New flights from the US to Croatia - New York to Split!

Exciting news, dear North American travellers! The major U.S. airline United has just announced four new transatlantic flight routes for summer 2026, which include a new route to Croatia – from New York to Split! This is a great addition to the flight schedules to Croatia, especially for those fro North America, of which there are only a handful.

Read on to find out all the details of these New York to Split flights, and other options for travelling from North America to Croatia.

New York to Split Flights for Summer 2026 with United Airlines - United plane on the runway

New York to Split Flights for 2026

United will commence flights from New York/Newark Airport to Split on 30th April 2026, flying three times a week until 5th September 2026. Flights will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with flights departing Newark at 5pm and landing in Split the next morning at 7.45am. The perfect time as you’ll then have a full first day in Croatia!

Return flights from Split back to Newark will operate on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Flights will depart Split at 10am, landing in New York at 2.05pm.

United is the first U.S. airline to launch a route from New York to Split. The other new routes that United have launched for summer 2026 are also all from New York/Newark – these are to Bari in Italy; Glasgow in Scotland and Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Flying to Bari could potentially also be an option for travelling to Croatia, as there are direct ferries from this Italian port to Dubrovnik.

Tickets for next year’s flights are available to be booked now!

Other North America to Croatia Flights

We have a special section on U.S. to Croatia Flights which details the other options available to you if you’re planning to travel across the Atlantic to Croatia.

As you can see on that page, United also operate flights from New York/Newark Airport to Dubrovnik. These flights are expected to continue in 2026 – hopefully also on a daily schedule as they did this year! – although booking for them has not yet opened. I hope this will be available soon!

Meanwhile, our Canadian friends can already starting booking their flights to Croatia for 2026. Air Transat will continue with their Toronto to Zagreb route, starting operations on Saturday 9th May 2026. This route will intially fly once a week during May, increasing to three times a week (on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) in June. The route will continue until 10th October 2026.

Other Options for Travelling to Croatia

If you’ve travelled to Croatia from outside of Europe, your journey will likely have involved a stopover in another European country. And really, travelling in this way offers the most flexibility! There are plenty of flights from all over Europe to Croatia, to the seven main airports in the country, so you have plenty of choice. I would recommend flying via London, Rome or Munich or Frankfurt.

Or why not split your holiday with some time in one or more other European countries, and then fly down to Croatia. That would be quite some vacation, right?!