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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
28MAR25 1758Z LIPZ LDDU VAF159 Gigi Boeing 737-800 (B738) -165 ft/m 359 nm 01:01 View
24MAR25 1850Z LIRQ LDDU NPS256/Eddy Airbus A350-900 (A359) -431 ft/m 377 nm 00:59 View
24MAR25 1838Z LIRQ LDDU NPS002/Firefox Boeing 737-800 (B738) -199 ft/m 390 nm 01:07 View
24MAR25 1117Z EHAM LDDU ChampX Airbus A350-1000 (A35K) -325 ft/m 886 nm 02:11 View
20MAR25 2127Z LIRQ LDDU NPS001/Gégé Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -273 ft/m 380 nm 01:09 View
13MAR25 1703Z EGKK LDDU Hockeydan99 Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -191 ft/m 957 nm 02:11 View
11MAR25 1548Z LFRS LDDU Michel.R Airbus A350-1000 (A35K) -414 ft/m 914 nm 01:27 View
11MAR25 1144Z EGNX LDDU Paul Ainsworth Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -295 ft/m 1046 nm 02:35 View
10MAR25 1017Z LFOB LDDU GUILLAUME Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M) -234 ft/m 803 nm 02:31 View
09MAR25 1533Z LIPZ LDDU VAF277 Aldo Boeing 737-700 (B737) -481 ft/m 315 nm 00:52 View
08MAR25 1958Z LIRN LDDU NPS244 Boeing 737-800 (B738) -196 ft/m 264 nm 00:49 View
08MAR25 1244Z LTFJ LDDU Viktor V Boeing 737-800 (B738) -169 ft/m 597 nm 01:31 View
07MAR25 2130Z LFKJ LDDU NPS177/Yves Boeing 737-800 (B738) -204 ft/m 490 nm 01:15 View
03MAR25 1922Z LIRN LDDU VAF443 Matteo ATR ATR-72-600 (AT76) -289 ft/m 269 nm 01:06 View
27FEB25 1338Z EPWA LDDU SirCaleb Airbus A380-800 (A388) -361 ft/m 632 nm 01:37 View
25FEB25 2111Z LGAV LDDU Sfabela Airbus A321 (A321) -87 ft/m 502 nm 01:20 View
24FEB25 1042Z LIME LDDU DragonFly1967 Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M) -319 ft/m 458 nm 01:13 View
17FEB25 1811Z LEIB LDDU Daniel Guzman McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (MD82) -365 ft/m 873 nm 01:57 View
15FEB25 1736Z EGSS LDDU SimPilotAdamT Boeing 737-800 (B738) -98 ft/m 977 nm 02:15 View
15FEB25 1621Z LIPZ LDDU Tony_ferrara Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -170 ft/m 358 nm 01:17 View