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Craiova International Airport
✈ It has a modern infrastructure, and the main concerns are:
- The continuous increase in the quality of the services offered
- Conditions ensured for arrivals/departures and routing of aircraft in national/international traffic
- The provision of services by the airport for the transit of people, goods and mail, as well as services of public interest, thus protecting the natural resources of the environment
Director General of Craiova International Airport
What They're Saying




Craiova International Airport serves both passenger traffic and aircraft movements in the South-West area of Romania. Craiova International Airport has modern infrastructure, the main concerns being related to the continuous increase in the quality of the services provided, the conditions for the arrival, departure and ground handling of aircraft in national and/or international traffic, the provision of airport services for the transit of people, goods and post, as well as services of national public interest, protecting at the same time the natural resources of the environment.
The main interest of Craiova Airport is the constant increase in the quality of the services undertaken, the conditions ensured during departures, arrivals and during ground operations or the parking of aircraft flying internally and externally. At the same time, it offers airport services for the transit of people and goods, as well as for postal services and those aimed at the national public interest, also pursuing the protection of the natural resources of the environment.
Thus, the entire developing region of South-West Romania has at its disposal the fastest and most comfortable means of transport to other destinations in Europe, being able to take over at the moment a flow of 600 passengers per hour and also being the only one that serves the 2.3 million inhabitants of Oltenia.
Craiova Airport has:
As means of air navigation, we mention:
ILS Cat I, D/VOR DME ;
Approach light system: on direction 27, cat. II-III -900 m, and on direction 09, inaccuracy - 420 m.







Located at a distance of 7 km from the center of Craiova, along the Craiova - Bucharest route, the airport serves the entire area of Oltenia, being the closest air gateway for the 5 counties: Dolj, Gorj, Mehedinti, Olt and Valcea.
Thus, the entire developing region of South-West Romania has at its disposal the fastest and most comfortable means of transport to other destinations in Europe, being able to take over at the moment a flow of 600 passengers per hour and also being the only one that serves the 2.3 million inhabitants of Oltenia.