| Timişoara Traian Vuia International Airport Aeroportul Internaţional Timişoara Traian Vuia |
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| IATA: TSR – ICAO: LRTR
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Ministry of Transport | ||
| Operator | Romanian Civil Aviation Authority | ||
| Serves | Timişoara | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 11/29 | 3,500 | 11,483 | Concrete, Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 1,139,133 | ||
| Aircraft movements | 25,278 | ||
Timişoara "Traian Vuia" International (IATA: TSR, ICAO: LRTR) (also known as Giarmata Airport) is Romania's third largest airport in terms of air traffic, after Bucharest Henri Coandă and Bucharest Aurel Vlaicu Airport and the main air transportation hub for the western part of Romania. It is located in Timişoara, in the region of Banat, near the Hungarian and Serbian border. The airport was renamed on February 6, 2003 in memory of Traian Vuia, a Romanian flight pioneer and a Timiş County native. Timişoara Airport is important for business travellers, too, as a number of international businesses operate in Timişoara.
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Timişoara's first airport (Timişoara Communal Airport) was built a few kilometers away from the current airport's position, in the town of Moşniţa Veche. The first airplane landed there on July 17, 1935. The airport was rebuilt on its current position in the 1960s. The domestic flights terminal was opened in 1964. In 1980 the airport received International Airport status. The airport has ILS CAT II status.
The Traian Vuia International Airport was home of the Romanian Air Force 93rd Air Base. The 93rd Air base was disbanded in August 2004 with the MiG-21 Lancers and IAR-330 moving to Câmpia Turzii for reassignment to 71st Air Base. The air base also operated the MiG-23 Flogger, which was retired in early 2002. Over 30 MiG-23s are still in storage at Timişoara Airport. The military section of the airport is currently an annex of the 71st Air Base and operates the 714th Transport Helicopter Squadron, with the IAR 330 in service.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Bucharest | Charter: Antalya |
| Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways | Vienna |
| Carpatair | Ancona, Arad, Bacău, Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Bucharest-Henri Coandă, Chernivtsi, Chişinău, Constanţa, Craiova, Düsseldorf, Florence, Iaşi, Lviv, Munich, Rome-Fiumicino, Sibiu, Stuttgart, Turin, Venice-Marco Polo, Verona |
| Lufthansa operated by Lufthansa CityLine | Munich |
| Moldavian Airlines | Chişinău |
| Sky Airlines | Charter: Antalya |
| TAROM | Bucharest-Henri Coandă |
| Wizz Air | Barcelona, Beauvais, Bergamo, Dortmund, Forli, London-Luton, Madrid, Rome-Fiumicino, Treviso, Valencia |
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| ABC Air Hungary | Budapest |
| Farnair Hungary | Budapest, Vienna, Zagreb |
| FedEx Express | |
| Sabiko International Air Cargo | |
| TAROM Cargo | Bucharest-Henri Coandă |
| TNT Airways | |
| Tristar | |
| UPS Airlines operated by Farnair Switzerland | Cologne/Bonn, Sofia |
| UPS World Media Trans |
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Alitalia | Milan-Malpensa |
| Blue Air | Bucharest-Aurel Vlaicu, Verona |
| Carpatair | Cluj Napoca, Frankfurt, Ljubljana, Naples, Oradea, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Ciampino, Suceava, Tirgu Mures, Torino, Venice-Treviso |
| Malev Hungarian Airlines | Budapest |
In 2010, the airport served over 1.1 million passengers,[1] an increase of 19% compared to 2009. TSR is one of the four airports in Romania capable of handling jumbo jets, the main airport for the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisza euroregion and it serves as an alternate airport for Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport, Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport and Budapest Airport.
| Year | Passengers | Aircraft movements |
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| 2000 | 223,133 | |
| 2001 | 250,808 | 8,579 |
| 2002 | 269,347 | 11,362 |
| 2003 | 332,164 | 16,349 |
| 2004 | 403,050 | 18,280 |
| 2005 | 611,705 | 22,716 |
| 2006 | 753,934 | 24,817 |
| 2007 | 861,171 | 25,320 |
| 2008 | 890,137 | 27,100 |
| 2009 | 956,897 | 27,642 |
| 2010 | 1,139,133 | 25,278 |
Access to the airport is possible from the European road DN6(E70). The airport is located in the N-E part of Timişoara, at a 12 km distance from the city centre, near Ghiroda village. The RATT Express 4 (E4) connects the terminal to Timişoara city centre.
Taxis and car rental agencies are available, too.
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