[6] After the Union of Transylvania with Romania, the Someșeni Military Aerodrome was used for the first civil operations by the National Service of Air Navigation (Romanian: Serviciul Național de Navigație Aeriană SNNA).

The SNNA was set up in 1928 by the Romanian Ministry of War for opening an air transportation line between Cluj and Bucharest.

In the late 1930s, the airport recorded steady growth and the employees' number rose from 6 in 1934 to 16 in 1939.

In 1940, as a result of the Second Vienna Award, Northern Transylvania (including Cluj) was ceded to Hungary and thus the airport was used by the Hungarian Air Force and German Luftwaffe.

[citation needed] After the war, the airport's operations were resumed with TAROM domestic flights connecting Cluj to other major Romanian cities.

The extension of the terminal building was also started in 1996 and since August 1997, it is run by the Cluj County Council.

[9] The construction of a new terminal, capable of handling 2 million passengers annually, started on 26 June 2007.

[19] On 24 November 2023 the Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport celebrated the first time in his history the passenger with the number 3,000,000 registered during one year and becomes the first regional airport in Romania to exceed this significant passenger threshold.

[20] For the future, the airport development project foresees the construction of the second terminal with an area of 40,000 m2 (430,556 sq ft).

[21] The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Cluj-Napoca:[22][23] The airport is located 8 km (5.0 mi) east of the city centre on the European route E576.

CTP Cluj Napoca, the local public transport company, operates its Route No.