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The airport is named after Romanian flight pioneer Henri Coandă, builder of Coandă-1910 aircraft and discoverer of the Coandă effect of fluidics. Prior to May 2004, the official name was Bucharest Otopeni International Airport (Romanian: Aeroportul Internațional București Otopeni).
Bucharest / Băneasa: LRBS BBU Bucharest "Aurel Vlaicu" International Airport (formerly Băneasa Airport) APP 119.415 TWR 125.205 GND 129.950 Bucharest / Otopeni: LROP OTP Bucharest "Henri Coandă" International Airport (formerly Otopeni Airport) APP 119.415 TWR 118.805 GND 121.855 DEL 121.955 Brașov / Ghimbav: LRBV GHV Brașov-Ghimbav ...
The Otopeni military airport was built around 1940 and initially intended as a military training center. It was extensively used by the Luftwaffe in 1941 with units of the Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 and Jagdgeschwader 77 located there. The Romanian Grupul 6 Vânătoare also used the airport between June and August 1941. The base was further ...
The first flights in the Băneasa area took place in 1909 and they were carried out by the French pilot and aviation pioneer Louis Blériot, who flew on 18 October at the Băneasa Hippodrome . [4] In 1912, one of the first flight schools in Romania was opened at the Băneasa airfield by George Valentin Bibescu. This makes Băneasa airport the ...
Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) Commenced operations Notes Animawings: A2 AWG ANIMA WINGS Henri Coandă International Airport, Cluj International Airport: 2019 ...
The International Departures Hall consists of 36 check-in desks, one finger with 10 gates (5 equipped with jetways), while the Domestic Hall has an extra four gates. Today's International Arrivals Hall is the old Otopeni terminal, while the new Departures Hall, including the finger and the airbridges was built and inaugurated in 1997.
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. [21] The first international flight was Dan Air flight 234 from Stuttgart, operated by an Airbus A320 registered YR-DSE. [22] [23] [24]
On 24 February 1962 an Ilyushin Il-18V, registration YR-IMB, operating on an international scheduled flight from Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP) to Tel Aviv via Nicosia lost power on all four engines and made a belly landing on a grassy field in Cyprus. While cruising at 23,000 feet (7,010 m) over the Mediterranean Sea and 43 miles (37 nmi; 69 ...