CNDLRCK

Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport

Constanța, Romania · Europe

Europe Europe/Bucharest

3direct destinations

2airlines

1runway

3,500 mLongest runway

1960opened

Mihail Kog?lniceanu Airport (IATA: CND, ICAO: LRCK) is situated in southeastern Romania, in the commune of Mihail Kog?lniceanu, 26 kilometres (16 mi) north-northwest of Constan?a. It is the main airport of the Northern Dobruja region and provides access to Constan?a County, the Port of Constan?a and the Black Sea resorts. The airport is named in honour of Mihail Kog?lniceanu, the third Prime Minister of Romania. The military sector of Mihail Kog?lniceanu International Airport is currently home to the 57th Air Base. Since 1999 it has been used by the United States Air Force.

Location

44.362°N, 28.488°E · 108 m s. n. m. (353 ft)

General data

CountryRomania

CityConstanța

IATA codeCND

ICAO codeLRCK

Coordinates44.362°N, 28.488°E

Elevation108 m s. n. m. (353 ft)

Time zoneEurope/Bucharest

Runways1

Longest runway3,500 m

Opened1960

Direct destinations3

Official website

Runways · 1

18/36

Length3,500 m11,483 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

120.450

ATIS (automatic information)

118.750

Approach

122.900BUCURESTI RDR

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

Built in 1955 as a military airbase, Mihail Kog?lniceanu Airport opened for civil operations in May 1960. It replaced the old Palas Airport (founded in 1932). A passenger terminal with a capacity of 200 passengers per hour was inaugurated in 1962. In 1967 the terminal expanded to a processing capacity of 300 pax/hour. In 1974 a major expansion increased the processing capacity to 1,000 pax/hour. Use of the airport peaked at 778,766 passengers in 1979, when foreign tourism to the Romanian Riviera was at a high. Mihail Kog?lniceanu International Airport handled 127,635 passengers in 2017. That represented a 34.9% increase over the previous year. In 2023, the airport registered a total traffic of 115,107 passengers, an increase by 44% compared to 2022 when 80,007 passengers were registered. The same year, work started on modernizing the airport and improving its infrastructure as part of a series of investments. The project includes work on the control tower, the passenger terminal as well as the development of other facilities.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Wizz Air Turkish Airlines

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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APA

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_cnd,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport (CND)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CND},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CND}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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