Alexeni

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ROU
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
map_caption = Location of Alexeni

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subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Ialomiţa County
subdivision_type2=Status
subdivision_name2=Commune
settlement_type=Commune|
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name=Ion Cărbune
|leader_party=
area_total_km2=43.62
population_as_of=1992
population_total=2431
website=http://www.alexeni.go.ro/

Alexeni is a commune in Ialomiţa County, Romania, some 65 km north-east of Bucharest, near the town of Urziceni.

Until 2001 a military helicopters base existed in the area. It has been nominated by the Minister of Transport Radu Berceanu as the location for Bucharest's new airport for low-cost flights (as the operational tariffs for Bucharest's current low-cost hub, Aurel Vlaicu Airport, are set to grow) [Hotnews.ro, [http://english.hotnews.ro/New-airport-for-low-cost-flights-near-Bucharest-articol_44400.htm New airport for low cost flights near Bucharest] , February 28, 2007] . However, some analysts consider the project unrealistic and doomed to fail due to the poor conditions of the infrastructure in the area [Hotnews.ro, [http://www.hotnews.ro/articol_66437-Aeroportul-%27%27satesc%27%27-din-Alexeni-un-proiect-mort-din-nastere.htm "Aeroportul "sătesc" din Alexeni - un proiect mort din naştere" ("The "village"-airport of Alexeni - a project born dead")] , March 1, 2007] .

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