Mostar International Airport
Mostar International Airport Međunarodna zračna luka Mostar | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Mostar (88%) Zagreb Airport (12%) | ||||||||||
| Operator | Mostar Airport Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||
| Location | Ortiješ | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Sky Alps[1](starts May 2025) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 48 m / 156 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°16′58″N 17°50′45″E / 43.28278°N 17.84583°E | ||||||||||
| Website | mostar-airport.ba | ||||||||||
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Source: Bosnian and Herzegovinian Directorate of Civil Aviation BHDCA[2] | |||||||||||
Mostar International Airport (Bosnian: Međunarodni aerodrom Mostar, Croatian: Međunarodna zračna luka Mostar; IATA: OMO, ICAO: LQMO) is an airport near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the village of Ortiješ, 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) southeast of Mostar's railway station.[3]
History
[edit]Mostar Airport was opened for civilian air traffic in 1965, targeting domestic flights. Prior to 1965, Mostar was a local airport with a large concrete runway used by aircraft manufacturer SOKO for testing and delivering military aircraft. Military underground hangar was built here.[4] Currently, the airport primarily serves charter flights for Catholics making the pilgrimage to nearby Medjugorje. In 2012, the airport had a twofold increase in traffic, making it the second-busiest in Bosnia and Herzegovina after Sarajevo airport.
In November 2017, German low-cost carrier Eurowings was the first airline to schedule regular flights from Mostar, namely to Düsseldorf and Stuttgart, serving both with two weekly flights from May 2018 respectively.[5] On 3 May 2018, the first landing of a Croatia Airlines aircraft marked the introduction of the twice weekly nonstop Mostar-Zagreb service.[6] The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the airports operations, causing Croatia Airlines and Eurowings not to continue their services as planned, therefore losing all scheduled traffic. Also, numerous irregularities in the spending of airport funds and illegally elected administration were noticed.[7] The airport received 1,000,000 Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible marks (€500,000) from the government in March 2021 as an aid to overcome the Covid-crisis.[8] On 8 September 2021, Croatia Airlines operated a charter flight from Shannon in Ireland to Mostar Airport, marking the resumption of any civilian traffic in Mostar since March 2020. Airport management also started negotiating flights with low cost airline Wizz Air to sustain direct flights to the diaspora in Germany and Sweden, tough without any outcome.[9] In 2023, Mostar gained two new direct links to Italy, with AeroItalia launching flights to the secondary airport of Forlì and Greek charter airline Lumiwings connecting Mostar with Foggia. Both routes were discontinued after just one season.
Airlines and destinations
[edit]The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Mostar Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Serbia | Belgrade[10] |
| Croatia Airlines | Zagreb[11] |
| Luxwing | Seasonal charter: Catania, Naples[citation needed] |
| Sky Alps[12] | Seasonal: Bari, Catania (starts May 2025),[citation needed] Milan-Bergamo (starts May 2025),[citation needed] Munich, Naples (starts May 2025),[citation needed] Rome–Fiumicino, Palermo (starts May 2025),[citation needed] Vienna (starts May 2025)[citation needed] |
Statistics
[edit]The record number of 86,000 passengers was recorded in the year 1990.[13]
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| Year/Month | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Year total | Change |
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| 2024 | 788 | 868 | 929 | 1,771 | 4,762 | 5,431 | 6,378 | 10,149 | 6,039 | 4,740 | 41,855 |  +133.2%
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| 2023 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 874 | 1,320 | 1,533 | 2,573 | 5,838 | 3,736 | 2,617 | 992 | 1,022 | 20,544 | +91.8%
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| 2022 | 6 | 39 | 21 | 110 | 189 | 942 | 2,151 | 4,623 | 1,914 | 711 | 5 | n/a | 10,711 | +693.2%
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| 2021 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 76 | 218 | 253 | 664 | 324 | 153 | 205 | 1,942 | +41.34%
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| 2020 | 384 | 267 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 190 | 11 | 25 | 288 | 1,374 |  -95.81%
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| 2019 | 163 | 294 | 289 | 1,291 | 2,423 | 4,029 | 4,677 | 8,369 | 6,218 | 3,512 | 931 | 670 | 32,866 | +15.46%
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| 2018 | 0 | 171 | 448 | 1,557 | 3,881 | 4,004 | 3,173 | 7,561 | 4,963 | 1,654 | 570 | 481 | 28,463 | -33.9%
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| 2017 | 290 | 493 | 1,014 | 3,741 | 5,406 | 5,765 | 5,201 | 8,876 | 7,437 | 4,121 | 379 | 395 | 43,118 | -19.5%
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| 2016 | 226 | 24 | 1,122 | 3,797 | 6,139 | 7,178 | 8,411 | 10,788 | 10,225 | 4,692 | n/a | n/a | 53,618 | -28.5%
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| 2015 | 775 | 186 | 2,425 | 6,680 | 11,867 | 9,696 | 9,715 | 13,305 | 11,502 | 6,718 | 852 | 1,303 | 75,024 | +10.3%
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| 2014 | 395 | 117 | 1,575 | 5,817 | 9,689 | 9,288 | 8,831 | 10,691 | 10,499 | 7,731 | 1,426 | 1,921 | 67,980 | -1.3%
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| 2013 | 155 | 7 | 2,453 | 7,737 | 9,082 | 9,146 | 6,665 | 11,103 | 9,599 | 7,602 | 3,339 | 2,058 | 68,939 | −13.2%
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| 2012 | 177 | 318 | 2,139 | 9,169 | 8,677 | 11,922 | 9,921 | 13,737 | 10,839 | 6,360 | 2,923 | 1,873 | 78,055 | +212.0%
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| 2011 | 554 | 0 | 696 | 2,193 | 4,029 | 5,087 | 4,343 | 4,644 | 8,432 | 4,265 | 1,086 | 1,478 | 36,807 | +206.0%
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See also
[edit]- List of airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Banja Luka International Airport
- Sarajevo International Airport
- Tuzla International Airport
References
[edit]- ^ "Italy's SkyAlps to open Mostar base in 2025". 28 September 2024.
- ^ Bosnian, Flying (18 January 2019). "Bosnia and Herzegovina aviation news: ✈Bosnia and Herzegovina air traffic report for 2018".
- ^ "EAD Basic - Error Page". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ "Podzemni aerodrom Buna (Mostar)". Facebook. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ Bosnian, Flying (7 November 2017). "Bosnia and Herzegovina aviation news: ✈Eurowings Mostar flight schedule".
- ^ Bosnian, Flying (4 May 2018). "Bosnia and Herzegovina aviation news: ✈Zagreb-Mostar flights inaugurated".
- ^ "Nalaz revizije: Aerodrom Mostar netransparentno trošio novac, brojne nepravilnosti". www.klix.ba.
- ^ "Vlada Federacije BiH izdvaja devet miliona KM za aerodrome". www.klix.ba.
- ^ "Mostar Airport plans 2022 revival". exyuaviation.com. 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Air Serbia plans year-round Mostar flights". 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Croatia Airlines to restore Mostar flights". 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Italy's SkyAlps to open Mostar base in 2025". 28 September 2024.
- ^ "Zračna luka Mostar". mostar-airport.ba. 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Home page". www.bhdca.gov.ba.
External links
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Media related to Mostar International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
