Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport

ICAO LRBV45.7056°N 25.5229°E530 m / 1,740 ftLarge airport

Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport (IATA: GHV, ICAO: LRBV) is a large airport in Brașov (Ghimbav), Braşov County, Romania. It opened on 15 Jun 2023. It has one runway, 2,820 m (9,252 ft) long, concrete. In 2024 it handled 228 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2023–2023

15 JUN 2023

OpenedBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

03/21

LENGTH2,820 m9,252 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2023–2024

79K

228K

2324

Routes

19 destinations · 11 countries

Year-round15

RMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · Wizz Air295 km183 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Wizz Air515 km320 mi KTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Wizz Air714 km444 mi WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Wizz Air791 km492 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,054 km655 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,149 km714 mi NUENuremberg AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,160 km721 mi FMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,188 km738 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,303 km810 mi FKBKarlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,357 km843 mi DTMDortmund AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,462 km908 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Wizz Air1,946 km1,209 mi LTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air2,004 km1,245 mi VLCValencia AirportSpain · Wizz Air2,226 km1,383 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Wizz Air2,418 km1,502 mi

Seasonal1

HERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Animawings1,153 km716 mi

Seasonal charter4

AYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Tailwind Airlines, HiSky, Animawings1,073 km667 mi HERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), HiSky1,153 km716 mi MIRMonastir Habib Bourguiba International AirportTunisia · Animawings1,660 km1,031 mi HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · HiSky, Animawings2,186 km1,358 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GHV. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Brașov Airport” (revision of 22 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

5 airlines · destinations from GHV

Passenger5

W6Wizz Air15 AWGAnimawingsseasonal · 4 H7HiSkyseasonal charter · 3 GQSky Expressseasonal charter · 1 TITailwind Airlinesseasonal charter · 1

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from GHV. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers228K (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,481of 3,974 · #326 Europe · #10 RO Longest runway2,820 m9,252 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,585of 29,858 · #252 Europe · #5 RO Elevation530 m1,740 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=10,315of 43,403 · =640 Europe · #11 RO AgeOpened 20232026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=14,418of 15,079 · #1,394 Europe · #24 RO Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =646 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