| Bucharest Henri Coandǎ International Airport Aeroportul Internaţional Henri Coandă Otopeni Airport |
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| IATA: OTP – ICAO: LROP | |||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||
| Operator | The National Company "Bucharest Airports" S.A. | ||
| Serves | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Location | Otopeni, Ilfov | ||
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| Elevation AMSL | 314 ft / 96 m | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 08R/26L | 3,500 | 11,484 | Asphalt |
| 08L/26R | 3,500 | 11,484 | Asphalt |
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| Number | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| H1 | 3.5 | 11 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 4,917,952 | ||
| Aircraft movements | 76,966 | ||
| Source: Romanian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] | |||
Henri Coandă International Airport (Romanian: Aeroportul Internaţional Henri Coandă) (IATA: OTP, ICAO: LROP) is Romania's busiest international airport, located 16.5 km (10.3 mi) northwest[1] of the city of Bucharest, within Otopeni city limits. One of two airports serving the Romanian capital, the other being Băneasa, it is named after Romanian flight pioneer Henri Coandă, builder of Coandă-1910 aircraft and discoverer of the Coanda effect of fluidics. Until May 2004, the official name was Bucharest Otopeni International Airport (Romanian: Aeroportul Internaţional Bucureşti Otopeni), which remains the name by which it is generally known. The military section of the airport is currently used by the 90th Airlift Flotilla of the Romanian Air Force. The airport is managed by The National Company "Bucharest Airports" S.A. (Compania Naţională Aeroporturi Bucureşti S.A.).[2]
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During World War II, the airport in Otopeni was used as an airbase by the German air force. Up to 1965, it was restricted for military use, and was one of the major bases of the Romanian Air Force, with a runway of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft). Before 1965, Băneasa Airport was the only airport that Bucharest used for commercial flights. However, with the growth of air traffic, a new commercial airport was constructed in the settlement of Otopeni, where the military air base used to be. The existing runway was modernised, extended up to 3,500 metres (11,500 ft), making it one of the longest in Europe at that time (1965). Also, a new passenger terminal was constructed for domestic and international flights.
In the late 1960s, when President Nixon of the United States visited Romania, a new VIP lounge was created, and on 13 April 1970, the passenger terminal was updated to have a capacity of 1,200,000 passengers per year. The airport slowly became more and more used by airlines, with a growing number of passengers, and in 1986, it entered a new phase of development. A second 3500-metre runway was constructed, as well as related taxiways. The airport lighting system was improved and the capacity was increased to 35–40 airport movements per hour.
In 1992, Otopeni Airport became a regular member of Airports Council International (ACI). In the same year a long-term, multi-stage upgrade plan was devised, anticipating a sharp increase in traffic as traveling restrictions to and from Romania were lifted. The first stage of the plan (Phase I), taking place between 1994 and 1998, involved the construction a new departures terminal and of a new airside concourse with 5 jetways and 9 gates (referred to as 'the Finger') as well as the extension of various airport ramps and of their associated taxiways. [3]
The second phase (labeled Phase II/IIe) of the plan led to the construction of a terminal dedicated to domestic flights and of a multi-story car park (2003), the complete overhaul of the control tower (between 2005–2007) as well as the transformation of the old terminal building in a dedicated arrivals hall (in 2000). During the same phase, two new high-speed taxiways (Oscar and Victor) were constructed. Phase II was completed in 2007.[4]
The third stage of the plan (Phase III), started in 2009, involves the extension of the airside concourse ('the Finger') to 24 gates and 14 jetways, as well as the expansion of Departure Hall and Arrivals Hall in order to raise the capacity of the airport to 6 million passengers yearly. The airside concourse, designed by Studio Capelli Architecttura & Associati, was inaugurated on 29 March 2011.[5][6]
The airport has ILS CAT III B status on runways 08R and 08L.
The airport is currently undertaking Phase III of its development program, a €150 million investment, which consist of the expansion of Departure Hall, Arrivals Hall and the concourse. At the end of this phase (2012), the terminal will have a processing capacity of 4,500 passengers per hour.[7] Thus the airport's capacity is expected to raise to a total of 6 mil. passengers annually on both domestic and international routes.[8]
Beyond Phase III, a new terminal building (Henri Coandă 2), located at the Eastern end of the current location is envisaged. Henri Coandă 2 will be of a modular design, consisting of 4 separate buildings, each capable of individually handling 5 million passengers annually. Each module will be built as traffic demands will dictate. Thus, by 2023, Terminal 2 alone should be able to handle the 20 million passengers per year indicated by estimates. The terminal will be connected to the future A3 Bucharest–Braşov motorway, to the railway system and to the Bucharest Metro system as Bucharest Metro Line M6.[9]
The airport's facilities consist of a single terminal with two main buildings (occasionally considered to be separate terminals). These two buildings are the Departures Hall (formerly known as International Departures Hall) and the Arrivals Hall (formerly known as International Arrivals/Domestic Hall).[10] The airline TAROM has its head office on the second floor of the Departures Hall.[11] A walkway with several shops connects the buildings.
