| Naples Airport Aeroporto Internazionale di Napoli Capodichino Airport Aeroporto Capodichino |
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| IATA: NAP – ICAO: LIRN
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | GE.S.A.C. | ||
| Serves | Naples, Italy | ||
| Location | Capodichino | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 294 ft / 90 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 06/24 | 2,628 | 8,622 | Bitumen |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Aircraft Movements | 63,564 | ||
| Passengers | 5,584,114 | ||
| Sources: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1], GE.S.A.C.[2] | |||
Naples Airport (IATA: NAP, ICAO: LIRN) (Italian: Aeroporto di Napoli, official name: Ugo Niutta) is the airport serving Naples, Italy. It is located 3.2 NM (5.9 km; 3.7 mi) north-northeast[1] of the city in the Capodichino district of Naples. The airport has two terminal buildings: Terminal 1 is for departing travellers and Terminal 2, located away from the airfield, is used for charter operations. The airport is operated by GE.S.A.C., a corporation partially owned by the British airport company BAA.
Naples, with a metropolitan population of nearly three million [3] is the largest metropolitan area of Europe which does not serve as a hub nor secondary hub of any airline. [4]
The airport management company is fully responsible for managing the airport and co-ordinating and control activities of all the private operators present in the airport. Capodichino hosts some aeronautical industrial activities, like Atitech, Alenia Aeronautica, Aeronavali, Tecnam Costruzioni Aeronautiche. The airport is still today a military air base (Italian Air Force 5° Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul Unit - United States Naval Support Activity Naples Support Base and Air Terminal).
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The district of Capodichino - in the area known as "Campo di Marte" - hosted in 1910 the first flight exhibitions in Naples. During the First World War, "Campo di Marte" became a military airport in order to defend the town against Austro-Hungarian and German air attacks. Dedicated to Ugo Niutta (an Italian aviator), Capodichino Airport was a military air base during the Fascist Era and Second World War.
During World War II the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces extensively during the Italian Campaign. It was used by the Twelfth Air Force as a combat airfield, which stationed the following units at the airport: 79th Fighter Group (January - May 1944, P-40 Warhawk/P-47 Thunderbolt); 47th Bombardment Group (March - April 1944, A-20 Havoc); 33d Fighter Group (April - May 1944, P-40 Warhawk). When the combat units moved out, Air Transport Command used the airport as a major transshipment hub for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel for the remainder of the war.[5]
Commercial traffic started in 1950. In 1980 GE.S.A.C. ("Gestione Servizi Aeroporto Capodichino") was established to administer the airport; in 1982 it became "Gestione Servizi Aeroporti Campani") and participated in by the City Council, the province of Naples and Alitalia. In 1995 GE.S.A.C. drew up - with BAA assistance - a new master plan, which marked the beginning of a twenty year development plan. After two years (1997) GE.S.A.C. was the first airport management company in Italy to be privatised: BAA acquires 70% of the share package from the City Council and Province of Naples. In 1998 the "Galleria Napoli" opened, a shopping arcade open 365 days a year inside Terminal 1. In 2002 H.R.H. Prince Charles inaugurated the new departure lounge. In March 2003 GE.S.A.C. assumed total management of Naples Airport with a 40 year license valid until 2043.
The airport has a single runway (orientation: 06/24 - 2,628 × 45 m (8,622 × 148 ft) - resistance: PCN90/F/B/W/T - assistance: PAPI, ILS) in bituminous conglomerate and concrete, with one taxiway. There is one apron with 29 stands, 9 of which self-maneuvering and the remaining Push Back. The airport is class 4D ICAO and has the classification of military airport opened to commercial air traffic 24 hours/day (closed to charter flights from 11:00 pm to 6:00 am local time).
Annual passenger statistics from 2000 through 2008:[6]
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aer Lingus | Seasonal: Dublin |
| Aerosvit Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil, Lviv |
| Air Berlin | Stuttgart Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich |
| Air France | Nice [begins 7 April 2012], Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse [begins 1 April 2012] |
| Air Italy | Catania, Milan-Orio al Serio, Palermo, Turin, Verona Seasonal: Olbia |
| Air Malta | Seasonal: Malta |
| Alitalia | Athens, Bologna, Catania, Genoa, Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino, Palermo, Turin, Trieste, Venice-Marco Polo |
| Air One | Milan-Malpensa |
| Austrian Airlines | Seasonal: Vienna |
| Blue Air | Bucharest-Băneasa |
| bmibaby | Seasonal: East Midlands [begins 1 April 2012] |
| British Airways | London-Gatwick |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels |
| Cimber Sterling | Seasonal: Copenhagen |
| EasyJet | Berlin-Schönefeld, Bristol [begins 12 May 2012], Edinburgh [begins 18 April 2012], Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Nice [begins 30 March 2012], Paris-Orly, Venice-Marco Polo Seasonal: Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca [begins 30 June 2012] |
| EasyJet Switzerland | Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva |
| Europe Airpost | Seasonal: Dublin |
| Germanwings | Hanover |
| Globus Airlines | Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo |
| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum | Madrid [ends 30 January] |
| InterSky | Seasonal: Friedrichshafen |
| Jetairfly | Seasonal: Brussels |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt, Munich Seasonal: Hamburg |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings | Düsseldorf, Hamburg [begins 14 April 2012] |
| Luxair | Seasonal: Luxembourg |
| Meridiana Fly | Cagliari, Milan-Linate, Sharm el-Sheikh, Verona Seasonal: Heraklion, New York-JFK, Olbia |
| Spanair | Seasonal: Barcelona |
| Smart Wings | Seasonal: Prague |
| Sun d'Or operated by El Al |
Seasonal: Tel Aviv |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | Seasonal: Manchester, London-Gatwick |
| Thomson Airways | Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Transavia.com | Amsterdam |
| TunisAir Express | Tunis |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| VIM Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo |
| Vueling | Barcelona |
| Wizz Air | Bucharest-Băneasa, Budapest, Prague |
| XL Airways France | Seasonal: Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
Naples Airport is the destination in the "Rome-Naples Airline Run" supplied with Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
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