Zadar Airport (ZAD) · Zemunik, 15 minutes from the riva
Rent a car at Zadar Airport
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40 cars live at Zadar Airport nowfrom €53/daydeposits shown up front
Zadar Airport (ZAD) · Zemunik, 15 minutes from the riva
40 cars live at Zadar Airport nowfrom €53/daydeposits shown up front
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Volkswagen Polo
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Volkswagen T-Roc
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Volkswagen Golf
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Peugeot 308 SW
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Volkswagen Tayron
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Peugeot Traveller
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Zadar Airport is the smallest of Croatia's main four, and for a renter that is the whole appeal. One compact terminal, a short walk from belt to door, and the supplier standing at it with a name board; on a normal day you are driving out of Zemunik within fifteen minutes of touchdown. The budget routes that made Zadar the cheap way into Dalmatia also made fast, informal handovers the local standard.
First time on Croatian roads? The basics are friendly here: the A1 is under ten minutes inland from the terminal, tolls are ticket-based, and card payments work everywhere that matters. Croatian roads, tolls and fuel explained covers the rest, and ten minutes with it on the plane saves the usual first-day surprises.
The airport sits twelve kilometres inland, so town is a fifteen-minute run. If you would rather walk the peninsula car-free for a few days first, you can rent a car in Zadar town instead. But most people take the keys at the terminal and point the car somewhere immediately: Nin's beaches are twenty-five minutes, Plitvice is under an hour and a half, and the Gazenica ferry quay puts Ugljan and Dugi otok a car deck away.
Before you book
Fifteen to twenty minutes from wheels-down is normal outside the biggest Saturday waves. The terminal is compact, the name board is at the exit, and the paperwork happens on the bonnet in the car park. In our experience it is the fastest airport pickup in the country.
No, late arrivals are part of the rhythm here. Put the flight number on the booking so the supplier tracks it, and read the listing's out-of-hours line since some firms add a small night fee late on. The drive into town takes the same fifteen minutes at midnight, just with emptier roads.
Yes, and it is a good move: the park is about an hour and 25 minutes north, and starting from the terminal means you skip town traffic entirely. Land early, walk the lakes in the afternoon lull, then carry on to your accommodation. In summer, book the park's timed entry online before you travel.
Wherever your trip actually ends. Flying home from Zadar makes the airport return the clean choice. If you finish in another city, or fly out of Split or Zagreb instead, that is a one-way question: plenty of suppliers here allow it, with the drop fee printed on the listing before you book.
Yes. Croatian law requires winter equipment on designated stretches from 15 November to 15 April, and local fleets are fitted for the season, so a car collected here in that window comes ready. The coast stays mild most days, but the inland climb toward Plitvice and Lika can see snow, so it matters more than the seafront suggests.
Yes. The Gazenica ferry quay is a short drive from the airport and its car decks carry rental cars across to the islands with no special paperwork; you buy the vehicle fare at the quay. Tell the supplier your island plans when you book, and in July and August arrive early for the busy sailings, since car space fills first.
