Alexeni Airfield

Alexeni airfield was a military airfield, which was proposed as a new low-cost airport for Bucharest, located in the Alexeni town, in Ialomiţa County, at 60 km north-east of the capital city of Romania.

Alexni airfield
Summary
Owner/OperatorRomanian Air Force
LocationAlexeni, Ialomița County, Romania
Closed2001
Coordinates44°42′16.47″N 26°43′7.45″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
042/222 8,200 2,500 concrete

Until 2001 a Romanian Air Force military helicopter unit was based on this airfield. Former Minister of Transport Radu Berceanu suggested the location for Bucharest's new low-cost flights airport (as the operational tariffs for Bucharest's previous low-cost hub, Aurel Vlaicu Airport, were set to grow).[1] However, some analysts considered the project unrealistic and doomed to fail due to the poor conditions of the infrastructure in the area.[2]

As of April 2013 those plans have been abandoned and all Bucharest's low-cost flights were moved at Henri Coandă International Airport in March 2012.

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