Tivat Airport

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

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

It is the busier 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). It has been one of the fastest growing airports in the region, doubling passenger flow in the 2006 - 2016 period.

Overview

Tivat airport is located right next to the city of Tivat, 8 km (5 mi) from the center of Kotor, and 20 km (12 mi) north-west of Budva, one of the most popular tourist destinations on the eastern Adriatic coast. The sole runway of the airport ends just 88 m (289 ft) from the coastline of the Bay of Kotor.

Tivat Airport is assigned 4D classification by ICAO, airspace class D, and is noted for its challenging approach and landing procedures. Landing at Tivat is considered demanding due to hilly terrain surrounding the valley in which the airport is situated, and strong prevailing crosswinds. Runway 32 approach requires a descent into the valley of Tivatsko polje, and a 20° turn for runway alignment just before landing. Runway 14 approach is even more challenging, because of the circle to land maneuver executed in the dramatic scenery surrounding the Bay of Kotor. It is known among pilots as the European Kai Tak because of its tricky approach and landing procedures. Passengers are awarded spectacular views of the bay, the surrounding mountains and a low flyby over Porto Montenegro luxury yacht marina. The airport is also popular among plane spotters, as end of the runway is easily accessible and offers unobstructed views of takeoffs and landings, with a scenic mountain backdrop.

Year-round services from the airport include Belgrade and Moscow; however, more than 80% of the traffic is concentrated in the summer period, with the introduction of seasonal and charter flights. With the opening of Porto Montenegro and introduction of other high end tourist services, the airport increasingly caters to business jets.

Adriatic Highway (E65/E80) passes right by the passenger terminal, making the airport easily accessible from the entire northern part of Montenegrin coast.

History

The airport in Tivat was opened on May 30, 1957, as a small airport with a single grass runway (1200 m × 80 m) a small apron (30 m × 30 m) and a terminal building complete with control tower. From 1957 to 1968, activity at the airport consisted mostly of domestic passenger traffic to Belgrade, Zagreb and Skopje, with JAT Douglas DC-3 and Ilyushin Il-14 aircraft.

From 1968 to 1971, the airport underwent expansion and modernization. It was reopened on September 25, 1971 with an asphalt runway (2500 m × 45 m), larger apron (450 m × 70 m), extended taxiways, and completely new passenger terminal and control tower. After the 1979 earthquake, the airport was once again refurbished. Notably, the apron was expanded (460 m × 91.5 m) and taxiways widened, so the airport could handle wide body aircraft.

On April 23, 2003, the ownership of the airport was transferred from Jat Airways to Airports of Montenegro Public Company, owned by Government of Montenegro. Since then, the airport was once again modernized and refurbished, with reconstructed passenger terminal opening on June 3, 2006. In October 2007, South Korea made a government donation valued at $1 million for a new airport equipment ranging from cargo-loaders to flight information display system. Further reforms came in 2008 when several old types of passenger aircraft such as the Ilyushin Il-86 were permanently banned from flying to Tivat and subsequently redirected to Podgorica Airport due to noise abatement.

However, as passenger traffic in the mid-2010s approaches the one-million mark, and strong growth continues, the passenger terminal is a bottleneck in peak summer months. Thus, a new passenger terminal is planned at Tivat Airport in the near future, along with further expansion of airport facilities.

Airlines and destinations

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

Airlines Destinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Air Moldova Seasonal charter: Chișinău
Air Serbia Belgrade
Armenia Aircompany Seasonal charter: Yerevan
Anda Air Seasonal charter: Kharkiv, Kiev-Zhuliany, Zaporizhia
Azur Air Seasonal charter: Moscow–Domodedovo
Belavia Seasonal charter: Minsk, Gomel
Bravo Airways Seasonal charter: Kharkiv, Kiev-Zhuliany
Brussels Airlines Brussels (begins in 2018)
Bulgaria Air Seasonal charter: Sofia
DART Ukrainian Airlines Seasonal charter: Kharkiv, Kiev-Zhuliany, Odessa
easyJet Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester
easyJet Switzerland Seasonal: Geneva
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf
flydubai Seasonal: Dubai–International
Israir Seasonal: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
I-Fly Seasonal charter: Moscow–Vnukovo
Jet Time Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Mistral Air Seasonal: Bari, Naples, Rome–Fiumicino, Verona
Montenegro Airlines Belgrade, Moscow–Domodedovo
Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, St. Petersburg
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Oslo–Gardermoen
NordStar Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo, St. Petersburg
Pobeda Airlines LLC Seasonal: Moscow–Vnukovo
Rossiya Seasonal: Moscow–Vnukovo, St. Petersburg
Red Wings Airlines Seasonal: St Petersburg
S7 Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo
S7 Airlines
operated by Globus Airlines
Moscow–Domodedovo
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Small Planet Airlines Seasonal: Vilnius
SmartLynx Airlines Seasonal: Tallinn, Riga
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Seasonal: Brussels (ends 2 October 2017)
Transavia France Seasonal: Paris–Orly
Travel Service Airlines Seasonal charter: Lille
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal Charter: Amsterdam
Ukraine International Airlines Seasonal charter: Kiev-Boryspil, Lviv
Ural Airlines Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo, Samara, Yekaterinburg
Windrose Airlines Seasonal charter: Dnipro, Kiev-Boryspil, Odessa

Statistics

Tivat Airport Passengers (in thousands)
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Traffic figures at Tivat Airport
Year Passengers Change Aircraft movements Change
2006 451,289 20% 3,261 29%
2007 573,914 27% 4,079 25%
2008 570,636 1% 4,630 14%
2009 532,080 7% 4,226 9%
2010 541,870 2% 4,017 4%
2011 647,184 19% 4,531 12%
2012 725,412 12% 4,605 2%
2013 868,343 20% 5,198 14%
2014 910,264 5% 5,281 1%
2015 895,050 2% 5,422 2%
2016 979,432 10% 5,985 10%
2017 (22 Sept) 1,000,000

See also

  • Podgorica Airport
  • Aeronautical Information Publication

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Brett DeWoody
12 November 2017
Always, always, always, always make sure (or ask) taxi drivers start the meter, or ask the price beforehand. I've had drivers demand €10 for a ride from the airport to nearby Porto Montenegro.
Art Kotsaga
23 June 2016
If your flight is delayed for a couple of hours or more, the best place to wait for it is Kalardovo beach restaurant, only 5 minutes away by a cab. Great food and fresh beer!
Fiori
23 February 2014
Never take a cab from the airport, always call and order one: Red Taxi telephone:19729.
Adrijana Husić
17 May 2016
0.80 eur for an hour at parking; no free 15 minutes and if you loose ticket be ready to pay 50 eur. Looks like anything you want but not the airport - urgent renewal needed.
Sergii Kryshtop
1 September 2013
Free Wi-Fi is the only good thing. Don't hurry up to pass the passport control. Take some air before this: )
Stas
23 August 2011
Very smart frontier guards - one small stamp for one page in passport. One more feature - you should leave your backpack before entering in their grand and beautiful duty free :)
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