Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport

ICAO LRCL46.7860°N 23.6857°E317 m / 1,039 ftLarge airport

Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport (IATA: CLJ, ICAO: LRCL) is a large airport in Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania. It opened in 1932. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,040 m (6,693 ft). In 2025 it handled 3.5 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1932–1932

1932

OpenedAvram Iancu Cluj International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

07/25079° / 259° · LIT

LENGTH2,040 m6,693 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

08/26

LENGTH—WIDTH—SURFACE—

Passengers per year

2014–2025

1.2M

1.5M

1.9M

2.7M

2.8M

2.9M

899K

1.5M

2.6M

3.2M

3.3M

3.5M

141516171819202122232425

Routes

54 destinations · 22 countries

Year-round38

Seasonal14

DBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · Wizz Air636 km395 mi SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Animawings699 km434 mi BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Wizz Air837 km520 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · Wizz Air998 km620 mi AYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Wizz Air, Corendon Airlines1,246 km774 mi CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,255 km780 mi HERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Wizz Air, Animawings1,279 km795 mi OLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · Animawings1,308 km813 mi GZPGazipaşa-Alanya AirportTürkiye · Corendon Airlines1,367 km849 mi LCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Wizz Air1,563 km971 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Wizz Air1,872 km1,163 mi HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Corendon Airlines2,353 km1,462 mi RAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Wizz Air3,180 km1,976 mi AUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Wizz Air3,700 km2,299 mi

Charter2

SSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · SkyUp2,290 km1,423 mi HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · SkyUp2,353 km1,462 mi

Seasonal charter4

RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Sky Express (Greece)1,210 km752 mi HERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece)1,279 km795 mi SSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · HiSky2,290 km1,423 mi HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · HiSky2,353 km1,462 mi

Most destinationsWizz Air 41Animawings 7Ryanair 5HiSky 4Corendon Airlines 3SkyUp 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CLJ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Cluj International Airport” (revision of 20 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers3.5M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#418of 3,974 · #117 Europe · #2 RO Longest runway2,040 m6,693 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,745of 29,823 · =701 Europe · #17 RO Elevation317 m1,039 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=17,081of 43,341 · =1,386 Europe · #24 RO AgeOpened 19322026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=486of 15,079 · =279 Europe · #3 RO Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =1 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

5 channels

APPNAPOC Approach126.430

GCAPRECISION118.700

TWRCluj Tower118.705

ATISCluj ATIS125.525

TWR ALTN134.400