Verona Villafranca Airport

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Verona Airport

Aeroporto di Verona-Villafranca
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Aeroporto di Verona-Villafranca, notturna, Terminal 2 e taxi.JPG
Summary
Airport typeCivil / military
OperatorGardaAeroporti
ServesVerona, Italy
LocationVillafranca di Verona
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL240 ft / 73 m
Coordinates45°23′47″N 010°53′17″E / 45.39639°N 10.88806°E / 45.39639; 10.88806 (Verona Airport)Coordinates: 45°23′47″N 010°53′17″E / 45.39639°N 10.88806°E / 45.39639; 10.88806 (Verona Airport)
Websiteaeroportoverona.it
Map
VRN is located in Veneto
VRN
VRN
Location of the airport in Italy
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 3,068 10,064 Bituminous
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
H1 35 × 26 110 × 85 Concrete
Statistics (2020)
Passengers1,040,555
Passenger change 19-20Decrease -71.4%
Movements11,673
Movements change 19-20Decrease -64.8%
Cargo (tons)258.58
Cargo change 19-20Decrease -66.7%
Statistics from Assaeroporti[1]

Verona Villafranca Airport (IATA: VRN, ICAO: LIPX), also known as Valerio Catullo Airport or Villafranca Airport, is located 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Verona, Italy. The airport is situated next to the junction of A4 Milan-Venice and A22 Modena-Brenner motorways. It serves a population of more than 4 million inhabitants in the provinces of Verona, Brescia, Mantua (Mantova) and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.

History[]

Early years[]

Villafranca Air Base was a military airport during the First World War. It became open to civil traffic in the early 1910s with daily scheduled connections to Rome and charter flights to destinations in northern Europe.

Towards late 1970s, under the first community project by the Province of Verona, Comune of Verona and the local Chamber of Commerce, Villafranca Airport constructed a passenger terminal, offices and handling facilities. The managing society, Aeroporto Valerio Catullo di Verona Villafranca S.P.A., was established in December 1978. Ownership is currently shared between provincial governments from Veneto (Villafranca di Verona and Sommacampagna), Lombardy (Province of Brescia), Trentino (second main shareholder) and Alto Adige/Südtirol.

Expansion in the 1990s and 2000s[]

In 1990, the passenger terminal was expanded in order to cope with the constantly growing air traffic. The aircraft apron and car-parking areas were enlarged; in addition, access to the airport was improved by a road link to Verona's new ring road (SS12) in preparation for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

In 1995, the airport reached a record of handling one million passengers per annum. In 1999, the airport became Italy's second-grade airport in the 'Special Classification of Charter Traffic' and ranked after Milan Malpensa Airport and Rome Fiumicino Airport.

During the Bosnian War, the airport was used by NATO aircraft as a staging area.[2]

Passenger numbers continued to grow: 2 million per year in 2001 and 3 million per year in 2006. In response to the strong demand in patronage, the airport undertook a significant expansion programme on its services and facilities. In May 2006, a new arrivals terminal, Terminal 2, was opened by the Vice-Minister of Transport, Cesare De Piccoli, and Vice-President of Veneto Region, Luca Zaia. This additional terminal is situated immediately next to the original building, now known as Terminal 1. As a result of the expansion programme, the airport's capacity doubled. Hence Terminal 1 is used solely for departures and Terminal 2 for arrivals.

Recent development: 2010s[]

Air traffic continued to grow during the 2010s, with 3,385,794 passengers recorded in 2011. After a European Union investigation into high subsidies being granted to Ryanair on their scheduled routes, the airline pulled out of Villafranca Airport in 2012. This caused a reduction in passenger traffic in 2013.[3][4]

In 2015, Ryanair reintroduced services to the airport with scheduled flights to Palermo, London Stansted and Brussels. Several airlines have switched their charter routes to regular services during the Winter Season 2015-16: Finnair flies between Verona and Helsinki and AirBaltic flies between Verona and Riga. The route between Paris and Verona, as operated by Air France, however, ceased operation in late October 2015, having been replaced with flights operated by its low-cost subsidiary, Transavia.

Facilities[]

Verona-Villafranca Airport is equipped with a fog-dispersal device, which remains the best solution available in Italy and abroad to date, so that flight operations could continue during times of low visibility. This system has been in operation since 2003 and allows pilots to land in visibility as low as 75 m (246 ft). The runway is certified for ILS Category IIIb approach.[5]

The two terminals, departures and arrivals, are situated next to each other. The departures hall hosts check-in facilities at the eastern side. The lounge is located on the first floor's eastern wing. The main bus stand is located directly outside the arrivals hall.

