TRAFFIC IN AIRPORTS, DECEMBER 2021

The total traffic of passengers in Croatian airports amounted to 216 thousand in December 2021, which was 299.6% more than in December 2020, when the total traffic of passengers amounted to only 54 thousand due to the spread of the COVID-19. By comparison, in December 2019, the total traffic of passengers amounted to 307 thousand. The total traffic of passengers in December 2021 accounted for 70.3% of the total traffic of passengers realised in December 2019, while total traffic of passengers in 2021 accounted for 41.3% of the total traffic of passengers realised in 2019.

The largest traffic of passengers was recorded in the Zagreb Airport, with 178 thousand passengers, which was an increase of 336.0% compared to December 2020, when the traffic of passengers amounted to 41 thousand (the traffic of passengers amounted to 230 thousand in December 2019). This was followed with the Split Airport, with 23 thousand passengers (the traffic of passengers amounted to 8 thousand in December 2020 and to 39 thousand in December 2019), and the Dubrovnik Airport, with 12 thousand passengers (the traffic of passengers amounted to 4 thousand in December 2020 and to 35 thousand in December 2019).

The most significant international traffic of passengers was realised with German airports, 48 thousand passengers, which was an increase of 353.0% compared to the same period of 2020, when the traffic of passengers amounted to 11 thousand.

The total number of landings and take-offs in airports in December 2021 amounted to 4 653 movements, which was 101.0% more than in December 2020, when the total number of landings and take-offs in airports amounted to only 2 315 movements. The total number of landings and take-offs in airports amounted to 4 886 movements in December 2019.

The total traffic of freight in airports in December 2021 amounted to 882 tonnes, which was an increase of 25.5% compared to December 2020, when the total traffic of freight in airports amounted to 703 tonnes.

In the period from January to December 2021, there were 86 thousand landings and take-offs in Croatian airports, which was 58.2% more than in the same period of 2020. In 2021, a total of 4.7 million passengers departed from or arrived to Croatian airports, which was 121.5% more than in 2020. The total traffic of freight in airports in the period from January to December 2021 increased by 14.7% compared to the same period of 2020 and amounted to 8.8 thousand tonnes.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Cumulative data are not always equal to the sum of individual monthly results due to the rounding of numbers to the nearest thousand.

The purpose of the survey is to collect data on the number of all aircraft movements and the traffic of passengers and freight on commercial operations in airports and air landing places of the Republic of Croatia.

The observation units and reporting units are airports in the Republic of Croatia. Data are collected in the form of electronic datasets and on the PZ/M-21 form.

Coverage

The data on air traffic (total aircraft movements, traffic of passengers and freight in airports) relate to the activities of the airports of Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik, Pula, Rijeka, Zadar, Osijek, Brač and the air landing place of Mali Lošinj.

The number of total aircraft movements in airports refers to the number of all (commercial and non-commercial) operations of landing and taking-off of an aircraft, except state flights (military, customs, police).

Traffic of passengers in airports includes the number of passengers who have departed or arrived on commercial operations. Passengers in direct transit are excluded. Direct transit passengers are passengers who, after a short stop, continue their journey on the same aircraft on a flight having the same flight number as the flight on which they arrived.

Traffic of freight in airports refers to the loaded and unloaded goods and mail on commercial operations other than the baggage of passengers. The freight in direct transit is excluded.

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