Mostar Airport


Mostar International Airport is an airport near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated in the village of Ortiješ, southeast of Mostar's railway station.

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. 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. On 3 May 2018, a Croatia Airlines plane landed at Mostar Airport marking the introduction of direct two weekly Mostar-Zagreb flights

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular flights to and from Mostar:

Statistics

The record number of 86.000 passengers was recorded in the year 1990.
Year/MonthJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberYear totalChange
202038426713300-------784-61,5%
20191632942891.2912.4234.0294.6778.3696.2183.51293167032.866+15,46%
201801714481.5573.8814.0043.1737.5614.9631.65457048128.463-33,9%
20172904931.0143.7415.4065.7655.2018.8767.4374.12137939543.118-19,5%
2016226241.1223.7976.1397.1788.41110.78810.2254.692n/an/a53.618-28,5%
20157751862.4256.68011.8679.6969.71513.30511.5026.7188521.30375.024+10,3%
20143951171.5755.8179.6899.2888.83110.69110.4997.7311.4261.92167.980-1,3%
201315572.4537.7379.0829.1466.66511.1039.5997.6023.3392.05868.939−13,2%
20121773182.1399.1698.67711.9229.92113.73710.8396.3602.9231.87378.055+212,0%
201155406962.1934.0295.0874.3434.6448.4324.2651.0861.47836.807+206,0%
2010–––––9861.8004.2553.7121.879544–17.833N/A