Trapani–Birgi Airport

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Trapani-Birgi Airport

Aeroporto civile Vincenzo Florio
Aeroporto militare Livio Bassi
Trapani-Birgi Airport (2).jpg
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/public
ServesTrapani, Italy
Elevation AMSL25 ft / 8 m
Coordinates37°54′43″N 012°29′36″E / 37.91194°N 12.49333°E / 37.91194; 12.49333
Websiteairgest.it
Map
TPS is located in Sicily
TPS
TPS
Location of the airport in Sicily
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13R/31L 2.695 8.841 Bitumen
13L/31R 2.620 8.595 Bitumen
Statistics (2020)
Passengers185 581
Passenger change 19-20Decrease -54,9%
Aircraft movements3 230
Movements change 19-20Decrease -39,4%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]
Statistics from Assaeroporti[2]

Trapani–Birgi Airport (IATA: TPS, ICAO: LICT) (Italian: Aeroporto Vincenzo Florio di Trapani-Birgi), is a military air base and public airport serving Trapani, in Sicily, Italy. Located between Trapani and Marsala, it is one of the five civil airports in Sicily. In 2015, 1,586,992 passengers passed through the airport, making it the third-busiest airport in Sicily. The air base of the Aeronautica Militare in named to the aviator Livio Bassi. 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 1964 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 Rome 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, inaugurated in 1961, 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 "82nd 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 Force based at 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
AlbaStar Brindisi, Cuneo, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Parma, Rome–Fiumicino
Blue Air Seasonal: Turin
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam, Maastricht/Aachen
DAT Pantelleria
Ryanair Bergamo, Bologna, Charleroi, London–Stansted, Malta, Naples (begins 29 March 2022),[4] Pisa, Rome–Ciampino (ends 26 March 2022), Rome–Fiumicino (begins 27 March 2022),[5] Treviso (ends 25 March 2022)
Seasonal: Billund (begins 28 March 2022),[6] Bratislava (resumes 27 March 2022),[7] Hahn (resumes 29 March 2022),[8] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Katowice, Pescara, Prague, Turin, Venice (begins 28 March 2022), Warsaw-Modlin (begins 27 March 2022)[9]

Statistics[]

A Ryanair Boeing 737 in Trapani in 2012


Annual passenger traffic at TPS airport. See source Wikidata query.

This table does not include passengers in transit. Ryanair discontinued most of its flights from Trapani airport in October 2017, resulting in a significant reduction in the number of passengers using the airport.[10]

Year National
passengers		 International
passengers		 Total
passengers		 Var %
prev. year
2019 411,437 Decrease14.4
2018 480,524
2017 1,292,957
2016 1,493,519
2015 1,586,992
2014 1,598,571
2013 1,878,557
2012[11] 1,110,532 465,937 1,578,753 Increase7.36
2011 918,027 550,769 1,470,508 Decrease12.6
2010 1,024,755 656,573 1,682,991 Increase57.4
2009 757,555 301,308 1,069,528 Increase100.5
2008 342,025 186,774 533,310 Increase5.2
2007 432,943 72,946 507,185 Increase62.3
2006 305,895 4,802 312,459 Decrease19.8
2005 385,612 2,194 389,735 Decrease5.2
2004 382,867 19,071 410,898 Increase66.7
2003 224,663 2,281 246,474 Increase393.6
2002 39,175 3,494 49,932 Decrease20.0
2001 44,702 5,732 62,430 Increase82.3
2000 n/a n/a 34,321 Steady

aData from Assaeroporti.[12]

Transport[]

City Bus Company
Agrigento (180 km away) Salvatore Lumia
Borizzo Airfield Azienda Siciliana Trasporti(it)[13]
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. ^ a b "EAD Basic - Error Page".
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "Il portale dell'Aeronautica Militare - 37th Wing".
  4. ^ https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en
  5. ^ "Ryanair".
  6. ^ "Ryanair åbner seks nye ruter fra Billund i 2022". 10 November 2021.
  7. ^ https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en
  8. ^ https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en
  9. ^ "Ryanair apre base a Venezia con tre aerei dal 2022". 6 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Adesso è ufficiale: Ryanair scarica Trapani". 27 February 2018.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ Assaeroporti.it
  13. ^ "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.

External links[]

Media related to Trapani-Birgi Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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