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
Aer Lingus Dublin
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Air Albania Tirana
Air Dolomiti Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich
Air Moldova Chișinău
AlbaStar Seasonal: Fuerteventura
Albawings Tirana
Alitalia Rome–Fiumicino
Arkia Seasonal: Tel Aviv[6]
Bluebird Airways Seasonal: Tel Aviv
Blue Panorama Airlines Seasonal: Lampedusa
British Airways London–Gatwick
easyJet Amsterdam, London–Gatwick
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
FlyOne Chișinău
Iberia Regional Seasonal: Madrid
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast–International (begins 11 May 2022),[7] Birmingham, Bristol,[8] East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester
KLM Amsterdam[9]
Neos Marsa Alam, Sharm El Sheikh
Seasonal: Boa Vista, Brindisi, Cagliari, Cancún, Catania, Dubai–International, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Ibiza, Karpathos, Kos, Lamezia Terme, La Romana, Malé, Menorca, Mombasa, Montego Bay, Mykonos, Nosy Be, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rhodes, Sal, Salalah, Santorini, Tel Aviv, Tenerife–South, Zanzibar
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Oslo
Ryanair Bari, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Charleroi, Dublin, Lamezia Terme, Manchester, Naples, Palermo
Seasonal: Birmingham, Corfu, London–Stansted
S7 Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam
TUI Airways Birmingham, Bristol, London–Gatwick, Manchester
Seasonal: Glasgow, Newcastle upon Tyne
Seasonal charter: Dublin (resumes 21 May 2022)[10]
TUI fly Nordic Seasonal charter: Dublin (begins 20 December 2021)[10]
Volotea Bari, Cagliari, Catania, Lamezia Terme, Naples, Olbia, Palermo
Seasonal: Alghero, Athens, Barcelona (begins 8 April 2022),[11] Cork (resumes 28 May 2022),[11] Heraklion, Ibiza, Lampedusa, Malta (resumes 27 May 2022),[11] Menorca, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Pantelleria, Preveza/Lefkada (begins 1 June 2022),[11] Santorini, Skiathos (begins 31 May 2022),[11] Zakynthos
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona
Wizz Air Bari, Catania, Chișinău, Lviv,[12] Naples,[13] Palermo,[14] Tirana
Seasonal: Olbia,[15] Warsaw–Chopin

Statistics[]

Check-in area


See source Wikidata query and sources.

Year Passengers
2000 2 293 799
2001 2 188 068
2002 2 185 785
2003 2 452 723
2004 2 687 565
2005 2 649 655
2006 3 007 965
2007 3 510 259
2008 3 402 601
2009 3 065 968
2010 3 022 784
2011 3 385 794
2012 3 198 788
2013 2 719 815
2014 2 775 616
2015 2 591 255
2016 2 807 811
2017 3 099 142
2018 3 453 404
2019 3 638 088
2020 1 040 555

Ground transportation[]

A shuttle bus service, Aerobus (199) operated by ATV, connects Verona-Villafranca Airport directly with Verona Porta Nuova station.[16][17] During the summer months (June to September), ATV (Verona) buses 164, 183 and 184 additionally provide hourly connections between Verona-Villafranca Airport en route to comunes along Lake Garda/Lago di Garda.

References[]

  1. ^ Traffic Data 2019
  2. ^ "War planes preparing for Bosnia". The Milwaukee Journal. August 1993. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Contract Too Costly". Corriera Della Serra. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Italian Airport Movement Stats June 2013". Assaeroporti. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. ^ Verona Airport – Company Profile Archived 21 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 12 January 2008.
  6. ^ Arkia.com
  7. ^ "Jet2 announces new summer destination from Belfast International Airport". 7 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Jet2's Bristol Airport base will bring 450,000-holiday seats". ukaviation.news. 11 November 2020.
  9. ^ https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2021/05/19/klm-announces-four-new-european-destinations/
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "Flight Timetable". TUI Airways. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Booking Engine". Volotea. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Wizz Air відкриває багато нових рейсів з України до Італії. Квитки вже в продажу".
  13. ^ https://wizzair.com/
  14. ^ "Wizz Air apre la base di Palermo. Nuovi voli per Bologna, Pisa, Torino, Treviso e Verona". 4 March 2021.
  15. ^ "WIZZ – Dream more. Live more. Be more".
  16. ^ [1]
  17. ^ "Sezione1 - Bus routes and timetables - Catullo airport service".

External links[]

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