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Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (Slovene: Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana) (IATA: LJU, ICAO: LJLJ), also known by its previous name Brnik Airport (Slovene: Letališče Brnik), is the international airport serving Ljubljana and the largest airport in Slovenia.
The capital and largest city of Slovenia is Ljubljana. Slovenia covers an area of 20,271 square kilometres (7,827 sq mi) [ 1 ] and has a population of about 2 million. The highest point of Slovenia is Mount Triglav at 2,864 metres (9,396 ft); the lowest point is the Adriatic Sea at sea level.
This airport has superseded the original Ljubljana airport, in operation from 1933 until 1963. [226] [227] It was located in the Municipality of Polje (nowadays the Moste District), on a plain between Ljubljanica and Sava next to the railroad in Moste. [227] There was a military airport in Šiška from 1918 until 1929. [228]
As of Summer 2017, Adria Airways operated a main hub at Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, as well as the secondary hub at Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari and Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza. [61] The majority of Adria Airways' business was in scheduled flights, but it also provided charter and ad hoc flights.
London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 serving London, United Kingdom, the busiest airports in the European Union. This is a list of the busiest airports in the European Union (EU), based on various ranking criteria: number of passengers in any given year (2016 to 2021), number of passengers by route type, and highest number of passengers for each largest national airport within the EU.
Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport in the central part of the country is by far the busiest, [47] with connections to many major European destinations. [48] Around 1.4 million passengers and 15,000 to 17,000 tonnes of cargo pass through it each year. [49]