Trapani–Birgi Airport

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
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/public
ServesTrapani, Italy
Focus city forAlbaStar
Elevation AMSL25 ft / 8 m
Coordinates37°54′43″N 012°29′36″E
Websiteairgest.it
Map
TPS is located in Sicily
TPS
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 (2022)
Passengers891,670
Passenger change 21-22Increase 108.4%
Aircraft movements8,918
Movements change 21-22Increase 47.0%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]
Statistics from Airgest.it[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 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 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
Eurofighter Typhoon of the Aeronautica Militare Italiana in Trapani

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:

AirlinesDestinations
DAT Pantelleria
Ryanair Bergamo, Bologna, Malta, Naples, Pisa, Rome–Fiumicino, Treviso, Turin
Seasonal: Billund, Bordeaux, Bratislava, Charleroi, Hahn, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Katowice, London–Stansted, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Pescara, Porto, Riga, Seville, Toulouse, Warsaw–Modlin, Weeze

Statistics
A Ryanair Boeing 737 in Trapani in 2012
Annual passenger traffic at TPS airport. See Wikidata query.

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.[4]

YearNational
passengers		International
passengers		Total
passengers		Var %
prev. year
2022637,212252,980891,670Increase108.4
2021366,84156,894427,893Increase131.9
2020169,16512,343185,581Decrease54.9
2019322,21880,732411,437Decrease14.4
2018366,801103,324480,524Decrease62.8
2017923,284366,8011,292,957Decrease13.4
20161,151,515339,3851,493,519Decrease5.9
20151,195,377389,9661,586,992Decrease0.7
20141,159,837436,7051,598,571Decrease14.9
20131,279,972596,8281,878,557Increase19.0
2012[5]1,110,532465,9371,578,753Increase7.36
2011918,027550,7691,470,508Decrease12.6
20101,024,755656,5731,682,991Increase57.4
2009757,555301,3081,069,528Increase100.5
2008342,025186,774533,310Increase5.2
2007432,94372,946507,185Increase62.3
2006305,8954,802312,459Decrease19.8
2005385,6122,194389,735Decrease5.2
2004382,86719,071410,898Increase66.7
2003224,6632,281246,474Increase393.6
200239,1753,49449,932Decrease20.0
200144,7025,73262,430Increase82.3
2000n/an/a34,321Steady

aData from Assaeroporti.[6] Figures from 2013 onwards from Airgest.it[7].


Transport
City Bus Company
Agrigento (180 km away) Salvatore Lumia
Borizzo Airfield Azienda Siciliana Trasporti(it)[8]
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

References
  1. "EAD Basic - Error Page".
  2. "Dati di Traffico". Airgest (in Italian). 19 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  3. "Il portale dell'Aeronautica Militare - 37th Wing".
  4. "Adesso è ufficiale: Ryanair scarica Trapani". 27 February 2018.
  5. "Aeroporto Trapani - sito ufficiale - Aeroporto Trapani-Birgi Vincenzo Florio - Airgest Dati di traffico". Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  6. Assaeroporti.it
  7. "Dati di Traffico". Airgest (in Italian). 19 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  8. "AST Spa – Struttura Territoriale Occidentale – Sede di Trapani – Orario Invernale". Azienda Siciliana Trasporti – www.aziendasicilianatrasporti.it. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.

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