Craiova International Airport
| Craiova International Airport Aeroportul Internaţional Craiova | |||||||||||
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| IATA: CRA – ICAO: LRCV | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Consiliul Judeţean Dolj | ||||||||||
| Serves | Craiova, Romania | ||||||||||
| Focus city for | Wizz Air | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 626 ft / 191 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°19′05″N 023°53′19″E / 44.31806°N 23.88861°ECoordinates: 44°19′05″N 023°53′19″E / 44.31806°N 23.88861°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.aeroportcraiova.ro | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  CRA Location of airport in Romania | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2015) | |||||||||||
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Craiova International Airport (IATA: CRA, ICAO: LRCV) is located in 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]
Since July 2014 Craiova Airport is base for Wizz Air which serves 7 destinations in 4 countries
Runway renovation works took place in summer 2015.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Ryanair | Valencia |
| Wizz Air | Barcelona, Beauvais (begins 26 March 2017),[5] Bergamo, Bologna, Cologne/Bonn (begins 27 March 2017),[6] Liverpool (begins 27 March 2017),[6] London-Luton, Rome-Ciampino, Madrid (begins 26 March 2017),[6] Treviso (begins 27 March 2017)[5] |
Statistics
| Year | Passengers | Change | Aircraft movements | Change |
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| 2007 | 5,133 |  |
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| 2008 | 12,988 | 153%  |
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| 2009 | 15,130 | 16.4% |
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| 2010 | 23,629 | 56.1% |
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| 2011 | 32,006 | 35.4% |
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| 2012 | 29,626 | 7.4%  |
3,394 | |
| 2013 | 40,291 | 35.9% |
2,246 | 33.9% |
| 2014 | 138,886 | 244.7% |
3,506 | 56.1% |
| 2015 | 116,947 | 15.8% |
2,999 | 14.5% |
| 2016 Jan - Oct | 182,404 | 55.9% |
3,378 | 12.6% |
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.[7] Taxis are also available.
See also
References
- 1 2 EAD Basic
- ↑ Craiova Airport in 2013 at newsair.ro (Romanian)
- ↑ ORDIN 169/1.801. Planul national de actiune privind reducerea emisiilor de gaze cu efect de seră în domeniul aviatiei civile (Romanian)
- ↑ Adevarul, The New Terminal of the Airport Will be Inaugurated in Two Weeks
- 1 2 Two new routes from Craiova
- 1 2 3 Second based aircraft and three new routes from March2017
- ↑ RAT-Craiova bus schedule