begins 27 May 2012] |
Statistics
| Year | Passengers | Change | Aircraft movements | Change |
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| 2003 | 41,498 | 2,630 | ||
| 2004 | 51,349 |  23,74% |
2,753 | 4,68% |
| 2005 | 118,244 | 130,28% |
3,043 | 10,53% |
| 2006 | 166,675 | 40,96% |
3,497 | 14,92% |
| 2007 | 160,862 |  3,49% |
3,407 | 2,57% |
| 2008 | 109,706 | 31,80% |
2,521 | 26,00% |
| 2009 | 110,208 | 0,46% |
2,759 | 9,44% |
| 2010 | 61,478 | 44,22% |
2,016 | 26,93% |
| 2011 | 78,890 | 28,32% |
2,680 | 32,84% |
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
- ^ a b AIP from the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
- ^ ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A YU-AHZ Rijeka Airport (RJK) — 2 photographs
- ^ Авиакатастрофы самолётов Ту-134 (Russian)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rijeka Airport |
- Airport website in English
- Airport information for LDRI at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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