RMO · Chişinău, Moldova
Chişinău International Airport.
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Chișinău International Airport
Airport serving Chișinău, Moldova
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for RMO
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 4571; ident LUKK; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
airport.md
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Chișinău International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
RMO / LUKK
OurAirports ident
LUKK
GPS / local code
LUKK
ISO region
MD-CU
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
airport.md
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q844951
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 8:21 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--EEST · UTC+03:00
Time zone
EEST
Europe/Chisinau · UTC+03:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
11 km
Approximate distance to central Chişinău.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Chișinău
Languages
Romanian
Currency
MDL (L)
Country area
33,847 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
11,778 ft / 3,590 m
Runway surface
concrete (2)
Opened / operator
1960
Owner / entity
Q844951
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Chişinău International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Chişinău, Moldova. Chişinău's built-up core sits roughly 11 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Europe/Chisinau (UTC+03:00, EEST). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Chişinău International Airport (RMO / LUKK) is at 46.9277° N, 28.9317° E, elevation 399 ft (122 m), serving Chişinău, Moldova.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Chişinău is in Moldova (capital Chișinău); on Europe/Chisinau (EEST, UTC+03:00); working languages: Romanian; currency: MDL (L).
Distance from central Chişinău: 11 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for RMO.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Chişinău International Airport (RMO / LUKK)
Chișinău International Airport · Airport serving Chișinău, Moldova
Known label 1
KIV
Alternate airport-name cue retained for RMO, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
LUKK · LUKK · MD-CU
airport.md · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
Chișinău Eugen Doga International Airport is Moldova's main international airport, located 13 kilometres southeast of the centre of Chișinău, the capital city.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for RMO; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Location cue
Chișinău Eugen Doga International Airport is Moldova's main international airport, located 13 kilometres southeast of the centre of Chișinău, the capital city.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Codru
codru · 10 km from RMO
Moldova · Europe/Chisinau · +0h · population 15,934 · city coordinates 46.9765, 28.8190
2. Chisinau
chisinau · 11 km from RMO
Moldova · Europe/Chisinau · +0h · population 635,994 · city coordinates 47.0090, 28.8594
3. Durleşti
durlesti · 17 km from RMO
Moldova · Europe/Chisinau · +0h · population 26,308 · city coordinates 47.0216, 28.7630
4. Hînceşti
hincesti · 28 km from RMO
Moldova · Europe/Chisinau · +0h · population 16,900 · city coordinates 46.8309, 28.5900
5. Strășeni
straseni · 34 km from RMO
Moldova · Europe/Chisinau · +0h · population 19,225 · city coordinates 47.1422, 28.6077
6. Dubăsari
dubasari · 42 km from RMO
Moldova · Europe/Chisinau · +0h · population 23,254 · city coordinates 47.2656, 29.1667
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. ODS UKOO
Odesa International Airport · Odesa
144 km from RMO · Europe/Kyiv · +0h · elevation 172 ft (52 m) · airport coordinates 46.4272, 30.6726
2. OTP LROP
Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · Otopeni
342 km from RMO · Europe/Bucharest · +0h · elevation 314 ft (96 m) · airport coordinates 44.5718, 26.1033
3. BBU LRBS
Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport · Bucharest
348 km from RMO · Europe/Bucharest · +0h · elevation 297 ft (91 m) · airport coordinates 44.5031, 26.1029
Route-time reference set
1. RMO-ODS
Odesa · 144 km · 1h 1m
Europe/Kyiv · +0h from RMO; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. RMO-OTP
Otopeni · 342 km · 1h 16m
Europe/Bucharest · +0h from RMO; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. RMO-BBU
Bucharest · 348 km · 1h 16m
Europe/Bucharest · +0h from RMO; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 11,778 ft / 3,590 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
concrete (2)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for RMO.
Runway identifiers
08/26 · 09/27
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
It is the 13th-busiest airport in post-Soviet states as well as 85th-busiest airport in Europe.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for RMO.
Country and authority
RMO sits in Moldova (Republic of Moldova), whose capital is Chișinău. No specific civil-aviation authority label is attached in the current map, so this page avoids inventing one. Country context: Europe, Eastern Europe.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: Romanian. Currency context: MDL (L). RMO is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Names and local labels
RMO is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with KIV. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Reference description
Airport serving Chișinău, Moldova. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: Chișinău Eugen Doga International Airport is Moldova's main international airport, located 13 kilometres southeast of the centre of Chișinău, the capital city. Location cue: Chișinău Eugen Doga International Airport is Moldova's main international airport, located 13 kilometres southeast of the centre of Chișinău, the capital city.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q844951 · Chișinău International Airport. Administrative area: Chișinău. Named after: Eugen Doga. Entity official-site cross-check: airport.md
Field and clock profile
Chişinău International Airport is a low-elevation field at 399 ft (122 m), positioned at 46.9277° N, 28.9317° E in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 11,778 ft / 3,590 m. The airport clock uses Europe/Chisinau (EEST, UTC+03:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Codru is the closest retained city-time anchor at 10 km. ODS Odesa is the closest retained airport alternative at 144 km.
