Airport Name and ICAO/IATA
Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ, LQSA)
Location (City, Country)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina.
Airport Type & Size
International airport, 1 long runway, Planes from Embraer 175 to 787-8/A330-300/Antonov 125, the airport has a runway size of 2600 meters. Modern terminal and the airport takes both passenger planes and cargo planes. The airport can hold big planes since Qatar Airways operated their A330 on flights from Doha to Sarajevo before the pandemic.
Why should this airport be
Due to there being no Eastern European airports, this would be a great airport to have, since it’s a small airport which would make it not to hard to build. The airport is similar to Innsbruck Airport, Sarajevo international airport can be quite challenging to land into since it gets a lot of fog making it hard to land. The airport is still not that hard to land into with a runway of 2600 meters making the biggest plane to land there an A330-300 and 787-8. This makes the airport much more interesting since it is an other version of Innsbruck but an easier approach and much more bigger planes being able to land. Before the pandemic a Qatar airways A330 would operate there weekly and a few A330 from Turkish airlines has landed there including an Etihad 787-8.
In July of 2025 the airport had record many passengers of 1,2 million setting a new record making the airport a busy airport. The airport is located in the middle of mountains near Sarajevo Bosnias capital. On final approach the planes pass high buildings and great views.
Major Airlines & Routes
Turkish airlines operates the most routes a day (3-4 times a day), the airport operates both charter routes and regular routes to both Asia, Northern Europe and Mediterranean. A few more routes isSarajevo-Girona Ryanair
Sarajevo-Dubai FlyDubai
Sarajevo-Stockholm Norwegian Airlines
Sarajevo-Zurich Swiss/Helvetic
Sarajevo-Frankfurt am main Lufthansa
Sarajevo-Warsaw Lot
Sarajevo-Istanbul Turkish airlines
Sarajevo-Abu Dhabi Wizzair Abu Dhabi
Unique Features or Challenges
Snowy winters, really strong fog, a lot of mountains around the airport making it a similar approach to Innsbruck, medium terminal but a busy airport. Biggest plane that has ever landed there is an Antonov An-124.
Optional: Links, images, maps, or videos
Sarajevo International Airport - Wikipedia
