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Lošinj Airport is a privately owned public airport 3.2
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s (5.9 km) from
Mali Lošinj Mali Lošinj is a town in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, on the island of Lošinj, in western Croatia. At the time of the 2021 census, there were 7,537 inhabitants, of whom 86% were Croats. The town of Mali Lošinj itself had an urban populat ...
on the island of
Lošinj Lošinj (; ; , earlier ''Osero''; ; ; ) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, in the Kvarner Gulf. It is almost due south of the city of Rijeka and part of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The settlements on Lošinj include Nerez ...
,
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. It is registered for domestic and international traffic. It is one of five island airports in the country (the most notable being
Krk Krk (; ; ; ; archaic German: ''Vegl'', ; ) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. Krk is tied with Cres as the largest Adriatic island, depending o ...
island's Rijeka Airport and
Brač Airport Brač Airport (; ) is an airport on the Croatia, Croatian island of Brač, close to the town of Bol, Croatia, Bol, after which it is sometimes also named informally. It is one of three island airports in the country (the other two being Krk Isla ...
on the eponymous island).


Overview

The runway is 900 m long and 30 m wide, and is equipped with 1C signalization, according to the ICAO. A non-precision
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using an
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located near the city is published. The runway and
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s are paved with asphalt. Two taxiways are positioned at 45° from the runway. The traffic consists primarily of small aircraft. It was built as a general aviation airport for air sports in 1985 when Croatia was still part of
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.


Airlines and destinations

As of February 2021, there are no regular flights scheduled. The sole remaining seasonal route by Silver Air to
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is not scheduled for resumption in the wake of the
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.


Statistics


References


External links


Official website
Airports in Croatia Lošinj Buildings and structures in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Transport in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Yugoslav Croatian architecture {{Croatia-struct-stub