Cluj-Napoca Airport by Alex Rap

15 February 2008   Customer Rating :

Cluj-Napoca International Airport is a very small airport. First thing you need to know is that it has experienced a 550% increase since 1999. But it still uses the same old terminal building. They will open 2 new terminals soon, an arrivals one in April 2008 and a departures one in July 2008, so things will probably improve in a few months. But until then, it's best to know what to expect if you go there. Everything is small, baggage reclaim area, arrivals hall, check-in area (the largest of all, but still small), departures hall. This means that it's quite hard for them to handle flights with many passengers. A full A320 with 180 passengers pushes the airport to its very limits. However, on departure, if you are there with about 1:30 hours before the departure time, you're probably going to be fine. You will be queuing almost all that time (there's no real place for shopping or relaxing anyway). On arrival, expect long queues for passport control. There are only 2 immigration officers processing (between them) only about 5 passengers per minute. If you're last to leave the aircraft, you can expect an approximately 30 mins wait. Baggage reclaim area will be overcrowded, so you'll have to wait a bit in there as well. The airport is about 8km east of the city centre and a taxi drive should take about 15-20 mins and cost approximately 15 lei (4 Euros). There is a bus stop (100m walk from the terminal), but I never used it. An overall fair experience, if you know what to expect.

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