Airport Structure
Positioning and access
Located at a seven km distance from downtown Craiova, in the Craiova - Bucharest highway, the airport practically attends the whole region of Oltenia, being the closest air gate for Dolj, Gorj, Mehedinti, Olt and Valcea counties.

Surface for movements : 2500 x 60 m
Runway : 380 x 14 m
Embarcation - debarcation platform : 75 x 110 m

Airport Facilities
The airport is annually authorized by the Civil Aviation, according to the authorization certificate and can develop the following services:

Putting the aerodrome infrastructure at the disposal of an air operator for taking off, landing, taxiing and stationing of aircrafts, compatible with the physical characteristics of the aerodrome, as well as the embarcation/debarcation of passengers and luggage, in intern and international air transport;

Handling activites, limited within:
   -embarcation/debarcation of passengers and luggage;
   -aircraft maintenance services - starting with GPU;
   -deicing/antiicing aircrafts,  I-II liquid type;
   -fire fighting services, of 5 CAT level, with the possibility to increase at  7 level by request;
   -medical assistance services, handling, in/out of town transport, hotel room reservations, contacts with regional tour operators, issuance of  health insurance services, etc.

The airport is endowed and authorized to operate during the day as well as during the night.
The airport has a (permanent) customs-house, (permanent) border police and  can ensure international flights.
At present, Craiova Airport can process a number of ~600 passengers/hour.

Perspectives The manager of the International Airport Craiova has made several contacts with different partners in Germany, Italy, Spain and Greece, with the purpose of achieving the objectives that we are mostly interested in, from the point of view of following the intern and international regulations in civil aviation, and also increasing the security of the flights and the comfort of the passengers, as follows:
- the rehabilitation of the airport infrastructure  - mainly the landing path, the runway and the embarkation/debarcation platform.
There has been made a IInd class beaconage (the existent one is unclassified) with electrogenic groups for electric air supply, technical endowments strictly necessary for the present international traffic operations - 2 PSI cars, emptying vehicles for domestic residual water and toilets, an air starter, the building and endowment of a cargo space. A big advantage would be that the airport doesn't present any obstacles towards east, which gives the possibility of an extension of the landing path from 2500 m to 3500 m or even 4000 m.
Starting with March 29 th  2007, there have been oficially launched flights of the Carpatair company on the Craiova - Timisoara link towards the 15 destinations in Italy, Germany and Greece.
Once the Craiova - Timisoara link has been launched, the entire developing south-western region of Romania will have at its disposal  the most rapid and comfortable means of transport towards other destinations in Europe.