Located in the historical region of Banat, the airport is named in honor of Traian Vuia, a Romanian flight pioneer and a Timiș County native.

[2] It serves as an operating base for Wizz Air and is considered a backup airport for Belgrade (BEG), Bucharest (OTP) and Budapest (BUD).

[4] The airport is located in the homonymous district (Aeroport) and borders Giarmata-Vii, component village of the commune of Ghiroda.

[4] The first air base in Timiș County was operational between November 1915 and April 1917, on the communal grassland of Dudeștii Noi and Sânandrei.

[5][6] During World War I, zeppelins erected from the base in Dudeștii Noi bombed Bucharest, Ploiești, Chișinău and Thessaloniki.

It was located on the training ground of the Military Garrison, approximately on the current site of Iulius Town.

The money was destined for the construction of a terminal, a hangar and two other buildings that were to serve as radio and telegraph stations, located in the Cioca plainfield.

[7] The winner of the auction was the firm of architectural engineer August Schmiedigen from Bucharest, for the amount of 4.5 million lei.

[5] The auction was deemed suspicious, reason why the Superior Administrative Court annulled its adjudication and, consequently, decided to suspend the works.

[5] In the 1960s, Timișoara became an increasingly important economic center, so the decision was made to build a large civil airport on its current location, between the communes of Giarmata, Ghiroda and Remetea Mare.

As the airport at that time could not meet the strategic military needs (its location at the western border of Romania), but also the increase in the number of passengers and civil air traffic (the introduction of international flights was desired), the decision was made to modernize and expand the airport by a state decree in 1976.

[5] During this period, the runway was extended from 2,500 m to 3,500 m, and the international terminal, the control tower, the official lounge and the administrative building were inaugurated.

[7] Timișoara Airport was the first commercial destination of flights made with the only passenger jet aircraft produced in Romania, ROMBAC 1-11.

TABs were placed at each gate, and buses carrying passengers or employees were carefully checked by militiamen.

The gradual economic liberalization and the commencement of some external flights, towards the West, opened new opportunities both for the population in the area and the foreign investors.

In 1998, the storage hall for cargo and express courier services was inaugurated, Timișoara Airport thus becoming a freight transport hub.

[5] Between 2000 and 2001, major repairs were carried out to the movement surfaces (runway, apron and taxiway) and the lighting system.

[14] The general objective of the project was the development of the transport infrastructure of Timișoara International Airport, to support a flow of about three million passengers per year.

[16] There are plans for an Airport City, a complex and innovative concept for Romania, through which will be built, in addition to air transport facilities, connecting road and rail transport infrastructure, hotels, restaurants, shops, conference centers and exhibition halls, with both public and private funds.

[19] Buildings and land belonging to the former 93rd Air Base, totaling 240 ha, were transferred to Timișoara Airport in 2006.

It currently operates as a terminal for domestic flights and has a processing capacity of 500 passengers per hour and three boarding gates.

Although it experienced a dramatic decrease after the bankruptcy of Carpatair, the negative trend reversed by 2015 when Wizz Air decided to allocate a new aircraft to the base at Timișoara Airport and open six more new routes.

A slightly longer alternative (but with less traffic flow) is to exit Timișoara on Calea Dorobanților and drive through the village of Giarmata-Vii instead, before heading back towards the airport.

The average cost for a ride to the city center is likely to fall within the range of 50–55 lei, depending on the exact route and traffic flow.

Ride-sharing services are not acknowledged by the airport, however the parking lot can be crossed on foot in a few minutes, and a car can be ordered at the entrance.