George Enescu International Airport

George Enescu International Airport (IATA: BCM, ICAO: LRBC) is an airport located in Bacău, Romania. Named after the Romanian composer George Enescu, it serves as a focus city of the low-cost airline Blue Air. Bacău Airport shares its runway with RoAF 95th Air Base, and Aerostar, a major Romanian aerospace and defence company. The airport is located 5 km (3.1 mi) south[1] of the city centre of Bacău.

Bacău "George Enescu" International Airport

Aeroportul Internaţional George Enescu Bacău
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorBacău County Council, Bacău Local Council
ServesBacău, Romania
Opened1946
Focus city forBlue Air, Wizz Air
Elevation AMSL607 ft / 185 m
Coordinates46°31′19″N 026°54′37″E
Websitewww.bacauairport.ro
Map
BCM
Location of airport in Romania
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 2,500 8,203 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers447,531
Passengers change (2017–18) 5.1%
Aircraft movements (2017)4,850
Source: Romanian AIP at EUROCONTROL,[1] Passenger statistics,[2][3] airportaar.ro[4]

History

Bacău Airport opened for passenger service in 1946. A modern terminal building with a control tower began construction in 1970, and was completed in 1971.[5] In 1975, it received international status. A 2005 renovation/expansion remodeled the terminal building. In 2018, a new terminal was opened and the old one demolished.

In 2009, Bacău Airport became the first Romanian airport to be privately administered by a non governmental company. BlueAero, its administrator, was 100% owned by the fully private airline Blue Air. The new company that took over the airport is nowadays the main operator. Other airlines that operated here were TAROM, that withdraw its flights, and Carpatair, that canceled all its scheduled flights. When Blue Air was sold because its parent company`s holding went into bankruptcy, the airport was returned to the local government administration. The modernization promised in the takeover contract was completed to a less than 10% status due to financial problems in the holding.

In February 2014, the new owners, a 50-50 joint venture between the city and county public administrations, started a new modernization program.[5] The project, involves the construction of a passenger terminal with a processing capacity of 300 passengers per hour, a control tower, a parking area, and an intermodal bus terminal, as well as the refurbishment of the runway.[6] In November 2017, the new passenger terminal was inaugurated.[7]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Blue Air Bergamo, Brussels, Dublin, London–Luton, Rome–Fiumicino, Turin
Wizz Air Bergamo (begins 30 October 2020),[8] Billund (begins 1 November 2020),[8] Bologna (begins 30 October 2020),[8] Catania (begins 30 October 2020),[8] Charleroi (begins 29 October 2020),[8] Larnaca (begins 30 October 2020),[8] Liverpool (begins 29 October 2020),[8] London–Luton (begins 29 October 2020),[8] Memmingen (begins 31 October 2020),[8] Rome–Fiumicino (begins 29 October 2020),[8] Treviso (begins 29 October 2020),[8] Turin (begins 29 October 2020)[8]

Military usage

The airport is home to the Romanian Air Force 95th Air Base, with one fighter regiment (operating MiG-21 LanceR) and a helicopter regiment (operating IAR-330L). The base is also home to the 250th training regiment.

Statistics

Traffic figures
Year Passengers[2][3] Change
2003 21,020 66.2%
2004 27,574 31.2%
2005 36,261 31.5%
2006 40,601 12%
2007 112,854 178%
2008 116,492 3.2%
2009 195,772 68%
2010 240,735 23%
2011 336,961 40%
2012 393,352 16.7%
2013 307,488 21.8%
2014 313,376 1.9%
2015 364,492 16.3%
2016 414,676 13.8%
2017 425,733 2.7%
2018 447,531 5.1%

See also

References
  1. EAD Basic
  2. European Airport Traffic Trends at anna.aero
  3. "Aeroportul din Bacău a înregistrat o creștere de 14% a numărului de pasageri, anul trecut". zdbc.ro.
  4. Traficul total de pasageri pe Aeroporturile din România pe anul 2018 (in Romanian)
  5. "Bacău Airport Project" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  6. Contract de proiectare pentru modernizări la aeroportului din Bacău at zf.ro (in Romanian)
  7. Noul terminal al Aeroportului Bacău a fost deschis pentru pasageri (in Romanian)
  8. "Wizz Air announces 12 new routes from Bacău for Winter 2020-21, including to Charleroi". aviation24.be. 16 June 2020.
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