How to get to Craiova

Two realistic ways in: fly to Craiova itself, or fly to Bucharest and cover the last 230 km by road.

The road from Otopeni, seen from the front of a minivan — dual carriageway, light traffic, flat country the whole way

Fly straight into Craiova (CRA / LRCV)

The short way, when the schedule suits. Sixteen scheduled destinations, almost all of them flown by Wizz Air Malta, plus Animawings on the Greek islands in summer. Everything else through the field is private jets and the occasional charter. The full list of airports you can fly in from is below.

Fly to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP), then road

The usual arrival, because Otopeni has the long-haul and the connections. From the terminal it is roughly 230 km and about three hours by road. A minivan collects you at arrivals and puts you down at your door in Craiova — one vehicle, one handover, luggage and all.

By train from Bucharest

Trains run from Bucharest Gara de Nord to Craiova in roughly three and a half hours. Coming from the city itself, that is one journey. Coming from Otopeni it is a detour: the airport is north of the city and Gara de Nord is a separate transfer before the train even starts.

Driving yourself

The A1 and DN65 get you down from Bucharest, and Craiova is an easy drive from Sibiu, Timișoara and the Bulgarian border crossings. Car hire desks sit at Craiova airport if you would rather pick the car up here.

Airports you can fly in from

Every scheduled route into Craiova, drawn from the same list as the table.

Airport	Country	Codes
London Luton	United Kingdom	LTNEGGW
Birmingham	United Kingdom	BHXEGBB
Milan Bergamo (Orio al Serio)	Italy	BGYLIME
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi	Italy	BLQLIPE
Rome Fiumicino	Italy	FCOLIRF
Bari Karol Wojtyła	Italy	BRILIBD
Naples Capodichino	Italy	NAPLIRN
Venice Treviso	Italy	TSFLIPH
Venice Marco Polo	Italy	VCELIPZ
Madrid Barajas	Spain	MADLEMD
Barcelona El Prat	Spain	BCNLEBL
Brussels South Charleroi	Belgium	CRLEBCI
Paris Beauvais–Tillé	France	BVALFOB
Dortmund	Germany	DTMEDLW
Athens Eleftherios Venizelos	Greece	ATHLGAV
Heraklion Nikos Kazantzakis	Greece	HERLGIR

Craiova itself is CRA / LRCV. The network is seasonal — routes are added and dropped every summer and winter timetable, so check before you plan around one.

Otopeni pickup by minivan

Met at arrivals, luggage in, straight to your address in Craiova. Price agreed before you fly.

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