George Enescu International Airport (IATA: BCM, ICAO: LRBC) is an airport located in Bacău, Romania. Named after the Romanian composer George Enescu, it serves as a focus city of the low-cost airline Blue Air. Bacău Airport shares its runway with RoAF 95th Air Base, and Aerostar, a major Romanian aerospace and defence company. The airport is located 5 km (3.1 mi) south[1] of the city centre of Bacău.

Bacău "George Enescu" International Airport Aeroportul Internaţional George Enescu Bacău
IATA: BCM ICAO: LRBC
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Operator	Bacău County Council, Bacău Local Council
Serves	Bacău, Romania
Opened	1946
Focus city for	Blue Air Wizz Air
Elevation AMSL	607 ft / 185 m
Coordinates	46°31′19″N 026°54′37″E
Website	www.bacauairport.ro
Map
BCM Location of airport in Romania
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 2,500 8,203 Concrete
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 468,455 Passengers change (2018–2019) 4.7% Aircraft movements (2017) 4,850
Source: Romanian AIP at EUROCONTROL,[1] Passenger statistics,[2][3] airportaar.ro[4]

History

Bacău Airport opened for passenger service in 1946. A modern terminal building with a control tower began construction in 1970, and was completed in 1971.[5] In 1975, it received international status. A 2005 renovation/expansion remodeled the terminal building. In 2018, a new terminal was opened and the old one demolished.

In 2009, Bacău Airport became the first Romanian airport to be privately administered by a nongovernmental company. BlueAero, its administrator, was 100% owned by the fully private airline Blue Air. The new company that took over the airport is nowadays the main operator. Other airlines that operated here were TAROM, which withdraw its flights, and Carpatair, which canceled all its scheduled flights. When Blue Air was sold because its parent company's holding went into bankruptcy, the airport was returned to the local government administration. The modernization promised in the takeover contract was completed to a less than 10% status due to financial problems in the holding. Since June 2021, TAROM had been operating flights from the airport again, starting with the charter flight to Antalya, Turkey, with direct flights to several major Romanian cities planned to be introduced at a later date.[6]

In February 2014, the new owners, a 50-50 joint venture between the city and county public administrations, started a new modernization program.[5] The project involved the construction of a passenger terminal with a processing capacity of 300 passengers per hour, a control tower, a parking area, and an intermodal bus terminal, as well as the refurbishment of the runway.[7] In November 2017, the new passenger terminal was inaugurated.[8]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Bacău Airport:[9]

Military usage

The airport is home to the Romanian Air Force 95th Air Base, with one fighter regiment (operating MiG-21 LanceR) and a helicopter regiment (operating IAR-330L). The base is also home to the 250th training regiment.

Statistics

Traffic figures

Year	Passengers[2][3]	Change
2003	21,020	66.2%
2004	27,574	31.2%
2005	36,261	31.5%
2006	40,601	12%
2007	112,854	178%
2008	116,492	3.2%
2009	195,772	68%
2010	240,735	23%
2011	336,961	40%
2012	393,352	16.7%
2013	307,488	21.8%
2014	313,376	1.9%
2015	364,492	16.3%
2016	414,676	13.8%
2017	425,733	2.7%
2018	447,531	5.1%
2019	468,455	4.7%

See also

• Aviation in Romania
• Transport in Romania

References

External links

• Official website
• Google Map - Aerial View
• Accident history for BCM at Aviation Safety Network

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