Cioca Airfield

Timișoara Utility Airport is an airport located in the northwestern part of Timișoara. It is also known as Cioca Airfield or, sometimes, Timișoara West Airfield.^[1] It is used by owners of small- and medium-sized aircraft for recreational flying, by air taxi companies, as well as by utility aircraft spraying fields with fertilizers and insecticides. Cioca Airfield was for a short time the main airport of Timișoara.^[2]

Cioca Airfield Aerodromul Cioca
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Timiș County Council
Location	Timișoara, Romania
Opened	1936
Elevation AMSL	86 m / 282 ft
Coordinates	45°47′20″N 21°11′32″E
Map
Cioca Airfield Location of Cioca Airfield in Romania
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 700 × 30 2,297 × 98 Grass

The airfield was built in the interwar period, in 1936, as the civil airport of Timișoara.^[2][3] The first flights from here, on the Bucharest–Timișoara–Arad route, began in 1937 and were operated by LARES.^[4] During World War II, between 1941–1944, the Cioca Airfield was used by the German aviation Luftwaffe, during the communism by Aviasan, and today is the property of the Timiș County Council.^[5]

References

1. "Zeci de baloane vor împânzi cerul Timișoarei". Ziua de Vest. 19 August 2009.
2. Both, Ștefan (17 February 2016). "Povestea Aeroportului "Cioca", visul neîmplinit al Timișoarei interbelice". Adevărul.
3. Sabou, Alina (6 April 2011). "Investițiile la aerodromul Cioca din Timișoara, împărțite de Consiliul Local și Consiliul Județean Timiș". Opinia Timișoarei.
4. "Istoria secretă! Prima cursă regulată București-Timișoara, operată cu avionul preferat al lui Hitler, cea mai modernă aeronavă de pasageri din lume a timpului". Ziarul Timișoara. 6 October 2015.
5. Petrovici, Georgeta (9 April 2014). "Își ridică vile pe aerodrom!". evz.ro.