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Henri Coandă International Airport

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Bucharest Henri Coandǎ International Airport
Aeroportul Internaţional Henri Coandă
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IATA: OTP - ICAO: LROP
Summary

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Elevation AMSL 314 ft (96 m)
Coordinates 44°34′19″N, 26°06′07″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08R/26L 11,484 3,500 Asphalt
08L/26R 11,484 3,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2004)
Number of Passengers 2,644,305
Aircraft Movements 42,468
Statistics (2005)
Number of Passengers 3,035,311
Aircraft Movements 53,496

Henri Coandă International Airport (Romanian: Aeroportul Internaţional Henri Coandă) (IATA: OTP, ICAO: LROP) is the largest airport in Romania, as well as one of two airports serving Bucharest (The other airport is Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport). IATA code for Bucharest - all airports - is BUH.

Henri Coandă Intl is located north of the Bucharest metropolitan area, in the town of Otopeni, Ilfov. Its previous name was Bucharest Otopeni International Airport (Aeroportul Internaţional Bucureşti Otopeni). In May 2004 it was renamed in honour of Romanian flight pioneer professor Henri Coandă, the inventor of the aircraft jet engine.

OTP received 3.035.511 passengers in 2005 and the airport is expected to handle 4.4 million passengers by 2007.

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[edit] Terminals

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Currently the airport has only one terminal, two halls (International Departures Hall and Arrivals Hall which includes the Domestic Flights Area), 36 check-in desks, one finger with 13 gates and 5 jetways. Today's Arrivals Hall is actually the old Otopeni terminal, while the new Departures Hall, including the finger and the airbridges was inaugurated in 1997. A second finger with 7 jetways is under construction and a new building terminal on the east side is in project phase.

[edit] History

During World War II, the airport in Otopeni was used as an air base of the Third Reich of Hitler. 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 1200m. 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 3500m, making it even longer than that of Paris' Orly Airport. Also, a new passenger terminal was constructed for domestic and international flights.

In the late 1960s, when President Nixon of the USA visited Romania, a new VIP lounge was created, and in 13 April 1970, the passenger terminal was updated to have a capacity of 1,200,000 passengers per year. The airport slowly become 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 Airport Council International (ACI). In 1997, when 8 years had passed since Romania had escaped from Communism, a development initiative took place. A state-of-the-art International Departures Lounge with a capacity of 1000-1200 passengers per hour was opened, as well as five modern airbridges. In 2000, Phase II of the development initiative continued, and the International Arrivals Terminal was improved.

Currently, Henri Coandă is one of the most modern in Eastern Europe, and yet development still continues to transform this airport into a state-of-the-art hub for Romanian aviation.

[edit] Airlines

Bucharest OTP is an important airport in Eastern Europe, served by a large variety of European and international airlines.

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[edit] City access

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The airport is currently served by DN1 road in northern Bucharest area; in the future it will be linked to the A3 motorway, currently under construction. The city of Bucharest is accessible by RATB express bus 783, which also provides a connection to the smaller Aurel Vlaicu International Airport. The city can also be accessed by taxi, and there is a proposed plan to link the airport with the Bucharest Metro system (Line M6) and with Gara de Nord (Bucharest Northern Railway Station) by a fast light-rail train.

[edit] Future development

Due to the fact that the current terminal is approaching its maximum capacity and little expansion is possible on the current location, a new building terminal and a hotel are in project phase; the new terminal will be built on the east end, it will consist of four halls, each one of them capable of handling 5 million passengers annually; by 2015 the terminal 2 alone will be able to handle the estimated annual traffic of 20 million passengers. The building terminal will be connected to the future A3 Bucharest - Braşov motorway, to the railway system and to the Bucharest Metro system<ref>[1] (Romanian) The Romanian Ministry of Transportation </ref>

[edit] Services

In the international departure area you can find a lot of shops, cafes, lounges and a internet cafe. Airlines distribute romanian and english newspapers at the departure gates. A Vodafone sells local SIM cards in the baggage pickup area of the international arrivals terminal.

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Arad (ARW) | Bacău (BCM) | Baia Mare (BAY) | Bucharest Aurel Vlaicu (BBU) | Bucharest Henri Coandă (OTP) | Caransebeş (CSB) | Cluj Napoca (CLJ) | Constanţa (CND) | Craiova (CRA) | Iaşi (IAS) | Oradea (OMR) | Satu Mare (SUJ) | Sibiu (SBZ) | Suceava (SCV) | Târgu Mureş (TGM) | Timişoara (TSR) | Tulcea (TCE)
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