Tuzla International Airport

Tuzla International Airport Međunarodni aerodrom Tuzla Međunarodna zračna luka Tuzla Међународни аеродром Тузла
IATA: TZL ICAO: LQTZ
Summary
Airport type	Civil/Military
Owner	Tuzla Canton government
Operator	Bosnia and Herzegovina Directorate of Civil Aviation
Serves	Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location	Dubrave Gornje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hub for	Wizz Air
Elevation AMSL	765 ft / 233 m
Coordinates	44°27′31″N 18°43′29″E / 44.45861°N 18.72472°E / 44.45861; 18.72472Coordinates: 44°27′31″N 18°43′29″E / 44.45861°N 18.72472°E / 44.45861; 18.72472
Website	tuzla-airport.ba
Map
TZL Location of the airport in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 8,152 2,485 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 311.398 20,2% Aircraft Movements 2.649 13,8% Freight (in tons) 6.066 2.459,5%
Source: Bosnian and Herzegovinian Department of Civil Aviation (BHDCA)

Passengers	311.398 20,2%
Aircraft Movements	2.649 13,8%
Freight (in tons)	6.066 2.459,5%

Tuzla International Airport (Bosnian: Međunarodni aerodrom Tuzla/Међународни аеродром Тузла; Croatian: Međunarodna zračna luka Tuzla) (IATA: TZL, ICAO: LQTZ) is an airport near Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Tuzla International Airport is second largest airport in Bosnia and Herzegovina, right after Sarajevo International Airport. The airport is known as a low cost airline hub of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since is used from people from whole Bosnia and Herzegovina and travelers from neighboring countries Croatia and Serbia. The airport is a civilian airport and a military airbase.

Tuzla International was once the largest military airport of the former Yugoslavia. The 350th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron was active there for a time.

In the early 1990s, still within Yugoslavia and prior start of the Bosnian War, Yugoslav airliner Air Commerce performed commercial flights from Sarajevo and Tuzla to Austria and Switzerland.

It was placed under the control of the United Nations Protection Force in 1992, and from 1996 onwards it became the main hub for the Implementation Force (IFOR), which was charged with supervising the implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1998, the canton of Tuzla turned Tuzla International to a civil airport. Tuzla International opened on 10 October 1998 as a civilian airport and military airfield. After the complete international military withdrawal, Tuzla International Airport began implementation of all technical requirements and standards imposed by the International Civil Aviation Organization.