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Arad International Airport (LRAR/ARW) lies in western Romania's Crișana region, just west of the city of Arad and close to the Hungarian border. It offers a single hard-surfaced runway equipped with an ILS, and combines scheduled and charter passenger services with a significant cargo role and a regional air ambulance base.
Arad International Airport serves as the principal gateway for western Romania, handling domestic and international passenger and freight traffic for Arad County and the surrounding region. For a visiting VFR pilot the field is notable for its single long hard runway with ILS, its cargo terminal - described as the largest and most modern in western Romania - and its role as the SMURD regional air ambulance base, which operates a Eurocopter EC135 from the airport.
The airport sits in the historical region of Crișana in western Romania, about 4 km west of the centre of Arad, and roughly 60 km north of Timișoara Airport. It lies near the border with Hungary, some 30 km from the Turnu road crossing and 20 km from the Curtici rail crossing, and is positioned on the Pan-European Corridor IV, less than 100 m from the junction with the A1 motorway. Field elevation is 348 ft, at coordinates 46.1767N, 21.2619E.
Arad has one physical runway, 09/27, of hard surface and lit along its length. Runway 09 is 6,524 ft long; runway 27 is 5,937 ft long and is equipped with an ILS, making it the preferred instrument approach direction.
Arad Tower operates on 130.2 MHz. Runway 27 is served by an ILS for instrument approaches; no other navaids are detailed in the available information.
The airport's more recent development includes the opening of a new departures terminal, T2, in April 2016, built with the capacity to handle around 500 passengers per hour and intended to establish Arad as a hub for western Romania. The airport also hosts the largest and most modern cargo terminal in the western part of the country, sited near the Arad Free Zone to support air freight links between Western Europe and the Middle East.
Arad International Airport continues to handle scheduled and charter passenger flights alongside significant cargo operations, and it is home to the SMURD air ambulance service, which bases a Eurocopter EC135 there to cover the five western counties of Arad, Bihor, Timiș, Hunedoara and Caraș-Severin. The terminal offers free Wi-Fi and free parking for travellers, with check-in and boarding facilities designed for straightforward passenger handling.
