Chişinău International Airport lies in the temperate mid-latitudes at 46.93° N, 28.93° E, on Europe/Chisinau time (UTC+3).
Chişinău International Airport has 2 runways. The longest, 08/26, measures 11,778 ft by 148 ft, which puts the field in the long-haul capable category: widebodies operate comfortably, though the very longest sectors may need a payload trade. The surface is concrete. Both are lit for night operations.
Runway 08/26 is aligned roughly east/west, which is the clearest hint you get about the prevailing wind here: runways are built to face the wind that blows most often, because aircraft take off and land into it. Every runway here shares that east/west alignment, so a strong crosswind means a crosswind landing rather than a switch to another strip.
The runways are not interchangeable. 09/27 is 7,818 ft against 08/26's 11,778 ft, a difference of 3,960 ft, so the shorter one generally takes regional traffic while the longer handles anything heavy.