One map, pinned from each airport’s published coordinates.
Category scores
Overall is the published weighted sum. A highlighted score is ahead; a tie stays plain.
Ease of use
25% · Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
INI7.5+0.3
PRN7.2
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
INI4.5
PRN6.8+2.3
Food & retail
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
INI2.5
PRN6.2+3.7
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
INI7.0+0.6
PRN6.4
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
INI6.5+0.3
PRN6.2
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
INI1.0
PRN6.4+5.4
Best for
INI
Cheap low-cost and Air Serbia flights to and from southern SerbiaShort queues and a quick walk from the kerb to the gateA free city bus into Niš
PRN
Diaspora flights to Germany, Switzerland, Turkey, Austria and the UKA short international trip through a single hall
Watch out for
INI
Very little food or drink airsideNo Priority Pass or airline loungeRyanair has left, so the winter schedule is mostly a few flights a week per routeYou must register with the police within 24 hours if your host doesn't do it
PRN
No Uber or Bolt — agree the taxi fare before you loadAirport bus 1A is only about every two hours, and the cash fare is €6 from 1 July 2026A PRN stamp does not get you into Serbia; you need a Serbian entry stamp from a third country
Amenities and tips
INI
Duty-free shopCafé-bar (landside)NewsstandFree city bus 34A/34B
Desks open 2 hours before
Check-in opens 2 hours and closes 40 minutes before departure.
New building for departures, old one for arrivals
Depart from the new terminal; arrive through the old one.
Eat before you go airside
Very little airside: a small café-bar landside and duty free airside.
PRN
Free airport Wi-Fi17/02 LoungeUnifree duty-freeAirside café and play cornerTrafiku Urban 1A
July and August are the crush
August 2025 was the peak month at 513,708 passengers; February was the quietest at 307,418, which is still a full airport.
Departures are upstairs
Check-in, security, and outbound passport control are on the upper level. Arrivals, taxis, and car rental are on the ground floor.
Buy a bottle before security
A June 2026 terminal visit found no drinking fountain and priced a small bottle of water at about €1.50 in the public hall.
INI · Serbia's second-busiest airport, about 4 km northwest of central Niš. It handled 393,102 passengers in 2025. Winter 2026/27 has 10 destinations: Wizz Air to Basel-Mulhouse, Memmingen and Dortmund, and Air Serbia to Belgrade, Vienna, Malta, Frankfurt-Hahn, Istanbul, Cologne and Ljubljana. SWISS returns to Zurich in March 2027. You depart from the new terminal (opened 2024) and arrive through the older building. There is no lounge and food is very limited. Buses 34A and 34B into the city are free.
PRN · A compact one-hall international field that moved 4.6 million people in 2025 — mostly diaspora traffic to Germany, Switzerland, Turkey, Austria and the UK — with a two-hourly city bus, no rail, and a single DragonPass lounge.
