Craiova International Airport

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Craiova International Airport

Aeroportul Internaţional Craiova
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorConsiliul Judeţean Dolj
ServesCraiova, Romania
Focus city forWizz Air
Elevation AMSL626 ft / 191 m
Coordinates44°19′05″N 023°53′19″E / 44.31806°N 23.88861°E / 44.31806; 23.88861 (Craiova International Airport)Coordinates: 44°19′05″N 023°53′19″E / 44.31806°N 23.88861°E / 44.31806; 23.88861 (Craiova International Airport)
Websitewww.aeroportcraiova.ro
Map
CRA is located in Romania
CRA
CRA
Location of airport in Romania
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,500 8,203 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers514,544 Increase 4.3%
Aircraft movements(2018)6793 Increase 14%
Source: Romanian AIP at EUROCONTROL,[1]
Statistics[2][3]

Craiova International Airport (IATA: CRA, ICAO: LRCV) is located in the south-western part of Romania, 7 km (4.3 mi) east[1] of Craiova municipality, one of Romania's largest cities. The airport area is the headquarters of Avioane Craiova (formerly known as IRAv Craiova), the company which built the Romanian IAR-93 and IAR-99 aircraft.

History[]

A new terminal was opened at Craiova airport in December 2010.[4] Runway renovation works took place in summer 2015. Since July 2014, Craiova Airport is the base for Wizz Air which serves 7 destinations in 4 countries. In March 2018, Ryanair announced it would terminate all services at Craiova by October 2018[5] which consist of a single route to Valencia.

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
Animawings[6]Seasonal: Antalya
Blue Air Seasonal charter: Antalya
Wizz Air Barcelona (begins 30 August 2022),[7] Beauvais (begins 31 August 2022),[8] Bergamo, Birmingham, Bologna, Charleroi (begins 29 August 2022),[9] Cologne/Bonn, London–Luton, Madrid, Rome–Ciampino

Statistics[]

Annual passenger traffic at CRA airport. See source Wikidata query.
Year Passengers Change Aircraft movements Change
2007 5,133
Steady
Steady
Steady
2008 12,988 153% Increase
Steady
Steady
2009 15,130 16.4% Increase
Steady
Steady
2010 23,629 56.1% Increase
Steady
Steady
2011 32,006 35.4% Increase
Steady
Steady
2012 29,626 7.4% Decrease 3,394
Steady
2013 40,291 35.9%Increase 2,246 33.9%Decrease
2014 138,886 244.7%Increase 3,506 56.1%Increase
2015 116,947 15.8%Decrease 2,999 14.5%Decrease
2016 222,320 90.1%Increase 4,018 33.9%Increase
2017 447,227 101.1%Increase 5,960 48.3%Increase
2018 493,056 10.2%Increase 6,793 14%Increase
2019 514,544 4.3%Increase
Busiest Routes from Craiova International Airport (2019)
Rank Airport Passengers
1 United Kingdom London - Luton
142,678
2 Italy Bergamo
84,970
3 Italy Rome - Ciampino Airport
43,856
4 Spain Madrid
40,183
5 Italy Bologna
35,368

Ground transportation[]

The airport is connected to the city via bus route 9 (Metro-Central Market-Craiovița Nouă) of the public transport company RAT Craiova. There is a station in front of the airport with all-day service time.[10]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b EAD Basic
  2. ^ Craiova Airport in 2013 Archived 8 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine at newsair.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ ORDIN 169/1.801. Planul national de actiune privind reducerea emisiilor de gaze cu efect de seră în domeniul aviatiei civile (in Romanian)
  4. ^ [1] Adevarul, The New Terminal of the Airport Will be Inaugurated in Two Weeks
  5. ^ "Ryanair to stop flights from Oradea and Craiova, after closing Timisoara base". 16 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Flight schedule". animawings.com.
  7. ^ https://boardingpass.ro/wizz-air-va-opera-cinci-rute-noi-din-cluj-napoca-si-craiova-din-vara-anului-2022/
  8. ^ https://boardingpass.ro/wizz-air-va-opera-cinci-rute-noi-din-cluj-napoca-si-craiova-din-vara-anului-2022/
  9. ^ https://boardingpass.ro/wizz-air-va-opera-cinci-rute-noi-din-cluj-napoca-si-craiova-din-vara-anului-2022/
  10. ^ "RAT-Craiova bus schedule". Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.

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