The airport has one concourse (the so-called finger terminal) with 24 gates (of which 14 equipped with jetways) and passengers transit organized in two separate, Schengen/non-Schengen, flows.[12]
The airline Țiriac Air also has its head office on the airport property.[13]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aegean Airlines | Seasonal: Corfu, Heraklion, Rhodos, Santorini |
| Aer Lingus | Dublin |
| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
| Aerosvit Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil |
| Aerosvit Airlines operated by Dniproavia |
Kiev-Boryspil |
| Air Bucharest | Athens, Bologna, Brussels, Cairo, Dubai Seasonal: Abu Dhabi, Antalya, Bodrum, Corfu, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Kos, Luqa, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Santorini, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South, Varna, Zakinthos |
| Air Europa | Charter: Tenerife-South |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Malta | Seasonal: Malta |
| Air Moldova | Chişinău |
| Air One Smart Carrier | Venice [begins 15 June] |
| Air Vallée | Parma [begins 25 March] |
| Alitalia | Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino |
| Alitalia operated by Air One Smart Carrier |
Rome-Fiumicino |
| Austrian Airlines | Vienna |
| Austrian operated by Tyrolean Airways |
Seasonal: Vienna |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow |
| Carpatair | Timisoara |
| Czech Airlines | Prague |
| EasyJet | Madrid [ends 15 January] |
| El Al | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion |
| KLM | Amsterdam |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw |
| Lufthansa | Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 3 June], Frankfurt, Munich |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings |
Düsseldorf |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine |
Munich |
| Malév Hungarian Airlines | Budapest |
| Niki | Vienna |
| Olympic Air | Athens |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen |
| Pegasus Airlines operated by IZair |
Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen |
| Qatar Airways | Doha, Sofia |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen |
| Scandinavian Airlines operated by Cimber Sterling |
Copenhagen |
| Sky Airlines | Seasonal: Antalya |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Zurich |
| Swiss International Air Lines operated by Swiss European Air Lines |
Zurich |
| Syrian Air | Damascus |
| TAROM | Amman, Amsterdam, Athens, Baia Mare, Barcelona, Beirut, Belgrade, Brussels, Budapest, Cairo, Chişinău, Cluj-Napoca, Dubai, Frankfurt, Iaşi, Istanbul-Atatürk, Larnaca, London-Heathrow, Lyon, Madrid, Munich, Oradea, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Sofia, Suceava, Strasbourg, Târgu Mureş, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Thessaloniki, Timişoara, Vienna Seasonal: Hurghada, Salzburg |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| Wind Jet | Rimini |
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| DHL Aviation | Milano-Orio al Serio, Venice-Treviso |
| TAROM Cargo | All destinations operated by TAROM |
| TNT Airways | Liege |
| UPS Airlines operated by Farnair Switzerland | Cologne/Bonn, Katowice |
The International Departure area hosts a variety of shops, cafes, lounges, Internet cafes and many more. There is also a chapel at the first level of the International Departures Hall. The facilities inside the airport are easily accessible for the persons with disabilities. Airlines distribute Romanian- and English-language newspapers at the departure gates.
The main handling agent in the airport is Globeground, the second being Menzies. The catering services are provided by Alpha Rocas [5].
In 2010, Henri Coandă International received 4,917,952 passengers, an increase of 9.7% compared to 2009.[14][15] Together, both Bucharest's airports handled over 7 mil passengers in 2010.
| Year | Passengers (total) | Passengers (domestic flights) | Aircraft movements | Cargo |
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| 2005 | 3,031,719 | 53,350 | 16,887 tonnes | |
| 2006 | 3,513,576 | 58,053 | 18,089 tonnes | |
| 2007 | 4,978,587 | 410,916 | 70,588 | 17,423 tonnes |
| 2008 | 5,064,230 | 497,208 | 71,137 | |
| 2009 | 4,483,661 | 496,391 | 72,697 | |
| 2010 | 4,917,952 | 76,966 |
| City | Airport(s) | Weekly Departures (January 2012) |
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| Vienna | Vienna Airport |
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| Timisoara | Traian Vuia International Airport |
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| Munich | Munich Airport |
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| Istanbul | Ataturk Airport |
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| Iași | Iași International Airport |
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| Paris | Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport |
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| Frankfurt | Frankfurt Airport |
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| Cluj-Napoca | Cluj-Napoca International Airport |
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| Budapest | Budapest Airport |
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| London | London Heathrow Airport |
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| Amsterdam | Amsterdam Airport |
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| Athens | Athens International Airport |
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| Sofia | Sofia International Airport |
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A direct train service to the main railway station, Gara de Nord, runs from the Airport train station, about 900 m from the airport. Shuttle buses connect this train station with the departures and arrivals halls and the tickets are valid both for the train and for the transfer bus.
The next phase of the airport's expansion aims to locate the train station in the airport itself.
Henri Coandă Airport is connected to the public transport company RATB system. The 780 route provides express bus service to Gara de Nord railway station in Bucharest and the 783 route provides express bus service to the city center.
Henri Coandă Airport has pick-up locations for taxis. Taxis are licensed by the Department of Transportation but taxis licensed in Bucharest can also deliver to Henri Coandă Airport.
The airport is 16.5 km (10.3 mi) north of central Bucharest, to which it is connected by route DN1. The A3 motorway will connect the airport and the city, when finished.
Plans for a new subway line connecting Henri Coanda airport to the city center have been made. Construction of the new line is due to start in 2011.
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