It serves as a major access point to the city of Pula-Pola, as well as most of Istria, most notably Brijuni-Brioni national park.

The airport saw a steady increase in passenger volume over the next 3 decades, surpassing the previous record set in 2018.

As most passengers flying to or from Pula airport are holiday makers, flight numbers have a significant seasonal character.

Pula Airport has a single terminal building with a capacity of 1 million passengers per year.

None of the gates are equipped with jet bridges but rather the passengers walk from the terminal building to the aircraft or are transferred by bus.