Falcone Borsellino Airport

Falcone Borsellino Airport (IATA: PMO, ICAO: LICJ) (Italian: Aeroporto Falcone Borsellino) or simply Palermo Airport, formerly Punta Raisi Airport, is an international airport located at Cinisi, 19 NM (35 km; 22 mi) west-northwest[1] of Palermo, the capital city of the Italian island of Sicily. It is the second airport of Sicily in terms of passengers after Catania-Fontanarossa Airport, with 7,118,087 passengers handled in 2022.

"Palermo Airport" redirects here. For the airport in Palermo, Argentina, see Aeroparque Jorge Newbery.

Falcone Borsellino Airport

Aeroporto Falcone Borsellino
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesPalermo, Italy
LocationCinisi, Palermo, Italy
Opened1960
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL65 ft / 20 m
Coordinates38°10′55″N 013°05′58″E
Websitegesap.it
Map
PMO is located in Italy
PMO
PMO
Location in Italy
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,326 10,912 Bitumen
02/20 2,068 6,784 Bitumen
Statistics (2022)
Passengers7,118,057
Passenger change 21–22Increase 55.54%
Movements52,008
Movements change 21–22Increase 20.6%
Cargo (tons)3,077
Cargo change 20–21Increase 21.4%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]
Statistics from Assaeroporti[2]

History

The airport was given the name Falcone Borsellino in memory of the two leading anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were murdered by the Sicilian Mafia in 1992. A 1.90-metre-diameter (6.2 ft) plaque featuring their portraits can be found to the right of one of the main outside entrances to the departure hall, set into a mosaic of Sicily. Created by the Sicilian sculptor Tommaso Geraci, it bears the inscription Giovanni Falcone–Paolo Borsellino–Gli Altri–L'orgoglio della Nuova Sicilia (Giovanni Falcone–Paolo Borsellino–The Others–The Pride of the New Sicily).

In 1994, GESAP was charged with the partial management of the airport through a convention which granted the company a 20-year mandate to run land-side activities (the airport buildings and surrounding areas). In April 1999, GESAP obtained an anticipated mandate to manage the airport's air side activities, and, more specifically, the flight infrastructure (runways, links, taxiways and aprons).

In June 2005, Eurofly launched seasonal flights from Palermo to New York City using Airbus A330s.[3][4][5] The company merged with Meridiana in 2010 to create Meridiana Fly, which continued the service.[6] As a result of Meridiana Fly's decision to rebrand as Air Italy, the route ended in October 2017.[7][8]

Management

GESAP S.p.a. is the airport management company of the airport. It has a fully paid-up share capital of €15,912,332 divided between the Regional Province of Palermo, the Comune of Palermo, the Chamber of Commerce, the Comune of Cinisi and other minor partners.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Palermo Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
AeroItalia Rome–Fiumicino
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Malta Seasonal: Malta
Air Serbia Seasonal: Belgrade
Albastar Seasonal charter: Bilbao,[9] Pamplona,[10] Seville,[11] Zaragoza[12]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
British Airways Seasonal: London–Heathrow
Croatia Airlines Seasonal charter: Mostar[13]
DAT Lampedusa, Pantelleria
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Geneva, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Lyon, Nice, Paris–Orly, Porto
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Bordeaux,[14] Marseille,[15] Nantes,[16] Pamplona,[17] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[18] Toulouse[19]
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart
Iberia Express Seasonal: Madrid
Iberojet Seasonal charter: León,[20] Salamanca,[21] Seville,[22] Valladolid,[23] Zaragoza[24]
ITA Airways Milan–Linate, Rome–Fiumicino
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin[25]
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Ryanair Barcelona, Bari, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin, Bologna, Budapest, Cagliari, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Forlì, Genoa, Kraków, London–Stansted, Madrid, Marseille, Memmingen, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Nuremberg, Perugia, Pisa, Rome–Fiumicino, Trieste, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Verona, Wrocław
Seasonal: Alghero, Brindisi, Bucharest–Otopeni,[26] Cuneo,[27] Dublin,[28] Edinburgh, Hahn, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Parma, Rimini, Vienna
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda
Smartwings Seasonal charter: Katowice, Prague,[29] Warsaw–Chopin[30]
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich
Transavia Seasonal: Rotterdam
Transavia France Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Lyon, Nantes
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
Tunisair Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Volotea Ancona, Florence, Naples, Turin, Verona
Seasonal: Athens, Deauville, Lille, Lourdes, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Olbia, Santorini, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Zakynthos
Vueling Barcelona
Seasonal: Florence
Wizz Air Seasonal: Venice

Statistics
Apron view
Aerial view
Annual passenger traffic at PMO airport. See Wikidata query.

Accidents and incidents
  • On 5 May 1972, Alitalia Flight 112 flew into Mt. Longa on approach to Palermo Airport. All 115 aboard were killed.
  • On 23 December 1978, Alitalia Flight 4128 crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea while on approach to Palermo Airport.
  • On 6 August 2005, Tuninter Flight 1153, an ATR 72–500, ran out of fuel while en route and ditched about 18 miles from the city of Palermo. 16 of the 39 people on board died.
  • On 24 September 2010, Wind Jet Flight 243, operated by Airbus A319-132 EI-EDM,[31] landed short of the runway after encountering a thunderstorm and windshear on approach. The aircraft was substantially damaged when it impacted the localiser. Both main undercarriage sets collapsed and the aircraft was evacuated by the emergency slides.[32] Around 20 passengers were injured in the evacuation.[31]

Ground transport

Train

The airport's railway facility, Punta Raisi railway station, is the northwestern terminus of Palermo metropolitan railway service. It links the airport with Palermo Centrale railway station. A typical timetable on work days is a train every 30 minutes in each direction between early morning and around 10.00 pm.

Bus

There are several private bus companies, which stop at the bus station outside the terminal building and connect the airport with nearby Palermo city.[33] There are further connections to/from Palermo, Catania, Messina and rest of Sicily.

See also

References
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  26. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230918-frnw23
  27. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230918-frnw23
  28. https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ryanair/cuts-17-routes-and-19-aircraft-from-dublin-airport-over-45-increase-in-airport-costs/
  29. "Smartwings vola su Palermo". 10 June 2023.
  30. "Biuro podróży ITAKA | Wakacje - wycieczki i wczasy zagraniczne". itaka.pl.
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  32. Hradecky, Simon (24 September 2010). "Accident: Windjet A319 at Palermo on Sep 24th 2010, touched down short of runway". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
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