Editing Zagreb (section)

===Air traffic===
{{main|Zagreb Airport}}

[[File:Novi_putnički_terminal_.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Zagreb Airport|Franjo Tuđman Airport Zagreb]] new passenger terminal]]

[[Zagreb Airport]] {{airport codes|ZAG|LDZA}} is the main Croatian international airport, a {{cvt|17|km|mi}} drive southeast of Zagreb in the city of [[Velika Gorica]]. The airport is also the main Croatian airbase featuring a fighter squadron, helicopters, as well as military and freight [[Cargo aircraft|transport aircraft]].<ref name=zageb_pleso>{{cite web |url=http://www.zagreb-life.com/travel/travel.php |title=Franjo Tuđman Airport terminal |access-date=2 July 2006 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928131750/http://www.zagreb-life.com/travel/travel.php |url-status=dead}}</ref> The airport had 3.45&nbsp;million passengers in 2019 with a new passenger terminal being opened in late March 2017 that can accommodate up to 5.5&nbsp;million passengers, and in 2024 it hit record number of passengers with 4.31 million, making it [[List of the busiest airports in Europe|one of the busiest airports in Europe]].

Zagreb also has a second, smaller airport, [[Lučko]] {{airport codes|2=LDZL}}. It is home to sports aeroplanes and a Croatian special police unit, as well as being a military helicopter airbase. Lučko used to be the main airport of Zagreb from 1947 to 1959.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zagreb-airport.hr/hr/poslovne_1_3/index.aspx |title=Zagreb Airport – History |access-date=2 October 2008 |language=hr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801145700/http://www.zagreb-airport.hr/hr/poslovne_1_3/index.aspx |archive-date=1 August 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

A third, small grass airfield, Buševec, is located just outside [[Velika Gorica]]. It is primarily used for sports purposes.<ref name="buševec">{{cite web |url=http://www.vjesnik.com/Html/1999/10/10/Clanak.asp?r=zag&c=2 |title=Usprkos teškoćama leti se dalje |date=10 October 1999 |access-date=31 July 2008 |last=Kosović |first=Vedran |work=[[Vjesnik]] |language=hr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108075005/http://www.vjesnik.com/Html/1999/10/10/Clanak.asp?r=zag&c=2 |archive-date=8 January 2009}}</ref>