Galileo Galilei Airport

Galileo Galilei Airport
Aeroporto Galileo Galilei
Pisa-San Giusto Airport
Aeroporto di Pisa-San Giusto
IATA: PSA – ICAO: LIRP
PSA
Location of airport in Italy
Summary
Airport type Public / Military
Operator Aeronautica Militare Italiana / Società Aeroporto Toscano S.p.A.
Serves Pisa, Italy
Elevation AMSL 6 ft / 2 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04R/22L 3,002 9,820 Asphalt
04L/22R 2,792 9,160 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 4,011,525
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Pisa Galileo Galilei International Airport (Italian: Aeroporto Galileo Galilei) (IATA: PSA, ICAO: LIRP) is an airport located in Pisa, Italy. It is one of the two main airports in Tuscany, together with Peretola Airport in Florence. It is named after Galileo Galilei, the famous scientist and native of Pisa. It is also known as Pisa-San Giusto Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Pisa-San Giusto) for its location in the San Giusto district, 1 km (0.6 mi) from the Pisa city centre. The airport was first developed for the military in the 1930 and 1940s. The airport had 4.067.012 passengers in 2010.

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Overview

The airport has its own railway station and Pisa central railway station is 2 km (1.2 mi) away. Connections with Pisa are available by train and bus; bus and train connections to and from Santa Maria Novella railway station in Florence are also available.

Besides civilian operations, the airport is also used extensively by the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) and is a base for, amongst others, the C-130 Hercules and C-27J Spartan transport aircraft.[3] The airport is home to 46ª Brigata Aerea Silvio Angelucci (46th Air Brigade). During World War II the airport was used as a base for the 15th Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces.

Airport growth

In 2006 and 2007 the airport was the fastest growing among Italy’s top 15 airports with passenger numbers up 30% in 2006 and 24% in 2007. In 2008 it was Italy’s 11th busiest airport handling 3,963,717 and 4,011,525 passengers in 2010.[3]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 6 feet (2 m) above mean sea level. It has 2 asphalt paved runways: 04R/22L measuring 2,993 by 45 metres (9,820 × 148 ft) and 04L/22R measuring 2,792 by 43 metres (9,160 × 141 ft).[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air France operated by Brit Air Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air One Catania, Lamezia Terme, Prague, Tirana
Seasonal: Olbia, Athens, Palma de Maiorca
Alitalia Rome-Fiumicino
Belle Air Tirana
British Airways London-Heathrow
Seasonal: London-Gatwick
Delta Air Lines Seasonal: New York-JFK
easyJet Berlin-Schönefeld [ends 2 June 2012], Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 3 June 2012], London-Gatwick, Paris-Orly
Seasonal: Bristol, London-Luton
Germanwings Cologne/Bonn
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum Madrid [ends 30 January]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast-International, East Midlands [begins 5 May 2012], Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lufthansa operated by Air Dolomiti Munich
Meridiana Fly Sharm el-Sheikh
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen
Ryanair Alghero, Bari, Beauvais, Brindisi, Cagliari, Chania [begins 28 March 2012], Charleroi, Constanţa, Cork [begins 1 June], Dublin, Eindhoven, Fuerteventura, Girona, Hahn, Haugesund [begins 26 March 2012], Kefalonia [begins 2 April 2012], Kos [begins 1 April 2012], Lamezia Terme, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Malmo [begins 26 March 2012], London-Stansted, Madrid, Malta, Marrakech, Palermo, Seville, Tenerife-South, Trapani, Valencia, Wroclaw [begins 25 March 2012]
Seasonal: Billund, Bournemouth, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Fez, Glasgow-Prestwick, Gothenburg-City, Ibiza, Krakòw, Lübeck, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, Maastricht, Oporto, Rhodes, Sandefjord-Torp, Stockholm-Skavsta, Tampere, Weeze
Transavia.com Amsterdam
Vueling Airlines Barcelona
Wind Jet Catania, Palermo
Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo, St Petersburg
Wizz Air Bucharest-Băneasa, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca [ends 10 January]

Accidents and incidents

On 23 November 2009, Italian Air Force Lockheed KC-130J Hercules MM62176 of the based 46 Aerobrigata crashed just after take-off. All five crew were killed.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Airport information for LIRP from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ Airport information for PSA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
  3. ^ a b "Pisa topping Italian airport growth rankings; Ryanair now serves 28 destinations". anna.aero. 19 September 2008. http://www.anna.aero/2008/09/19/pisa-topping-italian-airport-growth-rankings/. 
  4. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091123-0. Retrieved 26 November 2009. 

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