Mostar 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 | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 48 m / 156 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°16′58″N 17°50′45″E / 43.28278°N 17.84583°ECoordinates: 43°16′58″N 17°50′45″E / 43.28278°N 17.84583°E | ||||||||||
Website | mostar-airport.ba | ||||||||||
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OMO Location within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||
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Statistics (2020) | |||||||||||
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Source: Bosnian and Herzegovinian Directorate of Civil Aviation BHDCA[1] |
Mostar International Airport (Croatian: Međunarodna zračna luka Mostar; IATA: OMO, ICAO: LQMO) is an airport near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated in the village of Ortiješ, 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) southeast of Mostar's railway station.[2]
History[]
Mostar Airport was opened for civilian air traffic in 1965 for 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, and sometimes by passenger aircraft.[citation needed] Currently, the airport primarily serves 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.
Further investments are planned, which include: renovating and expanding the terminal building, expanding the apron, modernising equipment, possible expanding of runway and further education of airport staff in Italy, also building fuel tanks and hangars for private aircraft and for aircraft of the Secondary Traffic school of Mostar which uses the airport for flight school and educating students for future work. Mostar International Airport is considering a possible strategic partnership with investors or, alternatively, a privatisation or concession.
In November 2017, Eurowings was the first airline to schedule regular flights from Mostar to Düsseldorf and Stuttgart with two weekly flights from May 2018.[3] On 3 May 2018, a Croatia Airlines plane landed at Mostar Airport marking the introduction of direct two weekly Mostar-Zagreb flights.[4] The COVID-19 pandemic has further disrupted the difficult financial situation, causing Croatia Airlines and Eurowings not to continue their planned flights. Also, numerous irregularities in the spending of airport funds and illegally elected administration were noticed.[5] The airport received 1,000,000 Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible marks (€ 500,000) from the government in March 2021.[6] On 8 September 2021, Croatia Airlines operated first charter flight from Shannon in Ireland to Mostar Airport. Airport management also start negotiating flights with few low cost airlines.[7]
Airlines and destinations[]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Croatia Airlines | Seasonal charter: Shannon[8] |
Statistics[]
The record number of 86.000 passengers was recorded in the year 1990.[9]
See source Wikidata query and sources.
Year/Month | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Year total | Change |
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2021 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 76 | 218 | 343 | ||||||
2020 | 384 | 267 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 190 | 11 | 25 | 288 | 1.374 | -95,81% |
2019 | 163 | 294 | 289 | 1.291 | 2.423 | 4.029 | 4.677 | 8.369 | 6.218 | 3.512 | 931 | 670 | 32.866 | +15,46% |
2018 | 0 | 171 | 448 | 1.557 | 3.881 | 4.004 | 3.173 | 7.561 | 4.963 | 1.654 | 570 | 481 | 28.463 | -33,9% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
2010 | – | – | – | – | – | 986 | 1.800 | 4.255 | 3.712 | 1.879 | 544 | – | 17.833 | N/A |
See also[]
- List of airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Banja Luka International Airport
- Sarajevo International Airport
- Tuzla International Airport
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Charter letovi iz Irske". facebook.com/Mostarairport. 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Zračna luka Mostar". mostar-airport.ba.
- ^ "Home page". www.bhdca.gov.ba.
External links[]
Media related to Mostar International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Mostar