The Galati authorities announced on Friday, April 26, 2024, that the Galati-Brăila International Airport project received approval from ROMATSA. It will be included in the General Transport Master Plan and still needs some studies to organize the tender for the designation of the builder.
The airport in Galați county will be located between the towns of Braniştea, Slobozia Conachi and Tudor Vladimirescu and have an area of 250 hectares, to which will be added an area reserved for public investments of approximately 115 hectares.
According to the project, the Galati-Brăila International Airport is equipped with a passenger terminal, with an area of 28,500 square meters, and a cargo terminal, with an area of approximately 5,500 square meters.
For maximum efficiency, the control tower will be integrated into the passenger terminal, which will have 9 boarding gates. The runway will be 3,500 meters long, just like the airports in Otopeni, Timișoara and Constanța.