# Tulcea Danube Delta Airport (TCE / LRTC)

**Tulcea Danube Delta Airport** (IATA: TCE, ICAO: LRTC) is a medium airport in Mihail Kogălniceanu, Tulcea County, Romania. It opened in 1952. It has one runway, 1,986 m (6,517 ft) long, concrete. In 2024 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrtc

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TCE / LRTC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Mihail Kogălniceanu, Tulcea County, Romania
- Opened: 1952 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 61 m / 200 ft
- Coordinates: 45.0625, 28.7143
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,986 m / 6,517 ft
- Passengers: 1,621 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Bucharest
- Website: http://www.aeroportul-tulcea.ro/index.php
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulcea_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6588663
- Weather station: LRTC · WMO 15335
- Ident: LRTC

## Timeline

- 1952: Tulcea Danube Delta Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 1,986 m / 6,517 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Concrete | 167° / 347° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 1,887 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,221 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 394 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,057 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 4,232 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 158 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 35 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 30 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 73 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 360 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 300 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 1,621 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2024) | #3,219 of 3,974 | #667 in Europe | #17 in RO |
| Longest runway | 1,986 m / 6,517 ft | =4,043 of 29,858 | =770 in Europe | #21 in RO |
| Elevation | 61 m / 200 ft | =33,877 of 43,403 | =4,315 in Europe | =80 in RO |
| Age | Opened 1952 | =3,844 of 15,079 | =774 in Europe | =12 in RO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =4 in RO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | TULCEA APP | 120.300 |
| TWR | TULCEA TWR | 120.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [UA-0028](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ua-0028.md) Zhovtneve Air Base · 64 km / 40 mi
- [CND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrck.md) Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [LUCH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/luch.md) Cahul International Airport · 94 km / 58 mi
- [LRFT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lr80.md) Feteşti Borcea Air Base · 108 km / 67 mi
- [LRBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lr82.md) Boboc Air Base · 137 km / 85 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Tulcea Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tulcea_Airport&oldid=1371719051), revision of 28 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrtc/data