Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Velika Gorica, Zagreb County (Croatia)

IATA: ZAG ICAO: LDZA

Longest Active Runway

10,669 ft

3,252 meters

Field Elevation

353 ft

108 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

45.7429°, 16.0688°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #426 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#681 of 7558

Top 9.0% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Croatia)

#1 of 2 in HR

#1 of 9 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+6.7%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 ZAG in numbers: 10,669 ft longest runway · tied #426 of 650 published · #681 of 7,558 worldwide (top 9.0%) · #1 in Croatia.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway ≥10,500 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

ZAG lies at 108 m (353 ft), #312 of 650 published airports by elevation and 45.9 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 87 ft below the Croatia median (440 ft, 2 airports); DBV is highest at 527 ft, 174 ft higher than ZAG.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

1 Qualifying Aerodrome in Vicinity

Closest of 1 paved-runway (≥5,000 ft) neighbour within 100 NM: Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU), 73.2 NM, 10,827 ft. LJU has the radius's longest runway, 158 ft more than ZAG.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 10,669 ft (3,252 m)

ZAG runway: 04/22 10,669 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: #1 of 2 in Croatia; 72 ft ahead of DBV (10,597 ft). +6.7% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
04/22	10,669 ft (3252 m / 3.252 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (Zgornji Brnik)	`LJU`	73.2 NM (135.6 km)	10,827 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →