Craiova International Airport

Craiova International Airport (IATA: CRA, ICAO: LRCV) is located in the south-western part of Romania, 7 km (4.3 mi) east[2] 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.

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
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 (2021)
Passengers[1]191,510 Increase 20.0%
Aircraft movements[1]5,260 Increase 39.9%
Source: Romanian AIP at EUROCONTROL,[2]
Statistics[3][4]

History

A new terminal was opened at Craiova airport in December 2010.[5] 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[6] which had operated since November 2016 and consisted of a single route to Valencia.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Craiova Airport:[7]

AirlinesDestinations
Aerro Direkt Seasonal charter: Antalya[8]
Animawings Seasonal charter: Antalya[9]
HiSky Seasonal charter: Monastir[7]
TAROM Seasonal charter: Antalya[7]
Wizz Air[10] Barcelona, Beauvais, Bergamo, Birmingham, Bologna, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, London–Luton, Madrid, Rome–Ciampino

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at CRA airport. See 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 6,779 0.2%Decrease
2020[1] 159,552 68.9%Decrease 3,758 44.5%Decrease
2021[1] 191,510 20.0%Increase 5,260 39.6%Increase
Busiest Routes from Craiova International Airport (2019)
RankAirportPassengers
1United Kingdom London - Luton
142,678
2Italy Bergamo
84,970
3Italy Rome - Ciampino Airport
43,856
4Spain Madrid
40,183
5Italy 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.[11]

See also

References
  1. https://www.caa.ro/uploads/pages/LRCV%20Site%202017-2021.pdf
  2. EAD Basic
  3. Craiova Airport in 2013 Archived 8 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine at newsair.ro (in Romanian)
  4. ORDIN 169/1.801. Planul national de actiune privind reducerea emisiilor de gaze cu efect de seră în domeniul aviatiei civile (in Romanian)
  5. Adevarul, The New Terminal of the Airport Will be Inaugurated in Two Weeks
  6. "Ryanair to stop flights from Oradea and Craiova, after closing Timisoara base". 16 March 2018.
  7. "Craiova Airport flight schedule".. Retrieved on 6 August 2022.
  8. "Aerro Direkt".
  9. "Star Tours".
  10. https://wizzair.com/de-de#/
  11. "RAT-Craiova bus schedule". Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
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