Sibiu International Airport

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Sibiu International Airport
Aeroportul Internațional Sibiu

IATA: SBZ – ICAO: LRSB

SBZ
Location of airport in Romania

Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Sibiu County Council
Serves Sibiu, Romania
Focus city for Wizz Air (begins 19 August 2016)[1]
Elevation AMSL 1,520 ft / 460 m
Coordinates 45°47′09″N 024°05′08″E / 45.78583°N 24.08556°E / 45.78583; 24.08556 (Sibiu International Airport)Coordinates: 45°47′09″N 024°05′08″E / 45.78583°N 24.08556°E / 45.78583; 24.08556 (Sibiu International Airport)
Website sibiuairport.ro
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,630 8,629 Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 276,533
Aircraft movements 5,468
Source: Romanian AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]
Passenger statistics[3]

Sibiu International Airport or Aeroportul Internațional Sibiu (IATA: SBZ, ICAO: LRSB) serves the historic city of Sibiu. It is located in southern Transylvania, 3 km (1.9 mi) west[2] of Sibiu and about 260 km (160 mi) northwest of Romania's capital city, Bucharest.

History

In 1943, the flying activities have been developed on a field (with grass) of 174 ha surface. The Lockheed operating planes belonged to the first Romanian operating airline - LARES. First routes were Bucharest – Sibiu – Arad and Bucharest – Sibiu – Oradea. In 1944, Sibiu was connected by air with some other cities like Bucharest, Brasov, Deva, Oradea and Targu-Mures. In 1959, it was inaugurated the airport building with two floors, control tower, waiting room for 50 passengers on each way (embarking and debarking) and a store-room.

In 1970, the airport was capable to operate during the night, due to the approach and runway guiding lights that have been installed. The concrete runaway was 2000m long and 30m wide. In 1975, radar facilities became operational and later in 1992, the airport was opened for international traffic, with flights to Stuttgart and Munich.

In 2006 - 2008, the airport passed through the most important rehabilitation program in its history, a €77 million investment in a new terminal building and in runway upgrade.[4][5] In 2013, Sibiu International Airport handled 189,300 passengers, which represents an increase over the previous year, while in 2014 the number of passengers increased to almost 216,000 and two new destinations to London and Dortmund have been introduced. In 2015, the total traffic grew up to 276,533 embarked-disembarked passengers, while the number of aircraft movements increased to 5,468.[3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Bucharest Seasonal charter: Antalya
Austrian Airlines Vienna
Blue Air Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart
Lufthansa Regional
operated by Lufthansa CityLine 		Munich
TAROM Munich
Wizz Air Bergamo (begins 20 August 2016),[1] Dortmund, London-Luton, Madrid (begins 20 August 2016),[1] Memmingen (begins 21 August 2016),[1] Nuremberg (begins 19 August 2016)[1]

Statistics

Parking lot and terminal
Check-in area
Annual traffic
Year Passengers[6] Aircraft movements[6]
2005 45,494 3,500
2006 Increase 63,618 3,818
2007 Increase 105,654 5,014
2008 Increase 141,012 5,995
2009 Increase 154,161 6,419
2010 Increase 198,751 6,077
2011 Decrease 176,908 4,824
2012 Decrease 176,504 4,574
2013 Increase 189,300 4,834
2014 Increase 215,941 4,908
2015 Increase 276,533 5,468
2016
Month Passengers[7] Change (2015-2016) Passengers cumulatively
(Transit passengers included)[3]
January 0 Increase 0% 0

Busiest Routes from Sibiu International Airport (2014)
Rank Airport Passengers 2014 Carriers
1 Germany Munich
139,277
Lufthansa, TAROM
2 Germany Stuttgart
41,724
Blue Air
3 Austria Vienna
39,940
Austrian Airlines
4 United Kingdom London
22,751
Wizz Air
Source:Eurostat

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Wizz Air opens new base in Romania’s Sibiu, launches international flights from Suceava
  2. 1 2 EAD Basic
  3. 1 2 3 Sibiu Airport traffic statistics (Romanian)
  4. ↑ Noul Terminal (Romanian)
  5. ↑ Pista (Romanian)
  6. 1 2 ORDIN 169/1.801. Planul national de actiune privind reducerea emisiilor de gaze cu efect de seră în domeniul aviatiei civile (Romanian)
  7. ↑ Anna.aero database

External links

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