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Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa

ICAO LATI41.4147°N 19.7206°E38 m / 126 ftLarge airport

Rinas — Dardani89 · Public domain · Commons

Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa (IATA: TIA, ICAO: LATI) is a large airport in Rinas, Durrës County, Albania. It opened in 1957. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt. In 2023 it handled 7.3 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1957–1957

1957

OpenedTirana International Airport Mother Teresa opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

17/35174° / 354° · LIT

LENGTH3,000 m9,843 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2012–2023

1.7M

1.8M

1.8M

2.0M

2.2M

2.6M

2.9M

3.3M

1.3M

2.9M

5.2M

7.3M

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Routes

122 destinations · 36 countries

Year-round76

BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air249 km155 mi BEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Serbia381 km237 mi SUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Ryanair406 km252 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air458 km285 mi PSRAbruzzo AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air472 km293 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Wizz Air, Aegean Airlines529 km329 mi AOIMarche AirportItaly · Wizz Air576 km358 mi CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air593 km368 mi CIACiampino–G. B. Pastine International AirportItaly · Ryanair594 km369 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Wizz Air622 km386 mi PEGPerugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International AirportItaly · Wizz Air622 km386 mi OTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Ryanair626 km389 mi RMIFederico Fellini International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air649 km403 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Ryanair, Wizz Air670 km416 mi PMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air671 km417 mi TRSTrieste AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air703 km437 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines752 km467 mi TSFTreviso AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air767 km477 mi BLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air768 km477 mi MLAMalta International AirportMalta · Ryanair, Wizz Air768 km477 mi BTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Ryanair, Wizz Air777 km483 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair, Austrian Airlines785 km488 mi PSAPisa International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air804 km500 mi SAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet804 km500 mi HERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines826 km513 mi VRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air839 km521 mi PMFParma AirportItaly · Ryanair853 km530 mi BGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air934 km580 mi GOAGenoa Cristoforo Colombo AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air946 km588 mi KRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair963 km598 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,001 km622 mi FMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,045 km649 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,054 km655 mi TRNTurin AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,062 km660 mi WROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Ryanair1,099 km683 mi ZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Chair Airlines1,111 km690 mi NUENuremberg AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,122 km697 mi STRStuttgart AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,153 km716 mi BSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Wizz Air1,185 km736 mi WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Ryanair, LOT Polish Airlines1,199 km745 mi MRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Ryanair1,210 km752 mi GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet1,214 km754 mi FKBKarlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportGermany · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,224 km761 mi WMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Ryanair1,229 km764 mi POZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Ryanair1,243 km772 mi LYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Wizz Air1,270 km789 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa1,289 km801 mi BERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,305 km811 mi HHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,352 km840 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair1,390 km864 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,426 km886 mi GDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Ryanair1,444 km897 mi DTMDortmund AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,453 km903 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Wizz Air1,470 km913 mi DUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings1,477 km918 mi NRNWeeze (Niederrhein) AirportGermany · Ryanair1,532 km952 mi HAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,539 km956 mi CRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,545 km960 mi EINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,561 km970 mi BVABeauvais-Tillé airportFrance · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,633 km1,015 mi MMXMalmö Sturup AirportSweden · Wizz Air1,637 km1,017 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Sun d'Or International Airlines1,705 km1,059 mi BLLBillund AirportDenmark · Wizz Air1,768 km1,099 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air1,864 km1,158 mi STNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,879 km1,168 mi LHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways1,898 km1,179 mi LTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air1,914 km1,189 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,953 km1,214 mi BHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,028 km1,260 mi ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Ryanair, Wizz Air2,031 km1,262 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,107 km1,309 mi LPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,140 km1,330 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Wizz Air2,149 km1,335 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,321 km1,442 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair2,347 km1,458 mi DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai3,731 km2,318 mi

