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Lošinj Airport is a small general aviation aerodrome on the island of Lošinj in the Adriatic, roughly 3.2 nautical miles from the town of Mali Lošinj. Built in 1985 as an air-sports field, it today handles light aircraft and occasional seasonal traffic rather than scheduled airline services, making it an interesting stop for visiting VFR pilots exploring the Croatian islands.
Lošinj Airport (ICAO: LDLO, IATA: LSZ) is a privately owned public airport on the island of Lošinj, Croatia, situated about 3.2 nautical miles (5.9 km) from the town of Mali Lošinj. It is registered for both domestic and international traffic and is one of only five island airports in Croatia, alongside better-known fields such as Rijeka on Krk and Brač Airport. The field is used primarily by small general aviation aircraft rather than airline traffic, giving it the character of a quiet island strip popular with visiting light-aircraft and touring pilots.
The airport sits on the island of Lošinj in the Adriatic, close to the town of Mali Lošinj, at coordinates 44.5659N 14.3932E and an elevation of 135 feet. No specific detail on the surrounding controlled airspace or FIR boundaries is given in the available sources.
Lošinj has a single physical runway, 02/20, oriented approximately north-northeast/south-southwest. It is a hard-surfaced (asphalt) runway with lighting, measuring 2947 feet in the 02 direction and 2946 feet in the 20 direction.
No specific communications frequencies for Lošinj Airport are published in the sources reviewed. A non-precision instrument approach using an NDB located near the city of Mali Lošinj is published for the field, according to the airport's own information.
Lošinj Airport was built in 1985 as a general aviation airport intended for air sports, at a time when Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia. In more recent years it has seen fluctuating passenger traffic, including a seasonal route operated by Silver Air to Lugano; this route was not resumed following the COVID-19 pandemic, and as of February 2021 there were no regular scheduled flights operating from the airport.
Today Lošinj Airport continues to operate as a general aviation field with no regular scheduled airline services; the last known seasonal route, to Lugano, has not been resumed since the COVID-19 pandemic. The airport offers panorama flights over the island and its surroundings, and publishes seasonal opening hours, for example running from 09:00 to 16:00 or 17:00 local time in spring, extending to 09:00-19:00 daily through the summer months of June to mid-September. Pilots planning a visit should confirm current opening hours and any prior permission requirements directly with the airport before flying in.