One map, pinned from each airport’s published coordinates.
Category scores
Overall is the published weighted sum. A highlighted score is ahead; a tie stays plain.
Ease of use
25% · Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
RMO6.8
IAS7.2+0.4
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
RMO6.4
IAS6.6+0.2
Food & retail
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
RMO6.2+0.6
IAS5.6
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
RMO7.6+0.2
IAS7.4
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
RMO6.0
IAS6.2+0.2
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
RMO6.6+0.2
IAS6.4
Best for
RMO
Visa-free hops into MoldovaCheap trolleybus 30 into the centreWizz / FlyOne / HiSky basesShort, one-building connections
IAS
Schengen low-cost departures from T4A paid or program lounge before a Schengen flight
Watch out for
RMO
Hall over its leftover 5.4M design; expansion not live05:00–07:00 crowdingNo Uber — Bolt only among the big appsDo not confuse the VIP building with the passenger hall
IAS
Non-Schengen passengers must walk from T4 to T3 after securityNo airport rail, and no published taxi fareT3 and T4 were reported in March 2026 to be open without a fire-safety authorizationTerminal 2 is closed to passengers
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.
Do not look for a second passenger terminal
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.
Fill at the fountains; the cheap bottle is 35 lei
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).
IAS
Business LoungeBus 50Disability parkingWi-Fi
Everyone starts in T4
Check-in and security are in T4. Schengen stays there. Non-Schengen walks the bridge to T3.
T4 gates 1–20
Gates 1–14 are upstairs and gates 15–20 are downstairs. T2 is not a passenger terminal.
10 minutes free at the curb
Kiss & Ride is free for 10 minutes, then 5 lei per minute. A return inside 60 minutes is not free again.
RMO · 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.
IAS · Iași is a civilian international airport east of the city, with check-in for every flight in the newer T4. Schengen departures stay there; non-Schengen flights walk to T3. In 2025 it handled 2,244,156 passengers. Bus 50 is the cheap ride into town, and the only lounge is on the Schengen side.
