Jet route · DBV → GVA
Flying Dubrovnik to Geneva
West-north-west over northern Italy and into the Alps. Terrain and weather at the Geneva end make this a sector where the aircraft and the day matter.
- Distance
- 1,110 km
- Block time
- 1 h 35 min – 3 h 15 min
- From
- Dubrovnik Airport
- To
- Genève Airport
Flight time by aircraft category
Block time including twenty minutes for taxi, climb and descent. Actual times move with the aircraft, the routing and the wind on the day.
| Category | Typical seats | Block time |
|---|---|---|
| Piston Twin | up to 5 | 3 h 15 min |
| Turboprop | up to 8 | 2 h 20 min |
| Very Light Jet | up to 5 | 1 h 55 min |
| Light Jet | up to 7 | 1 h 50 min |
| Midsize | up to 9 | 1 h 45 min |
| Super Midsize | up to 10 | 1 h 35 min |
| Heavy Jet | up to 14 | 1 h 35 min |
Who takes this sector
Swiss and French groups heading to the Adriatic, and business passengers with fixed appointments.
What to know about Dubrovnik Airport
- Runway
- The longest runway in Croatia. It accepts heavy long-range types without a payload penalty.
- Customs and border
- Croatia is in the Schengen area. Flights to and from non-Schengen states are handled as external border crossings in both directions.
- Seasonality
- Traffic is strongly seasonal. July and August carry the peak, and the airport is far quieter either side of it.
- Best for
- The default departure point for Dubrovnik, the Elaphiti islands and the southern Dalmatian coast.
Timing
A same-day return is comfortable. Winter arrivals at the Geneva end deserve more buffer than summer ones.
Dubrovnik peaks in summer, Geneva in winter. This sector is busy at both ends of the calendar for different reasons.