Sibiu International Airport
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Sibiu International Airport (Template:Langx) (Template:Comma separated entries) serves the city of Sibiu. It is located in southern Transylvania, Script error: No such module "convert". west[1] of Sibiu and about Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Romania's capital city, Bucharest.
History
Foundation and early years
In 1943, the flying activities have been developed on a field (with grass) of 174 ha surface. The Lockheed operating planes belonged to the first Romanian operating airline - Template:Ill. The first routes were Bucharest – Sibiu – Arad and Bucharest – Sibiu – Oradea. In 1944, Sibiu was connected by air with some other cities like Bucharest, Brasov, Deva, Oradea and Targu-Mures. In 1959, it was inaugurated the airport building with two floors, a control tower, a waiting room for 50 passengers on each way (embarking and debarking) and a store-room.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 1970, the airport was capable to operate during the night, due to the approach and runway guiding lights that have been installed. The concrete runway was 2000m long and 30m wide. In 1975, radar facilities became operational and later in 1992, the airport was opened for international traffic, with flights to Stuttgart and Munich. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2006 - 2008, the airport passed through the most important rehabilitation program in its history, a €77 million investment in a new terminal building and in runway upgrade.
Development since 2010
In 2013, Sibiu International Airport handled 189,300 passengers, which represents an increase over the previous year, while in 2014 the number of passengers increased to almost 216,000 and two new destinations to London and Dortmund have been introduced. In 2015, the total traffic grew up to 276,533 embarked-disembarked passengers, while the number of aircraft movements increased to 5,468.[2]
In December 2016, Lufthansa announced its plans to increase operations on Munich – Sibiu route, as the airline scheduled up to 19 weekly flights from 26 March 2017. The airline operates this route with CityLine CRJ900 aircraft.[3]
In November 2017, Wizz Air, announced that it will further expand its Sibiu operations, adding a second Airbus A320 aircraft to its local fleet in June 2018. At the same time, WIZZ will launch five long-awaited routes from Sibiu and increase frequencies on four popular services adding a total of 21 incremental flights to its schedule. Together with the new connections to Copenhagen, Charleroi, Paris Beauvais, Basel and Frankfurt Hahn, starting in June 2018, Sibiu's low fare network will be expanded to a total of 11 routes to 8 countries. The additional aircraft will also allow WIZZ to increase the frequency of flights on four services from summer 2018: London-Luton route will become daily; Memmingen Munich and Dortmund flights will increase to five, while the connection to Nuremberg will be operated four times per week.[4]
In February 2023 the airport tripled its capacity and terminal size by modernizing and expanding the old terminal.
Since the airport had completed its expansion, making the terminal 3x as big, Wizz Air and Lufthansa have slowly increased presence on the local Airport. Lufthansa currently offers daily flights to Munich three times per day, and plans to bring new, bigger airplanes at the airport from Octomber 2025. Wizz air has slowly expanded its route network from Sibiu, with flights to: Hamburg, Frankfurt, Vienna, Madrid, Rome,Basel from August 2025 and Birmingham from Octomber 2025, while also increasing the frequency on the folloaing routes: Memmingen(4/week->daily), Dortmund(2/week->4/week), Nuremberg(3/week->4/week), Karlsruhe Baded-Baden(3/week->4/week). While Austrian Airlines hasn't made any big changes at Sibiu International presence, it has quitely increased the frequency on the Sibiu-Vienna route, from 3 weekly flights to daily connections.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Sibiu Airport: Template:Airport-dest-list
Statistics
Passengers
| Month | 2023 | YTD (2023) | 2024 | YTD (2024) | 2025 | YTD (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44,044 | 44,044 | 34,603 | 34,603 | 34,312 | 34,312 |
| February | 34,703 | 78,747 | 35,719 | 70,322 | 33,385 | 67,697 |
| March | 40,382 | 119,129 | 39,831 | 110,153 | 37,423 | 105,120 |
| April | 42,078 | 161,207 | 42,754 | 152,907 | 45,152 | 150,272 |
| May | 44,045 | 205,252 | 48,915 | 201,822 | 49,863 | 200,135 |
| June | 54,456 | 259,708 | 54,828 | 256,650 | ||
| July | 58,463 | 318,171 | 65,722 | 322,372 | ||
| August | 59,743 | 377,914 | 66,140 | 388,512 | ||
| September | 52,324 | 431,148 | 59,599 | 448,111 | ||
| October | 44,539 | 475,687 | 48,505 | 496,916 | ||
| November | 37,307 | 512,994 | 39,598 | 536,214 | ||
| December | 38,283 | 551,277 | 37,713 | 573,927 |
Traffic figures
| Year | Passengers[2][6] | Aircraft movements[7] |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 45,494 | 3,500 |
| 2006 | Increase 63,618 | 3,818 |
| 2007 | Increase 105,654 | 5,014 |
| 2008 | Increase 141,012 | 5,995 |
| 2009 | Increase 154,161 | 6,419 |
| 2010 | Increase 198,751 | 6,077 |
| 2011 | Decrease 176,908 | 4,824 |
| 2012 | Decrease 176,503 | 4,574 |
| 2013 | Increase 189,300 | 4,834 |
| 2014 | Increase 215,951 | 4,908 |
| 2015 | Increase 276,533 | 4,552 |
| 2016 | Increase 366,065 | 5,342 |
| 2017 | Increase 503,906 | 7,714 |
| 2018 | Increase 673,657 | 8,529 |
| 2019 | Increase 729,160 | 8514 |
| 2020 | Decrease 226,451 | 3434 |
| 2021 | Increase 280,644 | 4796 |
| 2022 | Increase 621.514 | 7098 |
| 2023 | Decrease 550,397 | 6608 |
| 2024 | Increase 573,918 | 6741 |
| 2025 |
Busiest routes
| Rank | Airport | Passengers 2015 | Passengers 2016 | Passengers 2017 | Carriers | |||
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| 1 | Template:Flagicon Munich | 145,223 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
142,391 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
164,778 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Lufthansa | |||
| 2 | Template:Flagicon London | 40,424 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
59,660 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
75,162 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Wizz Air | |||
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Stuttgart | 43,859 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
51,717 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
56,521 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Blue Air | |||
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Dortmund | 36,531 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
40,850 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
44,930 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Wizz Air | |||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Nuremberg | - Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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40,406 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Wizz Air | |||
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Vienna | 36,385 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
35,808 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
35,212 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Austrian Airlines | |||
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Madrid | - Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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33,992 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Wizz Air | |||
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Memmingen | - Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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24,805 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Wizz Air | |||
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See also
References
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