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Tivat Airport

Tivat Airport (Montenegrin: Аеродром Тиват, romanized: Aerodrom Tivat, Albanian: Aeroporti i Tivatit) (IATA: TIV, ICAO: LYTV) is an international airport serving the Montenegrin coastal town of Tivat and the surrounding region.

Tivat Airport

Aerodrom Tivat

Аеродром Тиват

Aeroporti i Tivatit
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirports of Montenegro
ServesTivat
LocationMrčevac, Montenegro
Elevation AMSL20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates42°24′17″N 18°43′24″E / 42.40472°N 18.72333°E / 42.40472; 18.72333
Websitemontenegroairports.com
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TIV is located in Montenegro
TIV
TIV
Location of airport in Montenegro
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 8,202 2,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Number of passengers848,188 Increase 30%

The airport is situated 3 km (1.9 mi) south of the centre of Tivat, with the runway aligned with the Tivat Field (Montenegrin: Тиватско поље, romanized: Tivatsko polje).

It is one of two international airports in Montenegro, the other being Podgorica Airport. Traffic at the airport follows the highly seasonal nature of the tourism industry in coastal Montenegro, with 80% of the total volume of passengers being handled during the peak season (May–September).

History

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Tivat Airport was opened on 30 May 1957, featuring a 1,200 meters (3,900 ft) long grass runway, small apron, passenger terminal building and control tower. Initially, the airport served mainly domestic passenger traffic, with flights to Belgrade, Zagreb and Skopje being operated by JAT, using Douglas DC-3 and Ilyushin Il-14 aircraft.[1]

From 1968 to 1971, the airport underwent major expansion and modernization. It was reopened on 25 September 1971, sporting a 2,500 m × 45 m (8,202 ft × 148 ft) asphalt runway, extended apron and new passenger terminal. Another expansion of airport facilities ensued after it was damaged by the 1979 earthquake.[2]

On 23 April 2003, the ownership of the airport was transferred from Jat Airways to Airports of Montenegro, a public company owned by the government of Montenegro. The airport underwent passenger terminal reconstruction in 2006.

As noise pollution increasingly became an issue in the mid-2000s, older airliners were permanently banned from using the airport, with loud widebodies such as Ilyushin Il-86 being redirected to Podgorica Airport.[3]

Expansion of the passenger terminal building was completed in December 2018. However, airport facilities struggle to service growing passenger volume during the peak summer season, which results in frequent owercrowding.

Overview

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Tivat Airport is located in the Mrčevac settlement, on the southern outskirts of Tivat urban area, 7 km (4 mi) from the Kotor city center, and 20 km (12 mi) north-west of Budva. The passenger terminal is served by Adriatic Highway (E65/E80).

The airport is situated within Tivatsko polje (Tivat field), a valley surrounded by mountainous terrain, stretching in southeasterly direction from the city of Tivat. The airport's runway is aligned with the valley's orientation, with runway 14's threshold being just 100 m (328 ft) from the Bay of Kotor coastline.

Runway 32 approach requires a descent into Tivatsko polje, and a 20° turn for runway alignment just before landing. Due to this demanding approach procedure, Tivat Airport is known among pilots as the "Kai Tak of Europe". As of 2024, the runway 14 approach is no longer included in charts, as it included an even more challenging circle-to-land maneuver.

The airport is frequented by plane spotters, due to its easy access and unobstructed views of the runway, as well as the dramatic mountain backdrop.

Tivat Airport has a highly seasonal traffic pattern, with more than 80% of passenger traffic concentrated in the May-September period.

 
Tivat Airport terminal - check-in area

Airlines and destinations

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Below is a list of scheduled services throughout all seasons from Tivat Airport according to the Montenegrin Airports Authority:[4]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Montenegro Belgrade, Istanbul[5]
Seasonal: Baku,[6] Brno,[7] İzmir,[8] Ljubljana,[9] Prague[10]
Seasonal charter: Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius[11]
Air Serbia Belgrade[12]
Seasonal: Kraljevo,[13] Niš[14]
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga[15]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna[16]
Avion Express Seasonal charter: Vilnius[17]
Azerbaijan Airlines Seasonal: Baku[18]
Braathens International Airways Seasonal charter: Oslo[19]
easyJet Seasonal: Berlin, Bristol,[20] Geneva, London–Gatwick, London–Luton,[21] Manchester
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zurich[22]
Eurowings Seasonal: Berlin,[23] Düsseldorf, Stuttgart[24]
flydubai Seasonal: Dubai–International
FlyOne[25] Seasonal charter: Chișinău[26]
FlyOne Armenia Seasonal: Yerevan[27]
Heston Airlines Seasonal charter: Tallinn, Vilnius
Israir Seasonal: Tel Aviv[28]
Jazeera Airways Seasonal: Kuwait City[29]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham,[30] London–Stansted,[31] Manchester[32]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt,[33] Munich[33]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[34]
Luxwing Seasonal charter: Bari,[35]
Norwegian Air Shuttle[36] Seasonal: Copenhagen,[37] Helsinki, Oslo, Riga[37]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen,[38] Oslo,[39] Stockholm–Arlanda
SkyUp[40] Seasonal charter: Gdańsk,[25] Katowice, Rzeszów
Sun d'Or Seasonal: Tel Aviv[19][41]
Transavia Seasonal: Paris–Orly
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels[42]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[43]
Uzbekistan Airways Seasonal charter: Tashkent

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at TIV airport. See Wikidata query.
Traffic figures at Tivat Airport
Year Passengers Change
2005 377,013
2006 451,289  20%
2007 573,914  27%
2008 570,636  1%
2009 532,080  7%
2010 541,870  2%
2011 647,184  19%
2012 725,412  12%
2013 868,343  20%
2014 910,264  5%
2015 895,050  2%
2016 979,432  10%
2017 1,129,720  15%
2018 1,245,999  10%
2019 1,367,282  9,7%
2020 189,815  86,2%
2021 671,333  253.67%
2022 652,711  2.78%
2023 848,188  29.95%

Busiest routes

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Busiest routes from Tivat Airport (2019)
Rank Airport Passengers 2019
1   Russia, Moscow–Domodedovo 334.880
2   Serbia, Belgrade 236.378
3   Russia, Moscow–Vnukovo 182.016
4   Russia, Moscow–Sheremetyevo 114.665
5   Russia, St Petersburg-Pulkovo 62.147
6   Ukraine, Kyiv-Boryspil 39.415
7   Israel, Tel Aviv 36.147
8   United Kingdom, London-Gatwick 35.883
9   Belarus, Minsk 34.697
Source: ec.europa.eu

See also

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References

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  13. ^ "Air Serbia: Kraljevo - Tivat".
  14. ^ "Niš outlines planned new subsidised routes for 2022". 29 October 2021.
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