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Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport [4] (IATA: CLJ, ICAO: LRCL) is an airport serving the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Initially known as Someșeni Airport , it is located 9 km (5.6 mi) east of the city centre, in the Someșeni area, which is now within the Cluj-Napoca city limits. [ 2 ]
A walkway with shops connects the departures and arrivals buildings. The airside concourse is organized in two (domestic and international) passengers flows. [30] The entire terminal has 104 check-in desks, 38 gates (of which 14 are equipped with jetways), [20] and a total floor area of 86,000 square metres (930,000 sq ft). [10] [19] [21]
The current terminal building was designed in the late 1940s and opened in 1952. At that time it was considered one of the finest architectural features of Bucharest. The building consists of a central dome with three distinct wings which represents an airplane propeller with three blades. [7]
In July 2021, a new external arrivals terminal was inaugurated, [13] followed by a new departures terminal, in March 2024. [14] The general objective of the project was the development of the transport infrastructure of Timișoara International Airport, to support a flow of about three million passengers per year.
A second finger with 7 jetways is under construction and a new building terminal on the east side is in project phase. The airport received 8,317,168 passengers in 2015 [ citation needed ] . It is accessible by STB buses 100 and the future M6 underground line, which will link the airport with the main train station of Bucharest.
A flight information display system (FIDS) is a computer system used in airports to display flight information to passengers, in which a computer system controls mechanical or electronic display boards or monitors in order to display arriving and departing flight information in real-time. The displays are located inside or around an airport ...
Area control centers (ACCs) control IFR air traffic in their flight information region (FIR). The current list of FIRs and ACCs is maintained by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The following is the alphabetic list of all ACCs and their FIRs as of October 2011 [update] :
A passenger terminal with a capacity of 200 passengers per hour was inaugurated in 1962. In 1967 the terminal expanded to a processing capacity of 300 pax/hour. In 1974 a major expansion increased the processing capacity to 1,000 pax/hour. [9]