Alexeni airfield

Alexni airfield
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Owner/Operator Romanian Air Force
Location Alexeni, Ialomița County, Romania
Closed 2001
Coordinates 44°42′16.47″N 26°43′7.45″E / 44.7045750°N 26.7187361°E / 44.7045750; 26.7187361Coordinates: 44°42′16.47″N 26°43′7.45″E / 44.7045750°N 26.7187361°E / 44.7045750; 26.7187361
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
042/222 8,200 2,500 concrete

Alexeni airfield was a military airfield, which was proposed as a new low-cost airport for Bucharest, located in the Alexeni town, in Ialomiţa County, at 60 km north-east of the capital city of Romania.

Until 2001 a Romanian Air Force military helicopter unit was based on this airfield. Former Minister of Transport Radu Berceanu suggested the location for Bucharest's new low-cost flights airport (as the operational tariffs for Bucharest's previous low-cost hub, Aurel Vlaicu Airport, were set to grow).[1] However, some analysts considered the project unrealistic and doomed to fail due to the poor conditions of the infrastructure in the area.[2]

As of April 2013 those plans have been abandoned and all Bucharest's low-cost flights were moved at Henri Coandă International Airport in March 2012.

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  1. ↑ Hotnews.ro,New airport for low cost flights near Bucharest, February 28, 2007
  2. ↑ Hotnews.ro, Aeroportul "sătesc" din Alexeni - un proiect mort din naştere ("The village-airport of Alexeni - a project born dead"), March 1, 2007


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