Brač Airport

This article is about an airport in Croatia. For the similarly named airport in Chad, Africa, see Bol Airport (Chad).

Brač Airport (Croatian: Zračna luka Brač; IATA: BWK, ICAO: LDSB) is an airport on the Croatian island of Brač, close to the town of Bol, after which it is sometimes also named informally. It is one of three island airports in the country (the other two being Krk Island's Rijeka Airport and Lošinj Airport on the eponymous island) used for commercial passenger flights, mainly charter traffic from Europe during the summer season.

Brač Airport Zračna luka Brač
IATA: BWK ICAO: LDSB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Brač Airport Ltd.
Serves	Brač, Croatia
Location	Bol
Elevation AMSL	1,781[1] ft / 543 m
Coordinates	43°17′09″N 016°40′47″E
Website	airport-brac.hr
Map
BWK Location of the airport in Croatia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 1,760 5,774 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 19,073 19.60%
Croatian Aeronautical Information Publication[2]

Overview

Brač Airport is situated in Veško field, 543m above sea level. It is located some 14 km from Zlatni Rat (Golden horn) and 30 km from Supetar, the largest town on the island. Due to the airport's elevation as well as the vicinity of the highest island's peak, Vidova gora, there is a possibility of fog, low stratus and poor visibility. There is also a possibility of snow, but only for a few days during winter. The most frequent winds are bora (NE) and jugo (SE) and temporary light winds, such as maestral (W) and burin (NE).

Brač Airport is equipped for acceptance and dispatching of a smaller commercial aircraft up to 100 seats during daylight and at night. It is open all year long. Charters and scheduled flights typically operate only during the summer season. Public transportation is not organised, however, a taxi service is available during airport opening hours.^[3]

Brač Airport was opened on 22 May 1993, making it Croatia's youngest airport.^[4] The present terminal building opened in 2007.^[5]

Between November 2016 and March 2017 the runway was lengthened from 1,440 to 1,760 meters towards the southwest,^[6] allowing the airport to handle aircraft such as Airbus A319, Bombardier C-Series and Embraer 195. Work was valued at 666,000 euros.^[7]

The second phase of runway extension will see the runway lengthened towards the northeast from 1,760 to 2,350 meters, enabling unrestricted aircraft handling of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800.^[8]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Brač Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Croatia Airlines	Seasonal: Zagreb Seasonal charter: Graz,[9][10] Linz[11]
Goldeckflug [de]	Seasonal charter: Wiener Neustadt[12]
Helvetic Airways	Seasonal charter: Bern[13]
Luxair	Seasonal: Luxembourg[14]
SkyAlps	Seasonal: Bolzano[15] Seasonal charter: Bratislava,[16] Košice[17]

Statistics

Control tower

Annual passenger traffic at BWK airport. See Wikidata query.

Traffic at Brač Airport^[18]

Year	Passengers	A/C Operations
2000	29.036	1.448
2001	33.759	1.587
2002	31.966	1.815
2003	27.339	2.058
2004	26.965	1.875
2005	22.205	1.865
2006	17.721	2.266
2007	15.520	2.172
2008	14.784	1.862
2009	12.860	2.122
2010	11.747	1.390
2011	12.582	1.538
2012	12.634	1.426
2013	10.396	1.310
2014	10.431	1.382
2015	9.813	1.622
2016	13.119	2.010
2017	21.596	TBC
2018	30.170	TBC
2019	25.339	TBC
2020	4.250	TBC
2021	10.004	TBC
2022	15.948	TBC
2023	19.073[19]	TBC

References

1. "AIP for CROATIA (section AD-2.LDSB) valid from 07 DEC 2017". Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
2. "AIP]". European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation.
3. "Brac Airport". Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
4. "Brac Airport". Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
5. "History - Zračna luka Brač - Airport Brač". airport-brac.hr. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
6. "Brač Airport to begin runway extension". www.exyuaviation.com. 27 October 2016.
7. "Brač Airport completes runway extension". www.exyuaviation.com. 20 March 2017.
8. "Brač Airport Expansion Draws TUI and Eurowings". Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
9. "Croatia Airlines uvodi liniju München – Brač!".
10. "Summer timteable 2022 - Graz Airport" (PDF).
11. "Summer 2023: Avanti Air starts Linz". 16 December 2022.
12. "Goldeck-Flug / Fly smarter – Croatia / Brač".
13. "PRVI OBJAVLJUJEMO-NAJAVE: Helvetic pokreće Bern-Brač".
14. "EKSKLUZIVNO-NAJAVE: Luxair pokreće Luksemburg-Brač – zamaaero".
15. "Seasonal flight operations have started on Brač island". avioradar.hr. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
16. "EKSKLUZIVNO-NAJAVE: SkyAlps pokreće i 3. liniju iz Brača".
17. "EKSKLUZIVNO-NAJAVE: SkyAlps pokreće Košice-Brač".
18. "PUTNICI KROZ GODINE (STAT.doc)". airport-brac.hr. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
19. "Former Yugoslav airports handle 32.5 million passengers in 2023". 19 January 2024.

External links

Media related to Brač Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website