Brașov-Ghimbav
International Airport

Aeroportul Internațional
Brașov-Ghimbav
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorBrașov County Council
ServesBrașov
LocationGhimbav, Brașov County
Opened15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)
Elevation AMSL1,740 ft / 530 m
Coordinates45°42′06″N 25°31′12″E / 45.70167°N 25.52000°E / 45.70167; 25.52000
Websitebrasovairport.ro
Map
GHV is located in Romania
GHV
GHV
Location within Romania
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,820 9,252 Concrete[1][2]

Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport (Romanian: Aeroportul Internațional Brașov-Ghimbav, IATA: GHV,[3] ICAO: LRBV) is an airport located in Ghimbav, near Brașov, Romania, by the future A3 motorway. It is the first airport to be built in Romania in the last 50 years,[4] and the 17th commercial airport in the country. Flights commenced on 15 June 2023.[5]

History

Planning

The project has been widely supported by the local population and some businesses in the area have announced plans to switch to air freight services. It is expected that the airport will create 4,000 jobs and reach 1 million passengers in 8 years, with a further 6,000 jobs being generated indirectly. Planned costs of the project were originally estimated at €87 million.[6]

In 2006, the Romanian State Domain Agency transferred 110 hectares of land to Brașov County. Intelcan Canada was to develop and build the airport in coordination with Brașov, Harghita, and Covasna counties as well as the Ghimbav city. The airport's charter was officially signed on 14 November 2005. Intelcan inaugurated the construction of the airport on 15 April 2008.[7] The initial target for completion was twenty-four to thirty months. However, due to legal matters and a lack of funds, the construction works had stopped and Intelcan left the project, being replaced by the local authorities.

Construction

On 18 November 2012, the Brașov County authorities signed a €12.7 million (VAT excluded) contract with Vectra Service, a local construction company, for building the runway.[8] Eventually, construction of the airport restarted in April 2013 with the works at the 2,820 m (9,252 ft) runway.[6][9][2] On 3 October 2014, the runway was officially inaugurated.[2]

The contract for the construction of the main terminal building, with a total area of 11,780 m2 (126,800 sq ft), was awarded to the Romanian contractor Bog'Art Bucharest and was signed on 21 August 2019.[10] Construction works for the passenger terminal started on 17 March 2020[11] and were completed by March 2021.[12][13]

The construction works on the entire site were finally completed in May 2023, with the total costs raising to approximately €140 million.[14]

Air traffic control is provided by a remote virtual tower operated from 400 km (250 mi) away, at Arad International Airport.[15][16][17]

The national railway carrier CFR announced a feasibility study for the construction of an 8-km rail connection from the airport to the Brașov railway station.[18] The study was contracted in September 2020 and the rail line will be financed from the Next Generation EU recovery fund. The total cost of this investment was estimated at €300 million.[19]

Opening

In the first year of operations, the airport is expected to service 300,000 passengers.[20] It is expected that the traffic at the airport will reach one million passengers by 2026, and the construction of a second terminal, or more likely an extension of the already existing building,[21] is envisioned for 2027–2033.[22]

The airport opened on June 15, 2023. The first flight was a TAROM flight from Bucharest, operated by a Boeing 737-700 registered YR-BGG (TAROM's retrojet) which touched down at 08:10 in the morning.[23] The first international flight was Dan Air flight 234 from Stuttgart, operated by an Airbus A320 registered YR-DSE.[24][25][26]

Operations

Since the airport started operating, the Romanian authority for air traffic control is only allowing flights on the site between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM.[27] Due to this situation, the carriers operating at the airport have been rerouting their flights scheduled outside these working hours to other airports, such as Bucharest or Sibiu.[27] From January 2024, the airport was set to switch to a 16-hour operating schedule, but since the heavy economic losses, they have decided to maximize their operations under current timetable.