Country airport peers
RMO has no same-country peer airports retained in the current airport set, so the useful comparison points are its code, coordinates, timezone, and route references.
Route geometry
RMO-ODS Odesa: 144 km, about 1h 1m, +0h. RMO-OTP Otopeni: 342 km, about 1h 16m, +0h. RMO-BBU Bucharest: 348 km, about 1h 16m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident LUKK backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. airport.md is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 11,778 ft / 3,590 m
Runway identifiers
08/26, 09/27
OurAirports classifies RMO as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Chişinău.
RMO (LUKK) is a low-elevation field at 399 ft (122 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
RMO sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
RMO's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 11,778 ft / 3,590 m and source surfaces recorded as concrete (2).
A specific operator or management record for RMO is not currently in our source set, so this page leans on regulator and country context rather than inventing one.
- It is the 13th-busiest airport in post-Soviet states as well as 85th-busiest airport in Europe.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at airport.md, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for RMO
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
RMO uses Europe/Chisinau (EEST, UTC+03:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Chişinău International Airport is about 11 km from central Chişinău; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
ODS Odesa is the closest retained alternate at 144 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
airport.md is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place RMO inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
RMO ranks #1 in the curated Moldova airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 1 airport.
Same-zone airport cohort
RMO has no other retained airport in the same IANA zone cohort, making Europe/Chisinau a more distinctive signal for this page.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
RMO is 399 ft (122 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include MUX 403 ft (123 m) (4 ft delta) · WRO 404 ft (123 m) (5 ft delta) · CDG 392 ft (119 m) (7 ft delta) · FKB 408 ft (124 m) (9 ft delta) · KZN 411 ft (125 m) (12 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
RMO's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are ODS 144 km +0h · OTP 342 km +0h · BBU 348 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odesa | ODS | 144 km | 1h 1m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Otopeni | OTP | 342 km | 1h 16m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Bucharest | BBU | 348 km | 1h 16m | +0h | --:--:-- |
RMO to ODS
Odesa
Distance 144 km; estimated travel window 1h 1m; destination zone Europe/Kyiv is +0h from RMO. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
RMO to OTP
Otopeni
Distance 342 km; estimated travel window 1h 16m; destination zone Europe/Bucharest is +0h from RMO. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
RMO to BBU
Bucharest
Distance 348 km; estimated travel window 1h 16m; destination zone Europe/Bucharest is +0h from RMO. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central Chişinău is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Chisinau is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Chişinău International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from RMO, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Codru
codru · 10 km · Europe/Chisinau
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Chisinau
chisinau · 11 km · Europe/Chisinau
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Durleşti
durlesti · 17 km · Europe/Chisinau
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Hînceşti
hincesti · 28 km · Europe/Chisinau
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Strășeni
straseni · 34 km · Europe/Chisinau
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Dubăsari
dubasari · 42 km · Europe/Chisinau
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bender
bender · 43 km · Europe/Chisinau
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Căuşeni
causeni · 49 km · Europe/Chisinau
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Orhei
orhei · 51 km · Europe/Chisinau
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Tiraspol
tiraspol · 54 km · Europe/Chisinau
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Slobozia
slobozia · 63 km · Europe/Chisinau
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Comrat
comrat · 73 km · Europe/Chisinau
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Chişinău International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Odesa (ODS), Otopeni (OTP), Bucharest (BBU). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 11,778 ft / 3,590 m; identifiers 08/26, 09/27.
- Runway surfaces: concrete (2); 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1960.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from RMO. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Odesa International AirportODS
Odesa · large airport
- Distance
- 144 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 172 ft (52 m)
Compare against ODS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Bucharest Henri Coandă International AirportOTP
Otopeni · large airport
- Distance
- 342 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 314 ft (96 m)
Compare against OTP when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International AirportBBU
Bucharest · large airport
- Distance
- 348 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 297 ft (91 m)
Compare against BBU when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Chişinău International Airport (RMO) in?▾
Chişinău International Airport is in the Europe/Chisinau timezone (UTC+03:00, EEST).
What are the codes for Chişinău International Airport?▾
Chişinău International Airport uses IATA code RMO and ICAO code LUKK.
Where is Chişinău International Airport located?▾
Chişinău International Airport is located in Chişinău, Moldova at coordinates 46.9277° N, 28.9317° E, with an elevation of 399 ft (122 m) (low-elevation field in the mid-latitudes).
How far is Chişinău International Airport from central Chişinău?▾
Chişinău International Airport sits roughly 11 km from the nearest mapped city center for Chişinău.
Which route reference is most useful from RMO?▾
Odesa (ODS) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 1m, destination timezone Europe/Kyiv, and a +0h difference from RMO.
How many runways does Chişinău International Airport have?▾
Chişinău International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 11,778 ft / 3,590 m; identifiers include 08/26, 09/27.