Târgu Mureș International Airport

Târgu Mureș Transilvania Airport
Aeroportul Transilvania Târgu Mureș
Marosvásárhelyi Transilvania Repülőtér
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Mureș County Council
Serves Târgu Mureș
Location Vidrasău, Mureș County
Focus city for Wizz Air
Elevation AMSL 963 ft / 294 m
Coordinates 46°28′04″N 024°24′45″E / 46.46778°N 24.41250°E / 46.46778; 24.41250 (Târgu Mureş International Airport)Coordinates: 46°28′04″N 024°24′45″E / 46.46778°N 24.41250°E / 46.46778; 24.41250 (Târgu Mureş International Airport)
Website aeroportultransilvania.ro
Map
TGM
Location of airport in Romania
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,000 6,562 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 566 (407.8%Decrease)
Aircraft movements -
Source: Romanian AIP at EUROCONTROL,[1] Statistics,[2] Movements[3][4]

Târgu Mureș Transilvania Airport (Romanian: Aeroportul Transilvania Târgu Mureș; Hungarian: Marosvásárhelyi Transilvania Repülőtér) (IATA: TGM, ICAO: LRTM) is an international airport located 14 km (8.7 mi) southwest[1] of Târgu Mureș, Mureș County, in central Romania. Until May 2006, the official name was Târgu Mureș Vidrasău Airport (for the village 17 km (11 mi) outside of Târgu Mureș where it is located).

History

Opened in 1936, Târgu Mureș's first airport was built 2.5 kilometers away from the city centre. The airport was rebuilt in its current location in the 1960s, and inaugurated in 1969.[5]

After 2000, the airport has undergone extensive renovation. In October 2005 a new international terminal was opened and Category II instrument landing system was installed, allowing the handling of flights 24 hours a day.

In December 2016, the county council administrator started a new modernization program.[6] The project involved the refurbishment of the runway and the apron (an estimated RON77 million investment). The auction was won by the Porr-Geiger Association, and the work began in early October 2017 and completed in June 2018.[7] On 25 June 2018, the new runway went into operation.[8]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Corendon AirlinesSeasonal charter: Antalya (begins 10 June 2019)
Blue AirSeasonal charter: Antalya (begins 15 June 2019)
Wizz AirBudapest, Dortmund, London-Luton, Memmingen[9]
TaromBucharest (begins November 2018)

Statistics

Departure area
Year Passengers Change
2005 12,408 Increase 67%
2006 46,882 Increase 278%
2007 156,929 Increase 235%
2008 69,945 Decrease 55%
2009 84,062 Increase 20%
2010 74,353 Decrease 12%
2011 257,303 Increase 246%
2012 300,427 Increase 17%
2013 356,656 Increase 19%
2014 343,521 [10] Decrease 3.4%
2015 336,694 [11] Decrease 1.9%
2016 287,412 Decrease 14.7%
2017 566 Decrease 407.8%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 EAD Basic Archived January 12, 2011, at WebCite
  2. ↑ Târgu Mureș Airport in 2012 at punctul.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ↑ ORDIN 169/1.801. Planul national de actiune privind reducerea emisiilor de gaze cu efect de seră în domeniul aviatiei civile (in Romanian)
  4. ↑ Press release for 2013 (in Romanian)
  5. ↑ History of the airport (in Romanian)
  6. ↑ În ce constă proiectul de reabilitare a pistei Aeroportului Transilvania at zi-de-zi.ro (in Romanian)
  7. ↑ Pista Aeroportului Transilvania Tîrgu Mureş a fost finalizată: nota de plată, 60 de milioane de lei (in Romanian)
  8. ↑ Lucrarile au fost finalizate si receptionate (in Romanian)
  9. ↑ https://wizzair.com/en-gb/flights/timetable#/
  10. ↑ http://www.newsair.ro/aeroportul-international-targu-mures-pierdut-pasageri-2014.html
  11. ↑ http://www.newsair.ro/aeroportul-transilvania-targu-mures-a-pierdut-pasageri-in-2015.html

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