Live flights over Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 35 departures and 39 arrivals at Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, 37 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Warsaw (WAW), Memmingen (FMM) and Balice (KRK). The airline seen most often is Wizz Air Malta.
Airport data
- IATA code
- BBU
- ICAO code
- LRBS
- City
- Bucharest
- Region
- Bucharest (municipality)
- Country
- Romania
- Elevation
- 91 m (297 ft)
- Coordinates
- 44.50313, 26.10294
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Bucharest.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 22 | 25 | 47 |
| Sat 24 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Warsaw WAW Poland 5 flights
- Memmingen FMM Germany 4 flights
- Balice KRK Poland 4 flights
- Budapest BUD Hungary 3 flights
- Hamburg HAM Germany 2 flights
- Frankfurt am Main HHN Germany 2 flights
- Rheinmünster FKB Germany 2 flights
- Stockholm ARN Sweden 2 flights
- Girona GRO Spain 2 flights
- Bari BRI Italy 2 flights
- Napoli NAP Italy 2 flights
- Prague PRG Czechia 2 flights
- Valletta MLA Malta 2 flights
- Cluj-Napoca CLJ 2 flights
- Gdańsk GDN Poland 1 flights
- Seville SVQ Spain 1 flights
4 more connections
- Paris CDG 1
- Spata-Artemida ATH 1
- Cascais CAT 1
- Otopeni OTP 1
Airlines
- Wizz Air MaltaWMT 15
- RyanairRYR 9
- Wizz AirWZZ 8
- My JetMYJ 7
- NetJets EuropeNJE 4
- Toyo AviationTOY 3
- AeropartnerDFC 2
- Mauritania Airlines InternationalMAI 2
- VistajetVJT 2
- DakaDKA 1
Aircraft
- Airbus A321neo A21N 23
- Boeing 737-800 B738 9
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 6
- BR23 3
- C25C 3
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/44.50313/lon/26.10294/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Bucharest right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Bucharest: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of BBU, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Wizz Air Malta, Ryanair, Wizz Air, My Jet and NetJets Europe.
What are the main connections from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Warsaw (WAW, 5), Memmingen (FMM, 4), Balice (KRK, 4), Budapest (BUD, 3) and Hamburg (HAM, 2). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Bucharest? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport? +
Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport has IATA code BBU and ICAO code LRBS. It lies in Bucharest (municipality), Romania, at coordinates 44.50313, 26.10294.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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