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Cluj-Napoca: the departures board

CLJ Cluj-Napoca2004–2024Top destination: BUCHAREST OTOPENI

In 2024, on the 37 routes reported to Eurostat, 3,082,460 passengers travelled between Cluj-Napoca airport and the rest of the world. The top destination was Bucharest Otopeni, with 9.7% of the traffic, followed by Bergamo and Luton. By country, Italy took 16.3% of passengers. Bucharest Otopeni has held first place for 9 years in a row. Compared with 2019, the last year before the pandemic, traffic is 10% higher.

Every destination in 2024

Passengers between Cluj-Napoca and each destination, both ways, in 2024.

#DestinationCountryPassengers 2024Share
1Bucharest OtopeniRomania299,8529.7%
2BergamoItaly296,3709.6%
3LutonUnited Kingdom241,2627.8%
4BeauvaisFrance212,0666.9%
5MunichGermany208,9066.8%
6CharleroiBelgium180,0635.8%
7BarcelonaSpain115,2833.7%
8DublinIreland96,8343.1%
9MadridSpain92,9313.0%
10BolognaItaly91,3363.0%
11IstanbulTürkiye86,8252.8%
12DortmundGermany82,3032.7%
13EindhovenNetherlands68,8792.2%
14MemmingenGermany61,1512.0%
15London StanstedUnited Kingdom58,3061.9%
16ValenciaSpain50,8781.7%
17ZaragozaSpain50,6091.6%
18Basel–MulhouseFrance49,8981.6%
19Rome CiampinoItaly45,0151.5%
20HurghadaEgypt43,3691.4%
21Rome FiumicinoItaly43,1261.4%
22WarsawPoland42,3481.4%
23MálagaSpain40,6581.3%
24NurembergGermany38,9211.3%
25Leeds BradfordUnited Kingdom38,7221.3%
26MalmöSweden38,3161.2%
27Frankfurt-HahnGermany36,5041.2%
28LarnacaCyprus36,4851.2%
29TrevisoItaly26,1350.8%
30AlicanteSpain24,6690.8%
31Abu Dhabi BateenUnited Arab Emirates24,3500.8%
32ViennaAustria22,8620.7%
33ZurichSwitzerland22,6650.7%
34ZakynthosGreece21,2250.7%
35AntalyaTürkiye20,8720.7%
36NiceFrance20,5920.7%
37MonastirTunisia20,5650.7%
—Destination not specifiedNot specified131,3094.3%

The board, year by year

The same board for any year since 2001. The second board sets another airport beside it.

2024

By country, in 2024

  1. Italy16.3%
  2. Germany13.9%
  3. Spain12.2%
  4. United Kingdom11.0%
  5. Romania9.7%
  6. France9.2%
  7. Belgium5.8%
  8. Not specified4.3%

Year by year: passengers and the top destination

2001: no reported data2002: no reported data2003: no reported data2004: 113,3382005: 160,8672006: 200,5592007: 316,0742008: 658,1402009: 774,0412010: 967,6142011: 883,5022012: 893,3572013: 960,8342014: 1,121,4472015: 1,454,3022016: 1,671,3862017: 2,536,3752018: 2,619,7972019: 2,808,0882020: 751,7072021: 1,155,8422022: 2,465,6482023: 3,096,2462024: 3,082,46020012024
Passengers per year, 2001–2024. The highlighted bar is 2015; a flat dash marks a year with no reported data.
YearTop destinationPassengersAirport total
2004Bucharest Otopeni67,563113,338
2005Bucharest Otopeni80,954160,867
2006Bucharest Otopeni88,272200,559
2007Bucharest Otopeni119,857316,074
2008Bucharest Otopeni149,190658,140
2009Bucharest Otopeni133,828774,041
2010Bucharest Otopeni168,104967,614
2011Bucharest Otopeni174,895883,502
2012Bucharest Otopeni171,297893,357
2013Bucharest Otopeni167,356960,834
2014Bucharest Otopeni157,2781,121,447
2015Luton194,2501,454,302
2016Bucharest Otopeni288,8361,671,386
2017Bucharest Otopeni492,9292,536,375
2018Bucharest Otopeni489,1262,619,797
2019Bucharest Otopeni408,9182,808,088
2020Bucharest Otopeni135,731751,707
2021Bucharest Otopeni209,4641,155,842
2022Bucharest Otopeni306,9692,465,648
2023Bucharest Otopeni295,1133,096,246
2024Bucharest Otopeni299,8523,082,460

The other airports' boards

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Source: Eurostat, table avia_par_ro (passengers carried between airport pairs, annual). A passenger is counted once per flight, so a return trip counts twice. Domestic routes appear at both Romanian airports. Latest year published: 2024.