BBU

Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport

ICAO LRBS44.5031°N 26.1029°E91 m / 297 ftLarge airport
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Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (IATA: BBU, ICAO: LRBS) is a large airport in Bucharest, Bucharest (municipality), Romania. It opened in 1912. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Bucharest Airports. In 2024 it handled 107 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1912–1912
1912
OpenedBucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Aeroportul Internațional Aurel Vlaicu
07/25074° / 254° · LIT
LENGTH3,200 m10,499 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2013–2024
6K
5K
13K
5K
6K
21K
26K
12K
8K
10K
68K
107K
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Routes

19 destinations · 10 countries
500 km1,000 km1,500 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 miBUD · Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · 621 km / 386 miKRK · Kraków John Paul II International Airport · 781 km / 485 miBRI · Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · 848 km / 527 miWAW · Warsaw Chopin Airport · 932 km / 579 miWRO · Copernicus Wrocław Airport · 1,005 km / 624 miNAP · Naples International Airport · 1,045 km / 649 miFMM · Memmingen Allgau Airport · 1,277 km / 793 miBGY · Il Caravaggio International Airport · 1,291 km / 802 miFKB · Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport · 1,452 km / 902 miBSL · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · 1,471 km / 914 miHHN · Frankfurt-Hahn Airport · 1,541 km / 958 miHAM · Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · 1,546 km / 961 miARN · Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · 1,771 km / 1,100 miGRO · Girona-Costa Brava Airport · 1,907 km / 1,185 miBJV · Milas Bodrum International Airport · 817 km / 508 miAYT · Antalya International Airport · 933 km / 580 miNBE · Enfidha - Hammamet International Airport · 1,621 km / 1,007 miSSH · Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · 1,980 km / 1,230 miHRG · Hurghada International Airport · 2,045 km / 1,271 miHRGGROARNNBEHAMHHNBSLFKBBGYFMMNAPWROAYTWAWBRIBJVKRKBUDSSHBBU
Year-round14
BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Wizz Air621 km386 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air781 km485 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair848 km527 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Wizz Air932 km579 miWROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,005 km624 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,045 km649 miFMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,277 km793 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,291 km802 miFKBKarlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportGermany · Ryanair1,452 km902 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Wizz Air1,471 km914 miHHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,541 km958 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,546 km961 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Wizz Air1,771 km1,100 miGROGirona-Costa Brava AirportSpain · Ryanair1,907 km1,185 mi
Most destinationsWizz Air 11Ryanair 5Fly Lili 5

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BBU. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport” (revision of 8 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers107K (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,786of 3,974 · #377 Europe · #13 ROLongest runway3,200 m10,499 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=819of 29,823 · =110 Europe · #4 ROElevation91 m297 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,382of 43,341 · =3,764 Europe · #72 ROAgeOpened 19122026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=46of 15,079 · =33 Europe · #1 RORunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =4 RO
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPAPP118.250
GCAPRECISION125.200
GNDGND129.950
TWRTWR120.800