Arad International Airport Aeroportul Internațional Arad | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Arad County Council | ||||||||||
| Serves | Arad, Romania | ||||||||||
| Opened | 14 November 1937 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 352 ft / 107 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°10′36″N 21°15′43″E / 46.17667°N 21.26194°E | ||||||||||
| Website | aeroportularad.ro | ||||||||||
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Arad International Airport (IATA: ARW, ICAO: LRAR) is located 4 km (2.5 mi) west[1] of Arad, in western Romania, in the historical region of Crișana. The airport is located only 60 km (37 mi) north of Timişoara Airport. Arad International Airport also has a cargo terminal, the largest and most modern in western Romania. It is located 250 km from Budapest and 300 km from Belgrade. It is located near the border with Hungary, only 30 km from the closest point for crossing the border - Turnu and 20 km away from the closest railway point for crossing the border - Curtici. The airport also serves as the SMURD regional air ambulance base for the five western counties that form the region (Arad, Bihor, Timis, Hunedoara and Caras-Severin). SMURD Arad operates 1 Eurocopter EC135 converted for the air ambulance role. Arad Airport is directly connected to the A1 motorway (part of the Pan-European Corridor IV), one of the most important and heavily used motorways in Romania.
- ^ a b "EUROCONTROL - The European AIS Database: Introduction to EAD Basic - Home". ead.eurocontrol.int. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ Arad Airport in 2013 Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)
- ^ Traficul total de pasageri pe Aeroporturile din România pe anul 2018 Archived 27 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)