Henri Coandă International Airport
Henri Coandă International Airport (Romanian: Aeroportul Internaţional Henri Coandă) is Romania's main international airport, serving the capital city of Bucharest along with the smaller Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu.The airport is located in Otopeni, north of Bucharest. It is named after Romanian flight pioneer Henri Coandă, the builder of the world's first jet powered aircraft. Until May 2004, its official name was Bucharest Otopeni International Airport ((Romanian: Aeroportul Internaţional Bucureşti Otopeni), and locally it is still ocasionally referred to by its former name.
Bucharest OTP is an important airport in Eastern Europe and the main hub of the Romanian national airline, TAROM. Low fare airlines generally operate from Bucharest's Băneasa Airport, 10 km to the south, rather than OTP, except Clickair and easyJet.
The airport is embarking on Phase III of its development program, which consist of the expansion of Departure Hall, Arrivals Hall and the boarding area. At the end of this phase (2010) the terminal will have a total of 24 boarding gates (13 equipped with jetways) within the International Departure Hall, while the Domestic Flights Hall will gain 5 more gates.
The current terminal is approaching its maximum capacity and little expansion is possible on the current location, so a new terminal building (Henri Coandă 2) and a hotel are envisaged; the new terminal would be built at the east end of the current site and consist of four halls, each capable of handling 5 million passengers annually; by 2015 Terminal 2 alone should be able to handle the 20 million passengers per year indicated by estimates.
The terminal will be connected to the future A3 Bucharest - Braşov motorway, to the railway system and to the Bucharest Metro system. The construction of the second terminal is due to start in 2011.
The control tower at the airport is undergoing major renovation
| Address: | Calea Bucurestilor nr. 224 E Otopeni, Ilfov County 075150 |
| Website: | www.otp-airport.ro |