Traian Vuia International Airport
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| Timişoara "Traian Vuia" International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: TSR - ICAO: LRTR | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | SN Aeroportul Internaţional Timişoara | ||
| Serves | Timişoara | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 348 ft (106 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 11/29 | 11,483 | 3,500 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2005) | |||
| Number of Passengers | 512,000 | ||
| Aircraft Movements | |||
Timişoara "Traian Vuia" International (IATA: TSR, ICAO: LRTR) is Romania's second airport in terms of air traffic, after Bucharest Henri Coandă. It is located in Timişoara, western Romania, in the region of Banat, near the Hungarian and Serbian border. The airport was renamed in 2004 after the Romanian flight pioneer Traian Vuia. In 2005 the airport received 512,000 passengers and is expected to handle 650,000 passengers in 2006. It has the biggest annual growth rate in terms of passenger traffic among Romanian airports (over 25%).
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[edit] History
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 is experiencing high growth in passenger and cargo traffic, being Romania's second airport.
[edit] City Access
The airport is located 12 km north-east of Timişoara city center, served by DN6(E70) road.
[edit] Airlines
Timişoara "Traian Vuia" is Carpatair's main hub.
- Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa)
- Alpi Eagles (Venice)
- Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
- Carpatair (domestic: Bucharest-Otopeni, Oradea, Bacău, Iaşi, Constanţa, Cluj, Sibiu, Târgu Mureş, Suceava, Satu Mare international: Ancona, Bergamo, Bologna, Chişinău, Dusseldorf, Florence, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Lviv, Munich, Naples, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino, Turin, Venice)
- Club Air (Pescara, Verona)
- Lufthansa (Munich)
- On Air (Pescara)
- Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
- Moldavian Airlines (Chişinău)
- MyAir (Milan-Bergamo, Venice)
- Skyservice (Toronto)
- Tarom (domestic: Bucharest-Otopeni)
[edit] Future development
The construction of the new Carpatair terminal, a €50 million investment, will start in 2006.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official airport website
- World Aero Data airport information for LRTR
- Google map
