Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport
Otopeni · Romania · Europe/Bucharest
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Airport HistoryEst. 1969
Bucharest's main airport began as a military and training airfield that saw major Luftwaffe use during World War II, then remained purely military under Soviet-era control until it was converted for commercial service in the mid-1960s. It has since expanded through several phases to become Romania's principal international gateway, renamed in 2004 to honor Romanian aviation pioneer Henri Coandă.
The Otopeni airfield, originally a Romanian military and training field, is significantly developed by German forces and used as a major Luftwaffe airbase, gaining paved runways and a beam approach system.
After two decades of purely military use following the Soviet takeover, authorities begin converting Otopeni into a commercial airport to meet growing civil air traffic demand.
The airport opens to scheduled commercial flights as Bucharest's international airport.
A new passenger terminal designed by architect Cezar Lăzărescu opens on April 13 with capacity for 1.2 million passengers a year.
A second runway enters service, raising the airport's hourly capacity to 35 aircraft movements.
The airport, previously known as Bucharest Otopeni International Airport, is renamed to honor Romanian engineer Henri Coandă, a pioneer of jet propulsion.
A 15-gate concourse extension opens in March 2011, followed by an expanded departures hall in November 2012, as part of a multi-phase modernization begun in 1994.
Wikipedia and the official Bucharest Airports history page (bucharestairports.ro). The precise founding year of the original airfield as a training center is not consistently documented across sources; the WWII-era Luftwaffe development period is well documented.