--- iata: RMO name: Chișinău Eugen Doga International Airport city: Chișinău country: Moldova lastUpdated: '2026-09-22' officialWebsite: 'https://airport.md/' sources: - 'https://airport.md/' - 'https://www.caa.md/' - 'https://rtec.md/' - 'https://flyone.eu/en/faq' - >- https://www.wizzair.com/en-gb/information-and-services/booking-information/check-in - 'https://bolt.eu/en/cities/chisinau' - 'https://md.usembassy.gov/' - 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u_International_Airport' quickFacts: - IATA RMO since 18 January 2024 (old Soviet code KIV is retired); ICAO LUKK. - >- Named Aeroportul Internațional „Eugen Doga” – Chișinău from 17 July 2025 (HG 447 of 16 July 2025). - >- One live passenger hall ~13 km southeast of the city; the VIP building is a separate landside product, not a scheduled door. - >- 6,080,431 passengers in 2025 (CAA.md), +46.8% vs 4,142,413 in 2024 — already past the leftover 5.4M hall capacity. - >- Not Schengen. No metro. No airport rail. Cheapest city ride is RTEC trolleybus 30. - >- Hubs for FlyOne, HiSky, SkyUp and Wizz Air (Wizz base back 16 December 2024). Air Moldova is gone. bentoTips: - label: Check-in title: Web check-in or pay at the desk detail: >- FlyOne desks open 3 hours out and close 60 minutes before departure. Wizz Air RMO follows the standard 2 hours / 40 minutes desk window (RMO is not on Wizz’s exception list) and online check-in until 3 hours. Peak crowding is 05:00–07:00 — first visit sit 3 hours. summary: >- FlyOne web check-in closes 4 hours before departure; LIGHT is free from 12 hours, STANDARD from 24 hours. Airport desks if you skip the web: 36–120 EUR. category: timing - label: One hall title: Do not look for a second passenger terminal detail: >- A ~5,000 m² expansion that would lift gates from about 7 to 13 is not live — the tender was contested and the minister only hoped for October. Do not navigate as if extra piers exist. summary: >- Live campus is one passenger hall (1970s core plus the 2002 Akfen annex). Overhead airside signs list Gates 1–3 / 4–6 / 7–9. The VIP block is a different building. category: terminal - label: Water title: Fill at the fountains; the cheap bottle is 35 lei detail: >- Dorna 0.5 L was 35 lei on a café board in March 2025. Treat that as the sourced purchase price; a later 15 lei camera quote is unverified. Aerofood’s Plai / Aero Cafe / lounge contract ended 28 February 2025 — the airport now runs F&B. summary: >- Free drinking fountains have been on campus since 12 July 2025 (front of the terminal, boarding-gate area, Arrivals; airside at Gate 9 reported Jan/Feb 2026). category: food - label: Codes title: 'Book RMO, not leftover KIV' detail: >- Moldova is not Schengen. Visa-free 90/180 for EU/UK/US/Canada and others; EU ID cards are accepted. US Embassy: passport valid 3 months beyond the stay (airlines may still ask for 6). summary: >- Tickets, FIDS and boarding passes use RMO. KIV was the Soviet Kishinev code and is not a live public slug on this site. category: status lounges: - name: Business Lounge zone: Airside after security and passport control hours: 24/7 access: - DragonPass - Walk-in €35 bestFor: - Long waits - Early Wizz/FlyOne banks - Showers summary: >- The only walk-up airside lounge: 2F after security/passport, left past Golden Jet then right. DragonPass A33798. Walk-in €35; under-2 free, over-2 pay. Collinson/Priority Pass — confirm in the app (the Moldova PP page 404s). verdict: depends terminal: Passenger terminal amenities: - Showers - Hot food - Wi-Fi - Work seating - name: VIP Lounge zone: 'Landside, separate building' hours: By reservation access: - Prepaid VIP packages bestFor: - Private transfers summary: >- A separate landside VIP terminal, not a scheduled-passenger door and not the airside Business Lounge. Aggregator packages around EUR 239 are leftover quotes — book only through the airport if you actually want the VIP product. verdict: skip terminal: VIP terminal amenities: - Private check-in - Separate curb waterOptions: - kind: free name: Drinking fountains zone: landside summary: >- Airport installed free fountains on 12 July 2025. Landside in front of the hall plus Arrivals; also reported at boarding gates. location: 'In front of the terminal, at the boarding-gate area, and in Arrivals' terminal: Passenger terminal isBestValue: true - kind: refill name: Gate 9 fountain zone: airside summary: >- Passenger reports from January/February 2026 put a working fountain at Gate 9 after security — the airside refill that does not depend on buying Dorna. location: Airside at Gate 9 in the boarding area terminal: Passenger terminal - kind: purchase name: Dorna 0.5 L zone: landside price: 35 MDL summary: >- Sourced March 2025 café-board price for 0.5 L Dorna. A later 15 lei camera quote is unverified — sit 35 lei until a new board photo lands. location: Café board in the passenger hall (landside/airside cafés) terminal: Passenger terminal isBestQuality: true airportistScore: 6.6 slug: rmo region: Europe --- > Markdown for [/airports/rmo](/airports/rmo). Append `.md` to any page URL (or send `Accept: text/markdown`) for an agent-readable copy. - [HTML page](/airports/rmo) - [Lounge directory](/airports/rmo/lounges.md) - [Sitemap](/sitemap.md) # Chișinău Eugen Doga International Airport (RMO) Chișinău, Moldova · Europe Chișinău’s one-hall international gateway is cheap to reach and simple to read, but 2025 traffic already exceeds the leftover design — expect early-morning crowding, no rail, and a single paid airside lounge. ## Airportist Score **6.6 / 10** Weighted sum of the six published categories (no holistic fudge). - Ease of use (25%): 6.8 — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout. - Comfort & amenities (20%): 6.4 — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet. - Food & retail (15%): 6.2 — Food and retail quality and variety. - Ground access (15%): 7.6 — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city. - Reliability (15%): 6.0 — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience. - Lounges (10%): 6.6 — Worth-it density and access quality. ## At a glance - Passengers: 6,080,431 (2025) - Terminals: 1 passenger hall (VIP is a separate landside building) - Typical security: 25 min - On-time: 0% - Disruption: minor ## Best for - Visa-free hops into Moldova - Cheap trolleybus 30 into the centre - Wizz / FlyOne / HiSky bases - Short, one-building connections ## Watch out for - Hall over its leftover 5.4M design; expansion not live - 05:00–07:00 crowding - No Uber — Bolt only among the big apps - Do not confuse the VIP building with the passenger hall ## More intel - [Lounge directory](/airports/rmo/lounges.md) (free) - [Getting there](/airports/rmo/getting-there.md) (free) - [Amenities](/airports/rmo/amenities.md) (free) - [Traveler tips](/airports/rmo/tips.md) (free) - [Water](/airports/rmo/water.md) (free) - [Full guide](/airports/rmo/guide.md) (free) - [Disruptions](/airports/rmo/disruptions.md) (free) - [Reviews](/airports/rmo/reviews.md) (free)