Chișinău International Airport is an airport, located at Chişinău bd. Dacia 80/3, 2026 Chisinau, Moldova. Visit their website www.airport.md for more detailed information.

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Chişinău bd. Dacia 80/3, 2026 Chisinau

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Added by Jopie, at 01 January 2020

Chișinău International Airport is Moldova's main international airport, located 13km southeast of the centre of Chișinău, the capital city. It serves as headquarters for Air Moldova, the country's national airline. The IATA airport code KIV is derived from Kishinev (the Russified name of the city).HistoryEarly yearsThe first scheduled flights to Chișinău started on 24 June 1926, on the route Bucharest – Galați – Chișinău and Iași. The flights were operated by Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne – CFRNA, later LARES. A commemorative plaque, describing the first flight to Chișinău, was placed in the airport. The main terminal was built in the 1970s, with a capacity of 1,200,000 passengers per year.Development since the 1990sOn 31 May 1995 Chișinău Airport was awarded the status of an international airport.In 2002, following works by the Turkish company Akfen Holding, the airport was modernized. An annex terminal building with an area of 4270m2 was added to the renovated old terminal building of 7600m2. The project covered construction of 3000m2 curtain walls, 3200m2 composite panels, 12185m2 asphalt road, a treatment plant with a capacity of 3450m3 a day, complete mechanical heating, ventilation and electrical systems, along with the X-ray security, luggage handling, master clock, and flight information systems. The annual capacity of the airport had increased to 5.4 million passengers.