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Dubrovnik, Croatia

Official achievement authored by Bobby Allen.

Dubrovnik, historically known as Ragusa, is a city in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, by the Adriatic Sea.

It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean, a seaport and the centre of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County.

Dubrovnik has a total population of 42,615 (according to the 2011 census). In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in recognition of its outstanding medieval architecture and fortified old town.

The history of the city probably dates back to the 7th century, when the town known as Ragusa was founded by refugees from Epidaurum (Ragusa Vecchia). It was under the protection of the Byzantine Empire and later under the sovereignty of the Republic of Venice. Between the 14th and 19th centuries, Dubrovnik ruled itself as a free state. The prosperity of the city was historically based on maritime trade; as the capital of the maritime Republic of Ragusa, it achieved a high level of development, particularly during the 15th and 16th centuries, as it became notable for its wealth and skilled diplomacy. At the same time, Dubrovnik became a cradle of Croatian literature.

The entire city was almost destroyed when a devastating earthquake hit in 1667.

In 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, Dubrovnik was besieged by the Yugoslav People's Army for seven months and suffered significant damage from shelling. After undergoing repair and restoration works in the 1990s and early 2000s, it re-emerged as one of the Mediterranean's top tourist destinations, as well as a popular filming location.

Dubrovnik's international airport is located approximately 20 km (12 miles) southeast of Dubrovnik city centre, near Čilipi. Buses connect the airport with the Dubrovnik old main bus station in Gruž. In addition, a network of modern, local buses connects all Dubrovnik neighbourhoods running frequently from dawn to midnight. However, Dubrovnik, unlike Croatia's other major centres, is not accessible by rail; until 1975 Dubrovnik was connected to Mostar and Sarajevo by a narrow gauge railway (760 mm) built during the Austro-Hungarian rule of Bosnia.

The A1 highway, in use between Zagreb and Ploče, is planned to be extended all the way to Dubrovnik. Because the area around the city is disconnected from the rest of Croatian territory, the highway will either cross the Pelješac Bridge whose construction was completed in 2022, or run through Neum in Bosnia and Herzegovina and continue to Dubrovnik.

The HBO series Game of Thrones used Dubrovnik as a filming location, representing the cities of King's Landing and Qarth.

Did you know that parts of Star Wars: The Last Jedi were filmed in Dubrovnik in March 2016, in which Dubrovnik was used as the setting for the casino city of Canto Bight.

Criteria

Depart from an airport of your choice, fly to and land at LDDU, your flight distance must be further than 250 NM.
Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
04OCT25 2211Z LOWW LDDU BLVZE Airbus A320 (A320) -258 ft/m 409 nm 01:02 View
01OCT25 1914Z EDDL LDDU Carsten Airbus A350-900 (A359) -307 ft/m 737 nm 01:37 View
01OCT25 1649Z KLAX LDDU Lerxtwood Boeing 777-200LR/F (B77L) -244 ft/m 5994 nm 11:39 View
26SEP25 2024Z LSZH LDDU Marek Strnad ToLissA321_V1p7 Swiss HB -69 ft/m 573 nm 01:31 View
26SEP25 1740Z EPPO LDDU MrBurns971 Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M) -245 ft/m 662 nm 01:41 View
23SEP25 2034Z LMML LDDU Cosmicpulsar Beechcraft 2000 Starship (STAR) -194 ft/m 542 nm 01:48 View
22SEP25 1431Z LIRN LDDU Ali Riza Mortas Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -198 ft/m 266 nm 00:46 View
21SEP25 1519Z EHRD LDDU Piotr Z Airbus A310 (A310) -185 ft/m 877 nm 02:05 View
21SEP25 1442Z LKPR LDDU I-BEEF Boeing 767-300 (B763) -220 ft/m 529 nm 01:21 View
20SEP25 0520Z ESGG LDDU Nexus 12 Airbus A320 (A320) -225 ft/m 968 nm 02:16 View
18SEP25 1546Z LIRF LDDU Jacopo Zaghetti Airbus A320 (A320) -144 ft/m 315 nm 01:03 View
16SEP25 2010Z LOWW LDDU Flying_Winnebago Airbus A319 (A319) -121 ft/m 414 nm 01:07 View
15SEP25 1959Z LOWW LDDU Horst Horneber Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (B788) -184 ft/m 362 nm 00:55 View
13SEP25 2128Z ESGG LDDU Boblaben Airbus A320 (A320) -286 ft/m 968 nm 02:25 View
07SEP25 0658Z LDPL LDDU Nodeblue Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) -32 ft/m 5053 nm 01:01 View
05SEP25 1849Z ESGG LDDU Ronald Airbus A320 (A320) -92 ft/m 984 nm 02:25 View
02SEP25 1207Z LIRN LDDU VAF400 Eugenio Boeing 737-800 (B738) -178 ft/m 274 nm 00:49 View
01SEP25 1836Z LOWW LDDU samikk Boeing 737-800 (B738) -407 ft/m 388 nm 01:12 View
01SEP25 0443Z LGKF LDDU Edaok Pilatus PC-12 (PC12) -116 ft/m 286 nm 00:16 View
31AUG25 2239Z ESGG LDDU Zissiz Zekapten Airbus A320 (A320) -509 ft/m 989 nm 02:27 View