Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport

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Salerno - Costa d'Amalfi Airport

Aeroporto di Salerno - Costa d'Amalfi
Salerno-Pontecagnano Airport (terminal building in 2009).jpg
Terminal building
  • IATA: QSR
  • ICAO: LIRI
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
Owner/OperatorAeroporto di Salerno S.p.A.
ServesSalerno
LocationVia Olmo, Bellizzi (bordering with Pontecagnano Faiano)[1]
Opened1926 (1926)
Elevation AMSL131 ft / 40 m
Coordinates40°37′12″N 14°54′45″E / 40.62000°N 14.91250°E / 40.62000; 14.91250Coordinates: 40°37′12″N 14°54′45″E / 40.62000°N 14.91250°E / 40.62000; 14.91250
Websitewww.aeroportosalerno.it
Map
QSR is located in Italy
QSR
QSR
Location of the airport in Italy
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 5,426 1,654 Asphalt
Airport terminal
Aerial view of the runway

The Salerno - Costa d'Amalfi Airport (IATA: QSR, ICAO: LIRI), located in the municipality of Pontecagnano Faiano and close to Bellizzi, is an airport in southern Italy, in Salerno city and the west coastal areas of Amalfi to the north and Cilento to the south. It is also commonly known as Salerno-Pontecagnano Airport.[2]

History[]

The airport was founded in 1926 by Aeronautica Militare, Italy's military air force. A flight training facility was established between 1933 and 1943. The first hangar was designed by the famous architect Pier Luigi Nervi. In 1946, a meteorological service was established, and in 1952, the Salerno Air Club was founded. The airport has hosted the Carabinieri helipad since 1975, and the Firefighter helipad and a parachuting school since 1984. A new control tower was built in 1987. The airport was exclusively used by the Carabinieri, Firefighters, flight and parachuting school and small private jets until 2007.
The airport was then developed to accommodate civil traffic on a large scale, with four check-in desks, two boarding areas, luggage belts and waiting rooms. The runway has a VOR system, a radio direction finder VDF and a lighting system. The runway was extended for a total length of 1 654 m, with an extensions to 2 020 m planned. In 2011 was presented the project for the extension of the runway up to 2020 m (more than 60 m of anti blast) and for the creation of new buildings and other technical adjustments.

Airlines and destinations[]

Scheduled flights started in 2008 with the company VolaSalerno, which worked from August 2, 2008 to December 18, 2008, followed by Air Dolomiti from July 27, 2009 to May 7, 2010, Alitalia from December 1, 2010 to March 23, 2012, , Air Dolomiti and Danube Wings from June, 2012 to October, 2012.[3]

As of 2015, the charter airline, Air Vallée, was running charter flights between Salerno and Corfu.[4]

During Summer 2016, Denim Air operated charter flights to Corfu, Ibiza, Tabres/Lourdes, Malta, Milan-Malpensa, Mostar, Olbia, Verona. Flights were operated with a Fokker 100 with 100 seats.[5][6]

Statistics[]

See source Wikidata query and sources.

Year Movements Variation % Passengers Variation %
2008 588 Steady 18,067 Steady
2009 469 Decrease 20.24 3,968 Decrease 78.04
2010 1,049 Increase 123.67 5,163 Increase 30.12
2011 2,644 Increase 152.05 24,631 Increase 377.07
2012 1,553 Decrease 41.26 8,797 Decrease 64.28
2013 826 Decrease 46,81 2,009 Decrease 77,16
2014 832 Increase 0,7 2,245 Increase 11,07
Total 7,129 62,635

Transport[]

  • Car:
  • Parking: 150 free parking spaces in front of the terminal.
  • Taxi: fixed fee from/to Salerno 30 Euro, from/to Battipaglia 15 Euro.
  • Bus: CSTP 8 line.
  • Train: Salerno and Pontecagnano Faiano stations.
  • Subway: an extension of Metropolitana di Salerno to the airport is planned.

Distances[]

  • Bellizzi: 3 km (1.9 mi)
  • Pontecagnano, Battipaglia: 5 km (3.1 mi)
  • Faiano: 7 km (4.3 mi)
  • Salerno: 12 km (7.5 mi)
  • University of Salerno: 25 km (16 mi)
  • Paestum: 27 km (17 mi)
  • Palinuro: 45 km (28 mi)
  • Amalfi: 45 km (28 mi)
  • Avellino, Pompei: 50 km (31 mi)
  • Ercolano, Positano: 63 km (39 mi)
  • Naples: 70 km (43 mi)
  • Sorrento: 73 km (45 mi)
  • Benevento, Potenza: 85 km (53 mi)
  • Caserta: 90 km (56 mi)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Where is Salerno – Costa d'Amalfi Airport". Aeroporto di Salerno - Costa d'Amalfi S.p.A. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  2. ^ (in Italian) List of Italian certified airports by ENAC
  3. ^ (in Italian) Companies serving Salerno Airport (official website)
  4. ^ "Flights Schedule". Aeroporto di Salerno - Costa d'Amalfi S.p.A. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Aeroporto Salerno-Costa d'Amalfi: Dall'estate nuovi voli charter".
  6. ^ http://www.travelbefore.it/940/VOLI-DA-SALERNO-Estate-2016

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