# Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR / LRTR)

**Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport** (IATA: TSR, ICAO: LRTR) is a large airport in Timişoara, Timiş County, Romania. It opened on 28 Feb 1964. It has one runway, 3,500 m (11,483 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Romanian Civil Aeronautical Authority. In 2025 it handled 1.5 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TSR / LRTR
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Romanian Civil Aeronautical Authority
- Serves: Timişoara, Timiş County, Romania
- Opened: 28 Feb 1964
- Elevation: 106 m / 348 ft
- Coordinates: 45.8099, 21.3379
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,500 m / 11,483 ft
- Passengers: 1,458,022 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Bucharest
- Website: https://aerotim.ro/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timi%C8%99oara_Traian_Vuia_International_Airport (28 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1417736
- Weather station: LRTR · WMO 15247
- Ident: LRTR

## Timeline

- 28 Feb 1964: Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport opens.
- 28 Feb 2009: Carpatair flight 128. No deaths.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 110° / 290° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 732,679 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 922,685 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 1,159,852 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 1,620,763 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 1,517,249 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 1,594,674 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 470,506 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 628,930 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 1,192,987 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 1,354,612 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 1,323,446 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 1,458,022 | Eurostat |

## Routes

41 destinations in 15 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (28)

- [OTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrop.md) Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · Romania · 398 km / 247 mi · TAROM, HiSky, Animawings
- [BRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libd.md) Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · Italy · 637 km / 396 mi · Wizz Air
- [TSF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liph.md) Treviso Airport · Italy · 710 km / 441 mi · Wizz Air
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 710 km / 441 mi · Wizz Air
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 776 km / 482 mi · Lufthansa City Airlines
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 780 km / 485 mi · Turkish Airlines, Animawings
- [NAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirn.md) Naples International Airport · Italy · 790 km / 491 mi · Wizz Air
- [BLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipe.md) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · Italy · 800 km / 497 mi · Wizz Air
- [CIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lira.md) Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport · Italy · 831 km / 516 mi · Wizz Air
- [NUE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddn.md) Nuremberg Airport · Germany · 870 km / 541 mi · Wizz Air
- [FMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edja.md) Memmingen Allgau Airport · Germany · 877 km / 545 mi · Wizz Air
- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 902 km / 560 mi · Animawings
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 902 km / 560 mi · Wizz Air
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 924 km / 574 mi · Wizz Air
- [FKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edsb.md) Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport · Germany · 1,051 km / 653 mi · Wizz Air
- [BSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsb.md) EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · France · 1,071 km / 665 mi · Wizz Air
- [HHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edfh.md) Frankfurt-Hahn Airport · Germany · 1,144 km / 711 mi · Wizz Air
- [DTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlw.md) Dortmund Airport · Germany · 1,188 km / 738 mi · Wizz Air
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 1,248 km / 775 mi · Animawings
- [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 1,351 km / 839 mi · Wizz Air
- [RTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehrd.md) Rotterdam The Hague Airport · Netherlands · 1,407 km / 874 mi · Animawings
- [BVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfob.md) Beauvais-Tillé airport · France · 1,492 km / 927 mi · Wizz Air
- [LCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lclk.md) Larnaca International Airport · Cyprus · 1,597 km / 992 mi · Wizz Air
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 1,626 km / 1,010 mi · Wizz Air
- [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 1,717 km / 1,067 mi · Wizz Air
- [VLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/levc.md) Valencia Airport · Spain · 1,910 km / 1,187 mi · Wizz Air
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 2,096 km / 1,302 mi · Wizz Air
- [DWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdw.md) Al Maktoum International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,803 km / 2,363 mi · Animawings

### Seasonal (11)

- [SKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgts.md) Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport · Greece · 603 km / 375 mi · Animawings
- [KVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgkv.md) Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport · Greece · 606 km / 377 mi · Animawings
- [CFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgkr.md) Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport · Greece · 700 km / 435 mi · Animawings
- [EFL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgkf.md) Kefallinia Airport · Greece · 858 km / 533 mi · Animawings
- [ZTH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgza.md) Zakynthos International Airport Dionysios Solomos · Greece · 897 km / 557 mi · Wizz Air, Animawings
- [OLB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lieo.md) Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport · Italy · 1,099 km / 683 mi · Animawings
- [CHQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgsa.md) Chania International Airport · Greece · 1,167 km / 725 mi · Animawings
- [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · Greece · 1,188 km / 738 mi · Animawings
- [HER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgir.md) Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · Greece · 1,208 km / 751 mi · Animawings
- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 1,667 km / 1,036 mi · Animawings
- [TFS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gcts.md) Tenerife Sur Airport · Spain · 3,855 km / 2,395 mi · Animawings

### Seasonal charter (3)

- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,265 km / 786 mi · Freebird Airlines, TAROM
- [LCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lclk.md) Larnaca International Airport · Cyprus · 1,597 km / 992 mi · HiSky
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 2,346 km / 1,458 mi · TAROM, HiSky

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from TSR, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- V3 [Carpatair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/carpatair)

### Passenger (7)

- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 22
- AWG [Animawings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/animawings) · 17
- H7 [HiSky](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hisky) · 3
- RO [TAROM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tarom) · 3
- FH [Freebird Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/freebird-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- VL [Lufthansa City Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa-city-airlines) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.5M (2025) | #696 of 3,974 | #179 in Europe | #4 in RO |
| Longest runway | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | =488 of 29,858 | =60 in Europe | =2 in RO |
| Elevation | 106 m / 348 ft | =30,190 of 43,403 | =3,471 in Europe | #65 in RO |
| Age | Opened 1964 | =5,263 of 15,079 | =1,014 in Europe | =19 in RO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =4 in RO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | TIMISOARA APP | 120.100 |
| GND | TIMISOARA GND | 121.600 |
| TWR | TIMISOARA TWR | 120.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [ARW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrar.md) Arad International Airport · 41 km / 26 mi
- [CSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrcs.md) Caransebeş Airport · 83 km / 52 mi
- [BJY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybt.md) Batajnica Air Base · 129 km / 80 mi
- [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · 136 km / 85 mi
- [OMR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrod.md) Oradea International Airport · 142 km / 88 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: “Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timișoara_Traian_Vuia_International_Airport&oldid=1373991273), revision of 9 Sep 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/lrtr/data