1936 - Beginning of air traffic on grass air strip at Gruda (Konavle).
1940 - Air traffic was innterupt because The World War II
1960 - Beginning of construction of new airport on present location.

1992 - 1993 - Reconstruction of infrastructure and cargo storage (temporarily use as passanger building) 1994 - Reconstruction of administration building 1995 - Rekonstruction of passenger terminal
1996 - Rekonstruction of shipping area 1998 - Purchase of equipment for aircraft landing
1999 - Reconstruction and extension of international air traffic terminal
2000 - Instalation of landing lights for direction 30
2001 - Aircraft and passengers handling equipment purchase (pax bus, pax steps, minibus)
2002 - Duty free shop extention. Construction of wiry fence with rescue road around the airfield area. Investment in additional power supply system
2003 - Manoeuvring surfaces renovation. Runway threshold zones resurfacing. Runway sholders reparation
2004 - Construction of new bus parking area with 33 parking stands.Construction of car parking area with 200 stands and new exit road. Reconstruction of the apron and treshold 12 concrete surface. Investment in parks and green areas 2005 - Reconstruction of the apron concrete surface. Reconstruction of cargo storage object
2006 - Reconstruction of the apron and taxiway "C" concrete surface. Construction of new technical building "A" (baggage sorting area)
2007 - Investment in heliport in Dubrovnik, instalation of wastewater purification system, Master plan of Dubrovnik Airport has been made.

Distance to Dubrovnik from the airport: 20 km / 12 miles
Number of low-cost airline routes: 26
Web address: www.airport-dubrovnik.hr
Nearest major settlements:
Shkodër, Albania (116 km / 72 miles)
Lezhë, Albania (143 km / 89 miles)
Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina (144 km / 89 miles)
Pukë, Albania (145 km / 90 miles)
Nearest airports:
Sarajevo (141 km / 87 miles) Bol (152 km / 95 miles)
Tirana (175 km / 109 miles)
note that all distances are as the crow flies, and not road distances.