Vincenzo Florio Airport Trapani–Birgi

Vincenzo Florio Airport
Trapani–Birgi
Aeroporto Vincenzo Florio
di Trapani-Birgi
Summary
Airport type Military/public
Serves Trapani, Italy
Elevation AMSL 25 ft / 8 m
Coordinates 37°54′43″N 012°29′36″E / 37.91194°N 12.49333°E / 37.91194; 12.49333
Website airgest.it
Map
TPS
Location of the airport in Sicily
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13R/31L 2,695 8,841 Bitumen
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 1,586,992
Passenger change 14–15 Decrease -0.7%
Aircraft movements 11,607
Movements change 14–15 Decrease -7.4%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]
Statistics from Assaeroporti[2]

Vincenzo Florio Airport Trapani–Birgi (IATA: TPS, ICAO: LICT) (Italian: Aeroporto Vincenzo Florio di Trapani-Birgi), also known simply as Trapani Airport, is a military and public airport serving Trapani, in Sicily, Italy. Located between Trapani and Marsala, it is one of the five civil airports in Sicily, but is also used for military purposes. In 2015, 1,586,992 passengers passed through the airport, making it the third-busiest airport in Sicily. The civil airport is named after the Sicilian industrialist Vincenzo Florio Sr..

Overview

The airport is located 8 NM (15 km; 9.2 mi) south[1] of Trapani, and opened in the early 1960s. After a long period of inactivity the airport was relaunched by the Province of Trapani in 2003, and now hosts several flights, mainly low-cost connections.

History

Inaugurated in the 1961 as a regional airport operating very few flights, Trapani–Birgi became even less important in the 1990s, during which only a flight to Pantelleria, Palermo and Roma was operated.

The airport was relaunched in 2003 by the Province of Trapani and grew up in size after Ryanair started to use it as its main hub to Sicily, bringing several new international flights to and from Trapani. The airport has consequently been recognised as instrumental for the tourism-related economy of Western Sicily.

Italian Air Force

Eurofighter Typhoon of the Aeronautica Militare Italiana in Trapani

The military airfield is intituled to the Italian aviator Livio Bassi. The airport is a base for the "37th Fighter Wing" of the Italian Air Force with the Eurofighter Typhoon, and for the "82th CSAR" (Combat Search and Rescue) with the helicopters AgustaWestland AW139.[3]

The airfield is one of the four forward operating bases (FOBs) used by the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control stationed out of NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen in Geilenkirchen, Germany. The airport gained international attention during Operation Unified Protector in 2011 when NATO aircraft were based there during military intervention in the Libyan Civil War.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Alitalia Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino
Blue Air Turin
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Maastricht/Aachen
Danish Air Transport Pantelleria
Ryanair Bergamo
Seasonal: Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Prague

Statistics

This table does not include passengers in transit.

YearNational
passengers		International
passengers		Total
passengers		Var %
prev. year
2012[4]1,110,532465,9371,578,753Increase7.36
2011918,027550,7691,470,508Decrease12.6
20101,024,755656,5731,682,991Increase57.4
2009757,555301,3081,069,528Increase100.5
2008342,025186,774533,310Increase5.2
2007432,94372,946507,185Increase62.3
2006305,8954,802312,459Decrease19.8
2005385,6122,194389,735Decrease5.2
2004382,86719,071410,898Increase66.7
2003224,6632,281246,474Increase393.6
200239,1753,49449,932Decrease20.0
200144,7025,73262,430Increase82.3
2000n.d.n.d.34,321Steady

Data from Assaeroporti.[5]

Transport

City Bus Company
Agrigento (180 km away) Salvatore Lumia
Borizzo Airfield Azienda Siciliana Trasporti(it)[6]
Castelvetrano Salvatore Lumia
Marsala Autoservizi Salemi, Azienda Siciliana Trasporti(it)
Mazara del Vallo Azienda Siciliana Trasporti(it)
Menfi Salvatore Lumia
Montallegro Salvatore Lumia
Paceco Azienda Siciliana Trasporti(it)
Palermo Autoservizi Salemi, Terravision
Porto Empedocle Salvatore Lumia
Realmonte Salvatore Lumia
Ribera Salvatore Lumia
Sciacca Salvatore Lumia
Siculiana Salvatore Lumia
Trapani Azienda Siciliana Trasporti(it)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "EAD Basic - Error Page".
  2. ↑ Associazione Italiana Gestori Aeroportuali
  3. ↑ "Il portale dell'Aeronautica Militare - 37th Wing".
  4. ↑ "Aeroporto Trapani - sito ufficiale - Aeroporto Trapani-Birgi Vincenzo Florio - Airgest Dati di traffico". Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Assaeroporti.it
  6. ↑ "AST Spa – Struttura Territoriale Occidentale – Sede di Trapani – Orario Invernale". Azienda Siciliana Trasporti – www.aziendasicilianatrasporti.it. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.

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