Iași International Airport is an international airport located in

Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...

, Romania, east of the city centre. One of the oldest accredited airports in

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and the most important airport in the historical region of

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, Iași Airport was in 2019 the fourth-busiest airport in Romania in terms of passenger traffic.

History

The Iași region earned its commercial representative status on 24 June 1926, when scheduled flights commenced on the route

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–

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– Iași –

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. The flights were operated by

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- CFRNA, in 1930 renamed

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. In 1966, a north–south concrete runway, 15/33, with a total length of , and a modern lighting system, were built, followed three years later by the construction of a passenger terminal. In 2001, the passenger terminal was upgraded to use separate flows for domestic and international flights. In June 2012, a new passenger terminal, named T2, was added, increasing the total processing capacity to 215 pax/hour. The terminal was designated to be used for

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/domestic flights.A new terminal for Iasi International Airport
/ref> The old terminal has been renamed T1. In 2013, Iași International Airport started a long-term, multi-stage upgrade program.
Module I of the project (an estimated

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57 million investment) was completed in November 2015, and involved the construction of a new runway, a terminal building, and the extension of the apron.Etapa a II-a a proiectului de modernizare a Aeroportului Iași a trecut de verificarea tehnico-economică
On 20 August 2014, the first of the new runway 14/32 went into operation, whilst the entire length of became fully operational on 16 October 2014.New runway at Iași International Airport
/ref> The old runway 15/33 was converted into a taxiway. On 17 October 2015, the third terminal building (T3) with a processing capacity of 320 pax/hour and two boarding gates, was inaugurated.
at ziaruldeiasi.ro A project which includes the expansion of T2 (that would double the terminal's area) was also proposed, in October 2015. On 13 November 2017, Iași Airport exceeded the 1,000,000 passenger mark. In March 2021, an extension of the apron was completed and a new taxiway was inaugurated. The airport experienced a surge in traffic in February 2022, as

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closed its airspace due to the

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. Due to the airport's proximity to the Moldovan border, many airlines decided to reroute their flights to

to Iași's airport, while other airlines announced plans to increase the number of destinations served from Iași. On 9 May 2022, a contract of over €66 million was signed with

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for the design and execution of the T4 passenger terminal and the extension of the parking lot. With an area of and a processing capacity of 3.3 million passengers/year, the new terminal will have seven gates (four

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and three ground-loading gates). The completion term of the project is estimated to be December 2023. For the long term, the development project proposes other modules for the construction of a new apron, two rapid-exit taxiways, a cargo terminal, an aircraft fuel depot, a new access roadway, as well as of a extension for the runway to a total length of .

Terminals

The airport facilities consist of three terminals. The old terminal T1 functions as office/administrative and storage space. T2 is used for domestic flights. T3 handles international flights. Following the completion of works on the new terminal T4, there are plans for T2 to be converted into a cargo terminal, and T3 will continue to be used for domestic flights.

Infrastructure

Runway

Iași Airport sits at an elevation of . There is one runway at the airport, aligned in the north–south direction.

Other facilities

On the airport grounds,

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provides aircraft maintenance services at its new center opened in September 2020.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Iași Airport:

Traffic and statistics

Notes: A.Passengers data sources:Topul aeroporturilor din Romania in 2012
Access to European funds and the strategy for 2010, priorities for Iași County

B.Aircraft movements data sources:Press release for 2013
Proiect de hotărâre privind aprobarea structurii organizatorice ale R.A. “Aeroportul” Iași.
Note: C.Data statistics: 2014,Eurostat database
/ref> 2015

Ground transportation

Bus

CTP, the public transit operator in Iași, provides service on route 50, to the Iași railway station, at specific times of the day, correlated with flight arrivals and departures. As of November 2018, the fare is 2.5 RON (€0.54) for a single-trip ticket.

Taxi

Various taxis have access to and from the airport. The charges vary around 2.50 RON/km.Cât costă o călătorie cu taxiul în orașele din Moldova
The airport can also be reached from the

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by road, the airport is located near the border.

References

External links

Airport website

Google Map - Aerial View

Analiza diagnostic și prognoză de trafic
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