Split won't be going quiet this winter. Eurowings has published its 2026/2027 winter schedule with five German routes to the Dalmatian city: Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Berlin and Hamburg. In total the carrier plans around 130 rotations and upwards of 45,300 seats between November and the end of March — a meaningful commitment for an airport that still largely hibernates outside summer.
Stuttgart is the standout. With 60 rotations, it accounts for nearly half of all planned flights and is the only route running continuously through the whole winter. Düsseldorf (28 rotations) and Cologne (26) come next, though with some gaps in service; together these three routes make up 88% of the schedule. Berlin and Hamburg are lighter touches, with ten and six rotations respectively, mostly clustered in short windows.
The numbers explain why Eurowings bothers. Germans were Split Airport's biggest customer base in 2025, with nearly 797,000 passengers — just over a fifth of all traffic. Eurowings itself was the airport's third-largest carrier, moving roughly 355,000 passengers, up about 55,000 year on year. Nationally, German visitors generated 21 million overnight stays in Croatia in 2025, close to a quarter of all foreign guest nights.
For Dalmatia, the bigger story is seasonality. Eurostat figures show Croatia was among the EU's most seasonal destinations in 2025, with 54.5% of all overnight stays crammed into July and August. Direct winter flights from Germany's biggest cities make short breaks and long weekends in Split feasible — a city that, beyond beach season, offers Diocletian's Palace, a lively food scene, easy island hops and a well-regarded Advent programme in December.
The caveat, as local observers point out, is that seats alone don't make a winter season. Hotels, restaurants and tour operators need to stay open, and the destination needs consistent promotion in Germany for those 45,000 seats to actually fill. But for travellers, the practical takeaway is simple: getting to Split between November and March just got a lot easier, with at least one reliable German connection guaranteed all winter.
If you've only seen Split in peak August crowds, the off-season version — walkable old town, easier restaurant bookings, day trips to Hvar, Brač or Krka without the queues — is arguably the better one, and Eurowings has just made it bookable from five German cities.
