# Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV / LRBV)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrbv

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GHV / LRBV
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Brașov (Ghimbav), Braşov County, Romania
- Opened: 15 Jun 2023
- Elevation: 530 m / 1,740 ft
- Coordinates: 45.7056, 25.5229
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,820 m / 9,252 ft
- Passengers: 227,900 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Bucharest
- Website: https://brasovairport.ro/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra%C8%99ov_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3813650
- Weather station: LRBV · WMO 15300
- Ident: LRBV

## Timeline

- 15 Jun 2023: Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 2,820 m / 9,252 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 79,011 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 227,900 | Wikidata |

## Routes

19 destinations in 11 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (15)

- [RMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lukk.md) Chişinău International Airport · Moldova · 295 km / 183 mi · Wizz Air
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 515 km / 320 mi · Wizz Air
- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 714 km / 444 mi · Wizz Air
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 791 km / 492 mi · Wizz Air
- [NAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirn.md) Naples International Airport · Italy · 1,054 km / 655 mi · Wizz Air
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 1,149 km / 714 mi · Wizz Air
- [NUE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddn.md) Nuremberg Airport · Germany · 1,160 km / 721 mi · Wizz Air
- [FMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edja.md) Memmingen Allgau Airport · Germany · 1,188 km / 738 mi · Wizz Air
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 1,303 km / 810 mi · Wizz Air
- [FKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edsb.md) Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport · Germany · 1,357 km / 843 mi · Wizz Air
- [DTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlw.md) Dortmund Airport · Germany · 1,462 km / 908 mi · Wizz Air
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 1,946 km / 1,209 mi · Wizz Air
- [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 2,004 km / 1,245 mi · Wizz Air
- [VLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/levc.md) Valencia Airport · Spain · 2,226 km / 1,383 mi · Wizz Air
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 2,418 km / 1,502 mi · Wizz Air

### Seasonal (1)

- [HER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgir.md) Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · Greece · 1,153 km / 716 mi · Animawings

### Seasonal charter (4)

- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,073 km / 667 mi · Tailwind Airlines, HiSky, Animawings
- [HER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgir.md) Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · Greece · 1,153 km / 716 mi · Sky Express (Greece), HiSky
- [MIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dtmb.md) Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport · Tunisia · 1,660 km / 1,031 mi · Animawings
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 2,186 km / 1,358 mi · HiSky, Animawings

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from GHV, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (5)

- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 15
- AWG [Animawings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/animawings) · 4 · seasonal
- H7 [HiSky](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hisky) · 3 · seasonal charter
- GQ [Sky Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-express) · 1 · seasonal charter
- TI [Tailwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tailwind-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 228K (2024) | #1,481 of 3,974 | #326 in Europe | #10 in RO |
| Longest runway | 2,820 m / 9,252 ft | =1,585 of 29,858 | #252 in Europe | #5 in RO |
| Elevation | 530 m / 1,740 ft | =10,315 of 43,403 | =640 in Europe | #11 in RO |
| Age | Opened 2023 | =14,418 of 15,079 | #1,394 in Europe | #24 in RO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =4 in RO |

## Nearby airports

- [SBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrsb.md) Sibiu International Airport · 112 km / 69 mi
- [TGM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrtm.md) Târgu Mureş Transilvania International Airport · 120 km / 75 mi
- [LRBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lr82.md) Boboc Air Base · 126 km / 78 mi
- [OTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrop.md) Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · 134 km / 83 mi
- [BCM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrbc.md) Bacău George Enescu International Airport · 140 km / 87 mi
- [BBU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrbs.md) Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport · 141 km / 88 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Brașov Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brașov_Airport&oldid=1370694127), revision of 22 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrbv/data