Brașov Airport

Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport
IATA: BRV – ICAO: LROV
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Brașov County Council
Serves Brașov
Location Ghimbav, Brașov County
Elevation AMSL 1,740 ft / 530 m
Coordinates 45°42′06″N 25°31′12″E / 45.70167°N 25.52000°E / 45.70167; 25.52000Coordinates: 45°42′06″N 25°31′12″E / 45.70167°N 25.52000°E / 45.70167; 25.52000
Website www.aeroportbrasov.ro
Map
Brașov-Ghimbav

Location within Romania

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 2,820 9,252 Concrete[1]

Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport is an airport currently under construction in Ghimbav, near Brașov, Romania right by the future A3 motorway. The airport is designed to handle medium-sized aircraft with a capacity of one million people per year.

The project

Future Brașov terminal

Planned costs of the project are estimated at €87 million.[2] The terminal will be built modularly, allowing future construction.

The project is widely supported by the local population and some businesses in the area have announced plans to switch to air freight services. It is predicted that the airport will create 4,000 jobs and will reach 1 million passengers in 8 years, with a further 6,000 jobs being generated indirectly.

History

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 Ghimbav city. The airport's charter was officially signed on 14 November 2005. Intelcan inaugurated the construction of the airport on 15 April 2008.[3] 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.

The Brașov County authorities finalized an agreement with a local construction company, Vectra Service, for building the runway. The contract was signed on 18 November 2012, and is worth €12.7 million (VAT excluded).[4] Eventually, construction of the airport restarted in April 2013 with the works at the 2,820 m (9,252 ft) runway.[2][5] On 3 October 2014, the runway was officially inaugurated.[6]

Negotiations are still ongoing for the construction of the main terminal building.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.aeroportbrasov.ro/stiri/
  2. 1 2 The future Brașov Airport at adevarul.ro (Romanian)
  3. ↑ AeroportBrasov.ro » A fost inagurarea
  4. ↑ 12,7 milioane de euro pentru construcţia pistei aeroportului internaţional Braşov-Ghimbav at gandul.info (Romanian)
  5. ↑ "Works begin on the Brașov-Ghimbav international airport". 2013-04-27. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  6. ↑ Pista aeroportului Brașov-Ghimbav a fost inaugurată (Romanian)

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