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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 after the aviator Livio Bassi. The civil airport is named after the Sicilian industrialist Vincenzo Florio Sr.

Trapani-Birgi Airport Aeroporto civile Vincenzo Florio Aeroporto militare Livio Bassi
IATA: TPS ICAO: LICT
Summary
Airport type	Military/public
Serves	Trapani, Italy
Focus city for	AlbaStar
Elevation AMSL	25 ft / 8 m
Coordinates	37°54′43″N 012°29′36″E
Website	airgest.it
Map
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)
Passengers 185 581 Passenger change 19-20 -54,9% Aircraft movements 3 230 Movements change 19-20 -39,4%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] Statistics from Assaeroporti[2]

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

The military airfield, inaugurated in 1961, is named after 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

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Trapani–Birgi Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
AeroItalia	Cagliari (begins 3 December 2022),[4] Catania, Florence (begins 1 December 2022),[5] Forlì
AlbaStar	Ancona, Brindisi, Naples, Parma, Perugia, Trieste
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal: Amsterdam, Maastricht/Aachen
DAT	Pantelleria
Ryanair	Bergamo, Bologna, Malta, Naples (begins 15 December 2022),[6] Pisa, Rome–Fiumicino, Turin, Treviso Seasonal: Billund, Bordeaux, Bratislava, Charleroi, Hahn, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Katowice, London–Stansted, Manchester, Pescara, Riga, Seville, Toulouse, Venice, Warsaw-Modlin, Weeze

Statistics

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.[7]

Year	National passengers	International passengers	Total passengers	Var % prev. year
2019			411,437	14.4
2018			480,524
2017			1,292,957
2016			1,493,519
2015			1,586,992
2014			1,598,571
2013			1,878,557
2012[8]	1,110,532	465,937	1,578,753	7.36
2011	918,027	550,769	1,470,508	12.6
2010	1,024,755	656,573	1,682,991	57.4
2009	757,555	301,308	1,069,528	100.5
2008	342,025	186,774	533,310	5.2
2007	432,943	72,946	507,185	62.3
2006	305,895	4,802	312,459	19.8
2005	385,612	2,194	389,735	5.2
2004	382,867	19,071	410,898	66.7
2003	224,663	2,281	246,474	393.6
2002	39,175	3,494	49,932	20.0
2001	44,702	5,732	62,430	82.3
2000	n/a	n/a	34,321

aData from Assaeroporti.[9]

Transport

City	Bus Company
Agrigento (180 km away)	Salvatore Lumia
Borizzo Airfield	Azienda Siciliana Trasporti(it)[10]
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

• Trapani–Milo Airport Luigi Broglio – first airport of Trapani, today used by the Italian Space Agency.
• Trapani–Chinisia Airport Livio Bassi – second airport of Trapani, open between 1949 and 1971.
• Catania Airport Vincenzo Bellini – Sicily's major international airport.
• Palermo Airport Falcone e Borsellino – also known as Punta Raisi Airport, another international airport in Sicily
• Comiso Airport Vincenzo Magliocco – it is another of Sicily's airports

References

External links

Media related to Trapani-Birgi Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Sicily Transportation Map
• Accident history for TPS at Aviation Safety Network
• Current weather for LICT at NOAA/NWS

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Trapani

Der Flughafen Trapani (it.: Aeroporto di Trapani-Birgi) ist ein für den zivilen Luftverkehr geöffneter Militärflugplatz an der Westküste Siziliens in Italien. Er befindet sich gut fünfzehn Kilometer südlich des Zentrums der Stadt Trapani nahe der Ortschaft Birgi an der Grenze zur Nachbargemeinde Marsala.[2]

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- [en] Trapani–Birgi Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto de Trapani-Birgi

El Aeropuerto Vincenzo Florio (IATA: TPS, OACI: LICT), también conocido como Aeropuerto de Trapani-Birgi y Aeropuerto de Birgi, es un aeropuerto localizado en Trapani, Italia. Es uno de los cinco aeropuertos de Sicilia con movimientos civiles, si bien, es también utilizado para propósitos civiles y militares (la base es utilizada además como una de las cuatro bases de alerta temprana de los AWACS de la OTAN). El aeropuerto recibe su nombre del entusiasta de automóviles y empresario siciliano del vino, Vincenzo Florio.

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[fr] Aéroport de Trapani

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[it] Aeroporto di Trapani-Birgi

L'Aeroporto di Trapani-Birgi “Vincenzo Florio” (IATA: TPS, ICAO: LICT) è un aeroporto militare italiano, aperto al traffico civile. Ricade sul territorio dei comuni di Misiliscemi[3][4][5] e di Marsala, accanto al fiume Birgi. Lo scalo civile è intitolato a Vincenzo Florio, quello militare alla M.O.V.M. Livio Bassi. Nella zona militare è presente una Forward Operating Base (base operativa avanzata) della NATO. Il comando aeroporto è assegnato al comandante del "37º Stormo Caccia" dell'Aeronautica Militare.

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