The new Romanian airline Dan Air has been the most active carrier upon the airport's opening, with a large number of routes served, yet, from November 2023, they decided to move all their flights to the Bacău airport, due to the tight operating schedule.[28]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate flights at Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
HiSky Seasonal charter: Hurghada[29]
Wizz Air Dortmund,[30] London–Luton[30]

Statistics

Monthly traffic figures (2023)[31]
Month 2023 YTD
January
February
March
April
May
June 4,358 4,358
July 9,913 14,271
August 16,486 30,757
September 17,907 48,664
October 13,253 61,917
November 9,819 71,736
December

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Aeroportul Internațional Brașov". BrasovAirport.ro. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022. Pista va avea o lungime de 2820 m o lățime de 45 m și acostamente betonate de câte 7,5 m. [The runway will have a length of 2820 m, a width of 45 m and concrete pavements of 7.5 m each.]
  2. 1 2 3 Pintili, Jana (3 October 2014). "Pista aeroportului Braşov-Ghimbav a fost inaugurată; Este nevoie, în continuare, de sprijin financiar guvernamental" [Brasov-Ghimbav airport runway inaugurated; Government financial support still needed]. Agerpres (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Bobon, Gabriel (13 May 2023). "Document: GHV este codul IATA alocat oficial aeroportului din Brașov". BoardingPass.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "First new airport in Romania in 50 years launches operations in Brașov". romania-insider.com. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Bobon, Gabriel (16 June 2023). "FTOT/VIDEO: Aeroportul Brașov este operațional".
  6. 1 2 Simona Suciu (20 November 2012). "Viitorul Aeroport Braşov, magnet pentru marile companii" [The future Brasov Airport, magnet for big companies]. Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "A fost inagurarea" [It has been Inaugurated]. AeroportBrasov.ro (in Romanian). 15 April 2008. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "12,7 milioane de euro pentru construcţia pistei aeroportului internaţional Braşov-Ghimbav" [€12.7 million for constructing the runways at Brasov-Ghimbav International Airport]. Gândul (in Romanian). 19 November 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Works begin on the Brașov-Ghimbav international airport". airportbrasov.ro. 27 April 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "Aeroportul Internaţional Braşov: azi se semnează contractul pentru construcţia terminalului cu Bog'Art Bucureşti" [Brasov International Airport: today the contract for the construction of the terminal is signed with Bog'Art Bucharest] (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  11. ↑ Dincă, Ionuţ (17 March 2020). "Au inceput lucrarile la aeroport" [Work begins on airport] (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  12. ↑ Colţea, Radu (9 March 2020). "Anul Aerogării: 16.03.2020 - 01.03.2021" [The Year of the Terminal: 16.03.2020 - 01.03.2021]. bzb.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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  16. ↑ "Saab Receives Order for a Digital Tower in Romania". saab.com (Press release). 8 February 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  17. ↑ Petcu, Toma (16 October 2022). "Video Cum arată primul aeroport din România construit de la zero în ultimii 50 de ani. Turnul de control nu va fi unul clasic, ci virtual" [Video: What Romania's first airport built from scratch in 50 years looks like. The control tower won't be a traditional one, but a virtual one]. Digi24 (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  18. ↑ "Braşov, legat de viitorul aeroport, printr-o cale ferată modernă" [Brasov, linked to the future airport by a modern railway]. Bursa (in Romanian). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  19. ↑ "CJ Braşov: Racordarea aeroportului Braşov la reţeaua naţională de căi ferate a fost cuprinsă în PNRR, investiţie de aproximativ 300 mil. euro" [CJ Brasov: Connecting Brasov airport to the national railway network was included in the PNRR, an investment of about 300 million euros]. Ziarul Financiar (in Romanian). 24 March 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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  22. ↑ "Aeroportul Ghimbav primește ajutor pentru funcționare de 2,3 milioane de euro. În plan, construcția celui de-al doilea terminal, o investiție de 23,5 milioane de euro • Administratie Biz Brasov". 24 May 2023.
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  24. ↑ "New Brasov Airport Set to Open June 15 - Airliners.net". www.airliners.net. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  25. ↑ Flightradar24. "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map". Flightradar24. Retrieved 7 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  27. 1 2 Bobon, Gabriel (14 June 2023). "Dan Air comasează zboruri de la București cu cele de la Brașov".
  28. ↑ Marcu, Vlad (31 October 2023). "Dan Air va muta zborurile de la Brașov la Bacău din 13 noiembrie 2023".
  29. ↑ "Aeroportul Brașov. O nouă destinație de vacanță / Zboruri charter - MyTex.ro". 20 September 2023.
  30. 1 2 Bobon, Gabriel (6 April 2023). "Wizz Air anunță primele rute de la aeroportul Brașov" [Wizz Air Announces First Routes from Brașov Airport]. boardingpass.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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