Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport
Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport (, IATA: GHV, ICAO: LRBV) is an airport located in Ghimbav, near Brașov, Romania, by the future A3 motorway. It is the first airport to be built in Romania in the last 50 years, and the 17th commercial airport in the country. Flights commenced on 15 June 2023. Since the airport started operating, the Romanian authority for air traffic control is only allowing flights on the site between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM. Due to this situation, the carriers operating at the airport have been rerouting their flights scheduled outside these working hours to other airports, such as Bucharest or Sibiu. It is estimated that this situation may last for at least several more months, if not one or two years. History

Planning 
The project has been widely supported by the local population and some businesses in the area have announced plans to switch to air freight services. It is expected that the airport will create 4,000 jobs and reach 1 million passengers in 8 years, with a further 6,000 jobs being generated indirectly. Planned costs of the project were originally estimated at €87 million. 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 the Ghimbav city. The airport's charter was officially signed on 14 November 2005. Intelcan inaugurated the construction of the airport on 15 April 2008. 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. Construction 
On 18 November 2012, the Brașov County authorities signed a €12.7 million (VAT excluded) contract with Vectra Service, a local construction company, for building the runway. Eventually, construction of the airport restarted in April 2013 with the works at the  runway. On 3 October 2014, the runway was officially inaugurated. The contract for the construction of the main terminal building, with a total area of , was awarded to the Romanian contractor Bog'Art Bucharest and was signed on 21 August 2019. Construction works for the passenger terminal started on 17 March 2020 and were completed by March 2021. The construction works on the entire site were finally completed in May 2023, with the total costs raising to approximately €140 million. Air traffic control is provided by a remote virtual tower operated from  away, at Arad International Airport. The national railway carrier CFR announced a feasibility study for the construction of an 8-km rail connection from the airport to the Brașov railway station. The study was contracted in September 2020 and the rail line will be financed from the Next Generation EU recovery fund. The total cost of this investment was estimated at €300 million. Opening 
In the first year of operations, the airport is expected to service 300,000 passengers. It is expected that the traffic at the airport will reach one million passengers by 2026, and the construction of a second terminal, or more likely an extension of the already existing building, is envisioned for 2027–2033. The airport opened on June 15th, 2023. The first flight was a TAROM flight from Bucharest, operated by a Boeing 737-700 registered YR-BGG (TAROM's retrojet) which touched down at 08:10 in the morning. The first international flight was Dan Air flight 234 from Stuttgart, operated by an Airbus A320 registered YR-DSE. Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate flights at Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport:

Notes

Statistics

See also

Aviation in Romania
Transport in Romania
List of airports in Europe

References

External links
 Official website
 Brașov County Council official website

Brasov
Airports established in 2023