Henri Coanda International Airport - OTP Bucharest
The Henri Coanda International Airport is in Bucharest, Romania, and is the country’s busiest airport. The airport, with airport code OTP, was named after Henri Coanda, who was an aviation pioneer who built his own aircraft and studied fluidic logic. The National Company Bucharest Airports S.A operates the Henri Coanda International Airport. It also houses a military section that is regularly used by the Romanian Air Force.
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The Henri Coanda International Airport previously served as a military base in World War II. By 1965, expansion efforts left it with one of the longest runways among European airports at the time. The addition of a second runway in 1986 greatly increased the airport’s aircraft capacity per hour. In the span of five years from 2013 to 2018, the yearly passenger count accommodated by the Henri Coanda International Airport nearly doubled, from 7.6 million to approximately 13.8 million. In 1995, an aircraft malfunctioned and stalled after taking off from the airport, crashing and killing all its passengers. Areas near the airport include Buftea, Pantelimon, Peris, Old Town, Chiajna, and Otopeni.
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There are several nearby accommodations by the Henri Coanda International Airport. These include the Vienna House Easy Airport Bucharest, the Rin Airport in Otopeni, Bucharest Airport Suites & Villas, and the Hilton Garden Inn Bucharest Airport. All these suites and inns are less than a kilometer away from the airport and can be accessed by a mere five-minute walk.
An alternative airport to the Henri Conda International Airport is the Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, lying 5.2 miles from the center of Bucharest.
