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Gheorghe Valentin Bibescu Airport is a small general-aviation field in Prahova county, Romania, close to the city of Ploiesti, offering both grass and hard-surfaced runways for light aircraft operations. Named after a Romanian aviation pioneer, it sits at an elevation of 571 feet and provides a straightforward VFR destination in the region north of Bucharest.
Gheorghe Valentin Bibescu Airport (ICAO: LRPW) is a general-aviation aerodrome in Prahova county, Romania, in the vicinity of Ploiesti. It offers a mix of grass and hard-surfaced runways, making it suitable for light training and touring aircraft, and it carries the name of a notable figure from early Romanian aviation.
The airfield lies in Prahova county, Romania, at coordinates 44.9236 N, 25.9633 E, close to the city of Ploiesti. No specific airspace classification, FIR designation, or details of neighbouring controlled airspace are given in the available material, so pilots should consult current Romanian AIP charts for the applicable airspace structure around the field.
The aerodrome has two physical runways. Runway 09/27 is a grass strip 3078 feet long and lit. Runway 08/26 is a hard-surfaced strip approximately 2450-2451 feet long and also lit. Field elevation is 571 feet, and there is no ILS available at the airport.
The airfield takes its name from Gheorghe Valentin Bibescu, a member of the Bibescu family with roots in the Wallachian nobility. His grandfather, Gheorghe Bibescu, ruled Wallachia in the mid-nineteenth century, and his father, George Bibescu, was the son of that ruler. Gheorghe Valentin Bibescu himself is credited as the founder of Baneasa Airport in Bucharest, reflecting the family's association with the early development of aviation in Romania, of which this Ploiesti-area field also bears his name.
