Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport
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Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (Romanian: Aeroportul Internațional Henri Coandă București) (IATA: OTP, ICAO: LROP) is Romania's busiest international airport, located in Otopeni, 16.5 km (10.3 mi) north of Bucharest's city centre.[1] It is currently one of the two airports serving the capital of Romania. The other is Aurel Vlaicu Airport. The airport covers 605 hectares (1,495 acres) of land and contains two parallel runways, both 3,500 meters long.[3]
Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport Aeroportul Internațional Henri Coandă București | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure | ||||||||||||||
Operator | The National Company "Bucharest Airports" S.A. | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Bucharest metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
Location | Otopeni | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 1965 (1965) | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 314 ft / 96 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°34′16″N 26°05′06″E | ||||||||||||||
Website | bucharestairports.ro | ||||||||||||||
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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). Henri Coandă International Airport serves as headquarters for TAROM, the country's national airline.[4] It also serves as a base of operations for low-cost airlines Animawings, Ryanair and Wizz Air. It is managed by The National Company Bucharest Airports S.A. (Compania Națională Aeroporturi București S.A.).[5] The military section of the airport is used by the 90th Airlift Flotilla of the Romanian Air Force.