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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
29AUG25 1507Z EGPH LDDU Joe Delaney Airbus A320 (A320) -225 ft/m 1237 nm 01:44 View
29AUG25 1245Z LICJ LDDU VAF256 Bruno Airbus A320 (A320) -232 ft/m 444 nm 01:09 View
26AUG25 1130Z LOWW LDDU IceTea2603 Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -258 ft/m 359 nm 00:57 View
25AUG25 2327Z LIRN LDDU VAF215 Luca Boeing 737-800 (B738) -216 ft/m 305 nm 00:53 View
24AUG25 1847Z EIKN LDDU Adam Smyth Cessna Citation X (C750) -585 ft/m 1303 nm 03:06 View
23AUG25 2114Z LICJ LDDU VAF273 Giacomo Boeing 737-700 (B737) -175 ft/m 396 nm 00:58 View
23AUG25 1639Z LIME LDDU MTPierdo Boeing 737-800 (B738) -32 ft/m 424 nm 01:06 View
16AUG25 2301Z LIRF LDDU Sleepy BAE Systems Avro RJ-70 (RJ70) -18 ft/m 342 nm 01:11 View
15AUG25 2040Z EGKK LDDU Paulh Boeing 737-800 (B738) -1110 ft/m 974 nm 02:22 View
15AUG25 0810Z LIRN LDDU Zporporz Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -232 ft/m 253 nm 00:43 View
13AUG25 2042Z LHPP LDDU Evik03 Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -36 ft/m 256 nm 01:02 View
13AUG25 0551Z LFMN LDDU Breizh Punisher Boeing 737-800 (B738) -82 ft/m 547 nm 01:22 View
09AUG25 1309Z EFHK LDDU Robert Grant Boeing 737-800 (B738) -62 ft/m 1189 nm 02:48 View
04AUG25 0908Z LSZH LDDU Bigoudie Boeing 737-700 (B737) -128 ft/m 526 nm 01:15 View
03AUG25 2146Z LICJ LDDU T.J. Turner Unknown/Generic Undesignated (ZZZZ) -72 ft/m 409 nm 01:17 View
03AUG25 2138Z LICJ LDDU Dr.SteelB Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -255 ft/m 421 nm 01:09 View
03AUG25 2129Z LICJ LDDU Rlydeadly Cessna Citation X (C750) -67 ft/m 416 nm 01:00 View
03AUG25 2127Z LICJ LDDU Arick West Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -47 ft/m 404 nm 01:00 View
01AUG25 1540Z LIRF LDDU JBM Airbus A320 (A320) -130 ft/m 370 nm 00:58 View
01AUG25 1259Z LTFM LDDU Ahmet4 Airbus A321 (A321) -118 ft/m 580 nm 01:34 View