Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)
Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP, LROP) serves Bucharest, Romania. Flights leaving OTP left an average of 21.3 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 83rd least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 16.9 million passengers used it in the twelve months to March 2026, most often flying to or from Istanbul.
Delays at OTP
Average departure delay per flight: 21.3 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in February (33.3 min) and lightest in May (13.4 min).
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| Month | Average departure delay | Departures |
|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | 27.9 min | 6,193 |
| September 2025 | 25.5 min | 5,911 |
| October 2025 | 23.5 min | 5,796 |
| November 2025 | 14.1 min | 4,938 |
| December 2025 | 19.0 min | 5,145 |
| January 2026 | 25.7 min | 4,674 |
| February 2026 | 33.3 min | 4,235 |
| March 2026 | 14.6 min | 4,721 |
| April 2026 | 15.1 min | 4,968 |
| May 2026 | 13.4 min | 5,181 |
| June 2026 | 19.0 min | 5,416 |
| July 2026 | 24.1 min | 5,875 |
Air traffic flow restrictions held 0.2% of arrivals at OTP for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of other causes (57% of those delay minutes).
Departure delay counts every cause, from the airline to air traffic control, and is measured against the scheduled time. Source: EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, summarised by TripStow. EUROCONTROL does not endorse TripStow.
Passengers at OTP
16,867,804 passengers used OTP in the twelve months to March 2026, on 114,643 commercial flights.
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| Month | Passengers | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | 1,400,316 | 9,531 |
| May 2025 | 1,416,924 | 9,503 |
| June 2025 | 1,488,072 | 9,835 |
| July 2025 | 1,634,272 | 10,802 |
| August 2025 | 1,770,198 | 11,234 |
| September 2025 | 1,641,071 | 10,636 |
| October 2025 | 1,562,266 | 10,548 |
| November 2025 | 1,244,933 | 8,727 |
| December 2025 | 1,291,695 | 9,303 |
| January 2026 | 1,145,939 | 8,503 |
| February 2026 | 1,088,532 | 7,611 |
| March 2026 | 1,183,586 | 8,410 |
Eurostat publishes airport figures a few months behind. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.
Busiest routes from OTP
- Istanbul (IST)553,080 passengers
- Bergamo (BGY)552,346 passengers
- London Luton (LTN)520,286 passengers
- Vienna (VIE)515,150 passengers
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)470,960 passengers
- London Stansted (STN)443,896 passengers
- Tel-aviv (TLV)402,763 passengers
- Frankfurt am Main (FRA)391,436 passengers
- Paris (CDG)378,447 passengers
- Madrid (MAD)368,507 passengers
Passengers in 2024, both directions together. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.
Questions and answers
- How delayed are flights at Bucharest (OTP)?
- Flights leaving OTP left an average of 21.3 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 83rd least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
- Which month has the most delays at OTP?
- February 2026, when flights left an average of 33.3 minutes late; the lightest month was May 2026 (13.4 minutes).
- Why are flights delayed at OTP?
- EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At OTP in the last year the biggest cause was other causes (57% of those minutes), then airport capacity (25%).
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