# Sibiu International Airport (SBZ / LRSB) **Sibiu International Airport** (IATA: SBZ, ICAO: LRSB) is a large airport in Sibiu, Sibiu County, Romania. It opened in 2007. It has one runway, 2,630 m (8,629 ft) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 694 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrsb ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: SBZ / LRSB - Type: Large airport - Serves: Sibiu, Sibiu County, Romania - Opened: 2007 - Elevation: 456 m / 1,496 ft - Coordinates: 45.7858, 24.0867 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 2,630 m / 8,629 ft - Passengers: 694,215 (2025) - Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Bucharest - Website: https://www.sibiuairport.ro/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibiu_International_Airport (19 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q946418 - Weather station: LRSB · WMO 15260 - Ident: LRSB ## Timeline - 2007: Sibiu International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 09/27 | 2,630 m / 8,629 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 091° / 271° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 215,866 | Eurostat | | 2015 | 276,473 | Eurostat | | 2016 | 366,010 | Eurostat | | 2017 | 490,370 | Eurostat | | 2018 | 658,873 | Eurostat | | 2019 | 726,549 | Eurostat | | 2020 | 226,126 | Eurostat | | 2021 | 277,606 | Eurostat | | 2022 | 619,745 | Eurostat | | 2023 | 549,438 | Eurostat | | 2024 | 572,995 | Eurostat | | 2025 | 694,215 | Eurostat | ## Routes 11 destinations in 6 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (8) - [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 1,047 km / 651 mi · Wizz Air - [NUE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddn.md) Nuremberg Airport · Germany · 1,057 km / 657 mi · Wizz Air - [FMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edja.md) Memmingen Allgau Airport · Germany · 1,079 km / 670 mi · Wizz Air - [FKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edsb.md) Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport · Germany · 1,250 km / 777 mi · Wizz Air - [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · Germany · 1,333 km / 828 mi · Wizz Air - [DTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlw.md) Dortmund Airport · Germany · 1,364 km / 848 mi · Wizz Air - [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 1,903 km / 1,182 mi · Wizz Air - [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 2,307 km / 1,434 mi · Wizz Air ### Seasonal charter (3) - [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · Greece · 1,095 km / 680 mi · Sky Express (Greece) - [HER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgir.md) Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · Greece · 1,165 km / 724 mi · Sky Express (Greece) - [LCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lclk.md) Larnaca International Airport · Cyprus · 1,456 km / 905 mi · Cyprus Airways ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from SBZ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (3) - W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 8 - GQ [Sky Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-express) · 2 · seasonal charter - CY [Cyprus Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cyprus-airways) · 1 · seasonal charter ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 694K (2025) | #969 of 3,974 | #232 in Europe | #6 in RO | | Longest runway | 2,630 m / 8,629 ft | =2,005 of 29,858 | =311 in Europe | #6 in RO | | Elevation | 456 m / 1,496 ft | =12,090 of 43,403 | =852 in Europe | #16 in RO | | Age | Opened 2007 | =12,369 of 15,079 | =1,351 in Europe | #23 in RO | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =4 in RO | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | APP | APP | 122.700 | | GCA | PRECISON | 121.300 | | TWR | TWR | 122.700 | ## Nearby airports - [TGM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrtm.md) Târgu Mureş Transilvania International Airport · 80 km / 50 mi - [LRCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrct.md) Câmpia Turzii Air Base · 81 km / 50 mi - [GHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrbv.md) Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport · 112 km / 69 mi - [CLJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrcl.md) Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport · 115 km / 72 mi - [CSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrcs.md) Caransebeş Airport · 148 km / 92 mi ## Sources - [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0)) - [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: “Sibiu International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sibiu_International_Airport&oldid=1370478596), revision of 21 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/lrsb/data