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Tivat, ME

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Tivat Airport

Tivat, Montenegro · Europe

Tivat is the civilian coastal airport for the Bay of Kotor, a short drive from Tivat and Kotor and a seasonal crush between May and September. Airports of Montenegro runs a 2,500 m runway with a Category I approach only toward runway 32. The 2025 total cited from the operator is 1,343,565 passengers. The airport does not own the car park, and it does not publish an airport bus.

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5.0/ 10

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Ease of use6.0
Comfort & amenities4.8
Food & retail4.4
Ground access4.0
Reliability5.2
Lounges4.8

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Tivat, Montenegro · Europe

Tivat is the civilian coastal airport for the Bay of Kotor, a short drive from Tivat and Kotor and a seasonal crush between May and September. Airports of Montenegro runs a 2,500 m runway with a Category I approach only toward runway 32. The 2025 total cited from the operator is 1,343,565 passengers. The airport does not own the car park, and it does not publish an airport bus.

Airportist Score

5.0/ 10

Rough

Ease of use6.0
Comfort & amenities4.8
Food & retail4.4
Ground access4.0
Reliability5.2
Lounges4.8

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Arrive
30 min
before departure
Best way to city
5 min to Tivat on the airport driving table
Taxi
Lounge
1
Terminals
2
Passengers / year
1,343,565 (2025)

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Arrive for the Tivat procedures clock, not a generic two-hour habit only: counters open 120 minutes before scheduled departure and close 30 minutes before, and the airport says it is not responsible if a late arrival misses the flight.

An airline can close the desk earlier than 30 minutes. The shared company FAQ still says 90 to 120 minutes for an international flight, so the stricter of the two is the one to plan around.

Cabin liquids are not the usual “100 ml and nothing else” line. The procedures page caps the passenger at 2 litres: up to 1 litre in containers of 100 ml or less inside one transparent resealable bag, and anything over 100 ml only in retail packaging.

A laptop has to come out of the bag for screening. The FAQ treats a laptop bag as its own cabin item.

If the goods for a VAT refund are in a suitcase, do not check that suitcase before customs. The minimum purchase on the form is EUR 100, and the customs phone printed on the page is +382 67 278 005.

Summer is the airport. The history page says more than 80 percent of traffic is in the tourist season. Off-peak, the same small buildings feel very different.

01

SecurityTraveler Tips & Hacks

The desk closes 30 minutes before departure

Counters open 120 minutes before the scheduled time.

The airport says it is not responsible if you miss the flight by arriving late. An airline can close earlier than the airport’s 30-minute mark.

Pro

Two hours is the airport’s own latest arrival.

Watch-out

The shared FAQ’s 90-minute line is looser than the Tivat procedures page.

02

SecurityTraveler Tips & Hacks

Read the 2-litre liquid rule before you pack

100 ml containers, up to 1 litre, in one bag. Larger liquids only in retail packaging, inside a 2-litre passenger total.

The procedures page says a 2-litre bottle, or two 1-litre bottles, does not qualify. Baby food and medicines needed on the flight are the exemptions it names.

03

TransportTraveler Tips & Hacks

Do not count on an airport bus

The municipality’s local lines do not name the airport, and the airport site has no bus fare.

Driving times on the airport page are 5 minutes to Tivat and 12 minutes to Kotor. Red Taxi publishes its own transfer prices; they are not an airport tariff, and the list has no Tivat town-centre fare.

04

LoungeTraveler Tips & Hacks

Stop at the Menzies desk before security

Priority Pass will not let you walk straight to the lounge.

The voucher is issued landside, opposite check-in. Then the business-class security lane, then left after passport control. Terminal 1 flights only, 08:00–18:00, three hours.

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