SJJ

Sarajevo International Airport

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Operated by Međunarodni Aerodrom Sarajevo d.o.o.public

ICAOLQSAElev1,708 ft

The Verdict

51/100Aggressively average

And it's getting worse.

Ranked #166 of 198 airportsBased on data from 2013–2026

Operational30%

64Middling

Sentiment25%

59Passable

Infrastructure15%

42Struggling

Sent. Velocity15%

16A cautionary tale

Connectivity15%

52It'll do

What People Think

SJJ is the vanilla ice cream of airports. Nobody's first choice, nobody's last.

8.1Avg Rating / 10

1,737

ReviewsGoogle 1736Skytrax 1

36%Positive

★ 3.8on Google Maps (1,736 reviews)

Sentiment Trajectory (2025–2026)+1.42 over 2 years

Then: 7.3/5 (1294 reviews)Now: 8.7/5 (193 reviews)

Positive36%

Neutral56%

Negative8%

Queuing

2.8

Cleanliness

3.0

Staff

2.7

Food & Bev

2.3

Wifi

2.8

Wayfinding

3.1

Transport

2.8

Shopping

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The Numbers

2.2MPassengers (2025)

+22.7%YoY Growth

2.2M passengers in 2025, though up 194% from the 2021 COVID crater.

19,671Aircraft Movements

Passenger History

Lounges

2 available

Business Class Lounge II

priority pass

Business Lounge

priority pass

Tardiness Report

2026/03–2025/04 · 17,009 flights

0.2%Flights Delayed42 of 17,009 flights

0.1minAvg Delay

On-time performance so good it feels like a statistical error.

Delay Causes (ATFM)

Weather0%

Carrier0%

ATC100%

Airport0%

Where You Can Escape To

Bosnia and Herzegovina·Hub

Ryanair·Focus City

Sarajevo·Hub

38 routes · 2 regions

Europe9

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Ground Transport

MMetro

RRail

TTram

BBus

The Runway Report

1 Runway

11/298,666ft × 150ft · ASP · Lighted

The Backstory

HistoryOn 18 October 2005, Paddy Ashdown, the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, suspended a decision by Bosnian authorities to name the airport after Alija Izetbegović, the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The High Representative stat...

Awards

None recorded. A clean record — in the worst sense.