Airport type Public / Military Focus city for Blue Air Website www.bacauairport.ro Elevation 185 m | Serves Bacău, Romania Elevation AMSL 607 ft / 185 m Code BCM Phone +40 234 575 400 | |
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Operator Bacău County Council, Bacău Local Council Address Strada Aeroportului 1, Bacău 600324, Romania Similar Avis Inchirieri Auto Bacau, EuroCars, Autonom Bacau, Sixt | ||
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.
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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. In 1975, it received international status. A 2005 renovation/expansion remodeled the terminal building.
In 2009, Bacău Airport became the first Romanian airport to be privately administered by a non governmental 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, that withdraw its flights, and Carpatair, that 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.
In February 2014, the new administration, a 50-50 joint venture between the city and county government administrators, started a new modernization program. The project, planned to be completed in 2017, involves 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.
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.
Ground transportation
The airport is located 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Bacău, accessible by taxi. The local bus station is located 600 m (2,000 ft) from the terminal.