CRA

Craiova International Airport

ICAO LRCV44.3181°N 23.8886°E191 m / 626 ftLarge airport
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Craiova International Airport (IATA: CRA, ICAO: LRCV) is a large airport in Craiova, Dolj County, Romania. It opened in 1938. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,203 ft) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 578 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1938–1938
1938
OpenedCraiova International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
08/26089° / 269° · LIT
LENGTH2,500 m8,203 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025
139K
117K
222K
447K
493K
514K
159K
191K
476K
597K
424K
578K
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Routes

22 destinations · 11 countries
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 520 km / 323 miBRI · Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · 681 km / 423 miATH · Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · 710 km / 441 miNAP · Naples International Airport · 873 km / 542 miVCE · Venice Marco Polo Airport · 917 km / 570 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 985 km / 612 miBLQ · Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · 1,000 km / 621 miBGY · Il Caravaggio International Airport · 1,124 km / 698 miFMM · Memmingen Allgau Airport · 1,126 km / 700 miDTM · Dortmund Airport · 1,448 km / 900 miCRL · Brussels South Charleroi Airport · 1,608 km / 999 miBVA · Beauvais-Tillé airport · 1,743 km / 1,083 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 1,805 km / 1,122 miLTN · London Luton Airport · 1,975 km / 1,227 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 2,083 km / 1,294 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 2,283 km / 1,419 miHER · Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · 1,004 km / 624 miAYT · Antalya International Airport · 1,010 km / 628 miLCA · Larnaca International Airport · 1,339 km / 832 miMIR · Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport · 1,465 km / 910 miPMI · Palma de Mallorca Airport · 1,822 km / 1,132 miHRG · Hurghada International Airport · 2,102 km / 1,306 miMADHRGBHXPMIBCNBVAMIRDTMLCAFMMBGYAYTHERBLQFCONAPATHBRIISTLTNCRLVCECRA
Year-round16
ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Animawings520 km323 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Wizz Air681 km423 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Wizz Air710 km441 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Wizz Air873 km542 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Wizz Air917 km570 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Wizz Air985 km612 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,000 km621 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,124 km698 miFMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,126 km700 miDTMDortmund AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,448 km900 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Wizz Air1,608 km999 miBVABeauvais-Tillé airportFrance · Wizz Air1,743 km1,083 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Wizz Air1,805 km1,122 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air1,975 km1,227 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air2,083 km1,294 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Wizz Air2,283 km1,419 mi
Most destinationsWizz Air 15Animawings 5HiSky 2Cyprus Airways 1Nouvelair 1AlbaStar 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CRA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Craiova International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers578K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,051of 3,974 · #241 Europe · #7 ROLongest runway2,500 m8,203 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,315of 29,823 · =375 Europe · =8 ROElevation191 m626 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=24,836of 43,341 · #2,299 Europe · #46 ROAgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =451 Europe · =7 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

2 channels
APPAPP124.300
TWRTWR124.300