Pisa International Airport

Pisa International Airport (Italian: Aeroporto Internazionale di Pisa) (IATA: PSA, ICAO: LIRP),[3] also named Galileo Galilei Airport[4] is an airport located in Pisa, Italy. It is the main airport in Tuscany and the 10th in Italy in terms of passengers.[5] It is named after Galileo Galilei, the famous scientist and native of Pisa. The airport was first developed for the military in the 1930s and 1940s. The airport was used by 5,233,118 passengers in 2017. It serves as a focus city of Ryanair.[6]

Pisa International Airport

Aeroporto Internazionale di Pisa
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorAeronautica Militare Italiana / Toscana Aeroporti S.p.A.
ServesPisa, Italy
Focus city forRyanair
Elevation AMSL6 ft / 2 m
Coordinates43°41′02″N 010°23′33″E
Websitewww.pisa-airport.com
Map
PSA is located in Tuscany
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Location in Italy
PSA is located in Italy
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PSA (Italy)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04R/22L 2,993 9,819 Asphalt
04L/22R 2,792 9,160 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers4,493,847
Passenger change 21-22Increase 124.8%
Aircraft movements37,659
Movements change 21-22Increase 61.0%
Cargo (tons)14,767
Cargo change 20-21Decrease 3.2%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]
Statistics from Assaeroporti[2]

Overview

Since 2017 the airport has its own Pisa Mover shuttle service to and from Pisa Central railway station. A return ticket is ten euros and the shuttle takes 5 minutes. The airport also has 5 passenger and 1 coach parking areas.[7]

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.[8] The airport is home to 46ª Brigata Aerea Silvio Angelucci (46th Air Brigade). During the end of World War II the airport was used as a base for the 15th Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces.

Facilities
Aerial view

The airport is at an elevation of 6 feet (2 m) above mean sea level. It has 2 asphalt paved runways: 04R/22L measuring 3,002 by 45 metres (9,849 ft × 148 ft) and 04L/22R measuring 2,793 by 43 metres (9,163 ft × 141 ft).[9] The terminal building has 16 gates (numbered 01–11 and 21–25), one of which (Gate 23) is equipped with a jetbridge, however this is almost never used. Gates 1–11 are on the ground floor and are for Schengen flights. Shuttle buses are used to take passengers to the plane. Gates 21–25 are non-Schengen and are on level one. Walk-boarding, bus-boarding and boarding by jetway is used here.

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin
AeroItalia Comiso
Air Albania Tirana
Air Arabia Casablanca
Air Dolomiti Frankfurt
Albawings Tirana
British Airways London–Heathrow
easyJet Berlin, Bristol, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester, Paris–Charles de Gaulle (begins 29 October 2023),[10] Paris–Orly, Porto (begins 1 November 2023)[10]
Seasonal: Amsterdam
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn
flydubai Dubai–International
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda
Ryanair Alghero, Bari, Beauvais, Berlin, Birmingham, Bordeaux, Brindisi, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Cagliari, Catania, Charleroi, Dublin, Eindhoven, Fuerteventura, Girona, Gran Canaria, Kraków, Lamezia Terme, London–Stansted, Madrid, Málaga, Malta, Manchester, Marrakesh, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Porto (begins 31 October 2023),[11] Prague, Seville, Tenerife–South, Tirana (begins 31 October 2023),[12] Trapani, Valencia, Wrocław
Seasonal: Amman–Queen Alia (begins 31 October 2023),[13] Billund, Brussels, Chania, Copenhagen, Corfu, Cork, East Midlands, Edinburgh,[14] Gdańsk, Glasgow–Prestwick, Gothenburg, Ibiza, Kefalonia, Kos, Lisbon, Memmingen, Rhodes, Skiathos, Stockholm–Arlanda,[15] Warsaw–Modlin, Zadar
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda
Silver Air Elba (ends 30 October 2023)[16]
Transavia Amsterdam
Volotea Seasonal: Nantes, Olbia
Wizz Air Bucharest–Otopeni, Tirana

Statistics

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 11 busiest airport handling 3,963,717 and 4,011,525 passengers in 2010. In 2011 the growth rise to 11.3% and the airport carried 4.526.723 passengers.[8]

Annual passenger traffic at PSA airport. See Wikidata query.

Accidents and incidents

See also

References
  1. "EAD Basic - Error Page". www.ead.eurocontrol.int.
  2. "Statistiche - Assaeroporti" (PDF). www.assaeroporti.com.
  3. "Pisa Airport (PSA)". www.pisa-airport.net. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  4. "Presentazione Toscana Aeroporti - Toscana Aeroporti S.p.A." www.toscana-aeroporti.com.
  5. "Assaeroporti - Associazione Italiana Gestori Aeroporti". www.assaeroporti.com.
  6. "Flughafen Pisa (PSA) - Informationen und Angebote | fluege.de". www.fluege.de (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  7. "Aeroporto Galileo Galilei - Sito ufficiale - Aeroporto di Pisa - The Official WebSite - Toscana - Pisa Airport Tuscany Aeroporto Airport Aeroporti Airports". Pisa-airport.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  8. "Pisa topping Italian airport growth rankings; Ryanair now serves 28 destinations". anna.aero. 19 September 2008.
  9. Airport information for LIRP Archived 13 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  10. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230911-u2nw23
  11. https://italiavola.com/2023/07/26/ryanair-sfida-easyjet-anche-a-pisa-apre-la-rotta-su-porto/
  12. "Ryanair sbarca in Albania. Attacco frontale a Wizz Air". 8 June 2023.
  13. "Ryanair".
  14. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230918-frnw23
  15. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230918-frnw23
  16. "Silver Air, a fine mese, se ne va dall'isola d'Elba" [Silver Air leaves Elba Island since the end of the month]. italiavola.com (in Italian). 15 October 2023.
  17. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-54A-5-DO (DC-4) N1512V Pisa Airport (PSA)". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  18. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 26 November 2009.

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