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Bucharest Constantin Brâncuși Airport

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Bucharest Constantin Brâncuși Airport

Aeroportul Constantin Brâncuși București
Summary
Airport typePublic / Cargo[1]
OwnerSouth Development Group[2]
ServesBucharest, Romania
LocationBucharest
Websitesouthdevelopmentgroup.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
R1 13,123 4,000
R2 13,123 4,000
Statistics (2024)
Passengers12,000,000 (estimated)
Sources:

Bucharest Constantin Brâncuși Airport/Bucharest South Airport (Romanian: Aeroportul Constantin Brâncuși/Aeroportul București Sud) is a proposed new facility to support the existing Otopeni Airport. In June 2018 Romania's Government adopted a strategic investment package including a proposal for construction of Bucharest Constantin Brancusi Airport/Bucharest South Airport.[3]

The airport is named after Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși, a famous Romanian sculptor, painter and photographer who made his career in France.[4] The new airport is planned to be constructed on an area of up to 600 hectares (1,500 acres), equipped with at least two terminals and have a capacity of around 30 million passengers p/a, supporting Bucharest Otopeni Airport as an alternative international airport both in terms of passenger and freight operations. Airport ground access will be provided through the new Bucharest-Alexandria-Craiova highway and new Bragadiru-Unirii Square subway station projects. The investment package is to be prepared and awarded under a public-private partnership by the National Commission for Strategy and Forecasting.[3]

History

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In November 2019 Abu Dhabi Airports announced the signing of a MoU with South Development Group for the development of Bucharest Constantin Brâncuși Airport.[5]

Terminals

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The airport is projected with at least 5 terminals, which are planned to be constructed in 3 phases.

Future development

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The airport plans a second 4,000 m (13,000 ft) runway in addition to the existing 4,000 m (13,000 ft) runway.[6]

The airport targets to become an important cargo hub in Eastern Europe. The cargo terminal will be built in collaboration with Liège Airport.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "South Development Group".
  2. ^ "SDG announces new partners for the development of the new Brancusi Airport". boardingpass.ro. 19 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Bucharest Constantin Brancusi New Airport". CAPA.
  4. ^ "One moment, please".
  5. ^ "Abu Dhabi Airports agreement South Development Group". romania-insder. 28 November 2019.
  6. ^ a b "When could the "Constantin Brâncuși" Airport open". ziare.com.