Galileo Galilei Airport

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Galileo Galilei Airport
Aeroporto Galileo Galilei
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IATA: PSA – ICAO: LIRP
Summary
Airport type Public & Military
Location Pisa
Elevation AMSL 6 ft / 2 m
Coordinates 43°41′02″N 10°23′33″E / 43.68389°N 10.3925°E / 43.68389; 10.3925Coordinates: 43°41′02″N 10°23′33″E / 43.68389°N 10.3925°E / 43.68389; 10.3925
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04R/22L 9,820 2,993 Asphalt
04L/22R 9,160 2,792 Asphalt

Galileo Galilei Airport (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 located in the San Giusto neighbourhood, less than 2 km from the central train station, relatively close to the city centre.

The airport is connected to the local central station both by train and bus; bus and train connections to and from Santa Maria Novella 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.[1]

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[edit] 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. It is now Italy’s 11th busiest airport handling 3.963.717 passengers last year.[1]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aerocondor Elba Island
Air Berlin Cologne/Bonn [begins 28 March, seasonal]
Air France operated by Régional Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Alitalia Rome-Fiumicino
Belle Air Tirana
British Airways London-Gatwick [seasonal] London-Heathrow
Delta Air Lines New York-JFK [seasonal]
easyJet Berlin-Schönefeld, Bristol, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Lyon, Paris-Orly
Elbafly Elba
Finnair Helsinki [resumes 7 May]
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum Madrid
Jet2.com Belfast-International, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lufthansa Regional operated by Air Dolomiti Munich
Meridiana operated by Eurofly Sharm el-Sheikh
Norwegian Air Shuttle Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen [seasonal]
Ryanair Alghero [ends 22 January], Alicante, Bari [ends 22 January], Billund, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bratislava, Brindisi [ends 22 January], Brussels- South-Charleroi, Cagliari [ends 22 January], Constanţa, Dublin [seasonal], East Midlands, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Fuerteventura [begins 2 April], Girona, Glasgow-Prestwick, Hahn, Ibiza, Lamezia Terme [ends 22 January], Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Krakòw [begins 30 March], Leeds/Bradford [begins 25 March], Lille, London-Stansted, Lübeck, Maastricht/Aachen [seasonal], Malaga [begins 24 June], Malta, Marrakech, Memmingen [begins 28 March], Oslo-Torp, Palermo, Paris-Beauvais, Porto, Seville, Stockholm-Skavsta, Trapani [ends 22 January], Valencia, Weeze, Zadar
Thomson Airways Bournemouth [seasonal], London-Gatwick, Manchester
Transavia.com Amsterdam
Transavia.com Denmark Copenhagen
Vueling Barcelona
Windjet Catania, Moscow-Domodedovo [begins 22 May], Palermo, St-Petersburg [begins 22 May]
Wizz Air Bucharest-Băneasa [begins 12 June], Cluj-Napoca [begins 12 June], Katowice [begins 29 March]

[edit] Accidents and incidents

On 23 November 2009, Italian Air Force Lockheed KC-130J Hercules MM62176 crashed just after take-off. All five crew were killed.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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/. 
  2. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091123-0. Retrieved 26 November 2009. 

[edit] External links


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