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.
What to Do & Area Attractions
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.
On this page it is easy to search for Bucharest, Romania airport hotels, we have listed hotels, airport motels, resorts, inns in order of proximity, closest airport lodging options are listed first. Bucharest, Romania (OTP-Henri Coanda Intl.) airport area map also gives you guidance on the distance of these hotels from the OTP airport. Most of these OTP hotels are designed to serve frequent travelers. If you are on business trip or family vacation or if your flight is delayed and you need an overnight stay near the airport. Some of these Bucharest, Romania motels have passenger pick up or free airport shuttle service which you can take advantage of. Some of the main attractions in the area around the OTP airport are Monument to the Heroes of the Military Engineers' Army, Baneasa Forest, and Kilometer Zero Monument.