Seasonal46

FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways622 km386 mi CIYComiso AirportItaly · Wizz Air660 km410 mi BJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress825 km513 mi RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Aegean Airlines913 km567 mi RMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · SkyUp956 km594 mi AHOAlghero-Fertilia AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air962 km598 mi KRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Wizz Air963 km598 mi MUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa992 km616 mi KTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,009 km627 mi NCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Wizz Air1,053 km654 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings1,054 km655 mi AYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress1,078 km670 mi WROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,099 km683 mi RDOWarsaw Radom AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,115 km693 mi ESBEsenboğa International AirportTürkiye · AJet1,126 km700 mi STRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings1,153 km716 mi WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,199 km745 mi POZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,243 km772 mi LYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Transavia1,270 km789 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings1,426 km886 mi GDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,444 km897 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Wizz Air1,449 km900 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling1,470 km913 mi VNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · Wizz Air1,526 km948 mi BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · TUI fly Belgium1,572 km977 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France1,582 km983 mi ORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia1,582 km983 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Transavia, TUI fly Netherlands1,655 km1,028 mi CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle1,661 km1,032 mi BODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · Transavia1,697 km1,054 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Arkia, Israir Airlines1,705 km1,059 mi VLCValencia AirportSpain · Wizz Air1,719 km1,068 mi RIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic1,751 km1,088 mi NTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Transavia1,807 km1,123 mi GOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,882 km1,169 mi SDRSeve Ballesteros-Santander AirportSpain · Wizz Air1,939 km1,205 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia1,953 km1,214 mi ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Scandinavian Airlines2,031 km1,262 mi TLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · AirBaltic, Wizz Air2,032 km1,263 mi EVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · FlyOne Armenia2,075 km1,289 mi TRFSandefjord Airport, TorpNorway · Wizz Air2,082 km1,294 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair, Norwegian Air Shuttle2,132 km1,325 mi OSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle2,170 km1,348 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · easyJet2,460 km1,529 mi RUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas3,085 km1,917 mi YYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Transat7,602 km4,724 mi

Seasonal charter24

OTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · TAROM626 km389 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Smartwings670 km416 mi CLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · TAROM676 km420 mi DEBDebrecen International AirportHungary · Smartwings692 km430 mi BTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Air Montenegro, Smartwings777 km483 mi BJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · Freebird Airlines, AJet825 km513 mi BRQBrno-Tuřany AirportCzechia · Air Montenegro, Electra Airways892 km554 mi OSRLeoš Janáček Airport OstravaCzechia · Electra Airways929 km577 mi JCLČeské Budějovice South Bohemian AirportCzechia · Electra Airways934 km580 mi DLMDalaman International AirportTürkiye · AJet941 km585 mi RZERzeszów-Jasionka AirportPoland · Buzz983 km611 mi PEDPardubice AirportCzechia · Electra Airways1,005 km624 mi KTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Enter Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Electra Airways +11,009 km627 mi AYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Freebird Airlines, AJet1,078 km670 mi WROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines, Buzz1,099 km683 mi LCJŁódź Władysław Reymont AirportPoland · Smartwings1,146 km712 mi WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Smartwings1,199 km745 mi IEGZielona Góra-Babimost AirportPoland · Buzz1,229 km764 mi POZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Enter Air, Smartwings, Buzz1,243 km772 mi SZYOlsztyn-Mazury AirportPoland · Buzz1,345 km836 mi GDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Enter Air1,444 km897 mi CAICairo International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo1,637 km1,017 mi AMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Jordan Aviation1,804 km1,121 mi OPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Enter Air2,361 km1,467 mi

Most destinationsWizz Air 61Ryanair 48Smartwings 7Buzz 6AJet 5Transavia 5

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from TIA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza” (revision of 15 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers7.3M (2023)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#271of 3,974 · #77 Europe · #1 AL Longest runway3,000 m9,843 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,196of 29,823 · =165 Europe · #1 AL Elevation38 m126 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,965of 43,341 · =4,765 Europe · #3 AL AgeOpened 19572026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,248of 15,079 · =875 Europe · #3 AL Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =1 AL

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels

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APPAPP133.150

TWRTWR122.500