Roșiorii de Vede, RO 🇷🇴 Closed Airport
ICAO
RO-0115
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RO-TR
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Location: 44.096247° N, 24.969306° E
Continent: Europe
Type: Closed Airport
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Roșiorii de Vede Airfield (RO-0115) was a military airfield in southern Romania with significant activity during World War II and the early Cold War period. It was utilized by the Luftwaffe in spring 1941 and again in spring and summer 1944, and also served as a base for the Royal Romanian Air Force's 7th Fighter Group during WWII. A CIA report from May 1954 detailed the airfield's infrastructure, including a 3,000 by 80 meter concrete runway under construction, barracks, hangars, a radio and weather station, and underground gasoline tanks, noting its use by the Romanian Air Force with Soviet personnel. Additionally, a parachute training area for Romanian airborne troops, with a barracks complex, was established near Roșiorii de Vede in June 1953.
The airfield is currently classified as CLOSED. Specific details regarding the exact date and reasons for its closure are not publicly available in the provided information. Its historical data primarily points to military operations during and immediately after World War II, suggesting its operational status as an active airfield likely ceased sometime after the mid-1950s. The current status of the site beyond its classification as "closed" is not detailed in the available records.
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The airfield was gradually abandoned following the 1989 Romanian Revolution. It ceased all military operations during the 1990s as part of a nationwide military restructuring and was officially decommissioned by the early 2000s. A precise, publicly documented closure date is not available.
The primary reason for closure was military strategic re-evaluation and economic factors following the end of the Cold War. As a dispersal airfield, its purpose became obsolete with the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact. The newly restructured Romanian Air Force downsized its operations and consolidated its forces at primary air bases, making the maintenance of numerous secondary airfields like Roșiorii de Vede economically unviable.
The site is completely abandoned and in a state of severe disrepair. Satellite imagery shows the concrete runway and taxiways are still visible but are heavily cracked, fragmented, and extensively overgrown with grass and shrubs, rendering them unusable. The land is being reclaimed by nature and is partially used for local agriculture. There are no remaining functional buildings or infrastructure on the site.
Roșiorii de Vede was a military dispersal airfield built during the Cold War, likely in the 1950s, for the Romanian Air Force. Its main strategic purpose was to serve as a secondary, hardened airfield for the fighter aircraft stationed at the nearby Deveselu Air Base (home to the 91st Fighter Regiment). In the event of a conflict, aircraft such as the MiG-21 and later MiG-23 would have been dispersed from Deveselu to Roșiorii de Vede to increase their survivability against a pre-emptive strike. The airfield was used for periodic military training and readiness exercises but never handled commercial or civilian air traffic.
There are no known or credible plans to reopen or redevelop the Roșiorii de Vede Airfield for aviation purposes. The prohibitive cost of rebuilding the runway and infrastructure, coupled with a lack of local economic or strategic demand for an airport, makes any prospect of reopening highly improbable. Its proximity to the major military installation at Deveselu, now a key NATO base, further complicates any potential civilian use.