Kerry Airport
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| Kerry Airport Aerfort Chiarraí |
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IATA: KIR – ICAO: EIKY
 KIR
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Kerry Airport Plc | ||
| Serves | Killarney/Tralee | ||
| Location | Farranfore, Killarney | ||
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| Elevation AMSL | 112 ft / 34 m | ||
| Coordinates | 52°10′51″N 009°31′26″W / 52.18083°N 9.52389°WCoordinates: 52°10′51″N 009°31′26″W / 52.18083°N 9.52389°W | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 08/26 | 2,000 | 6,562 | Asphalt |
| 07/25 | 1,230 | 4,035 | Asphalt (CLOSED) |
| Source: Irish AIS[1] | |||
Kerry Airport (Irish: Aerfort Chiarraí), often called Farranfore Airport, is an airport in Farranfore, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. It is 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) north[1] of Killarney and the Ring of Kerry, and 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south-east[1] of Tralee. As of January 2011, passenger services are operated by Ryanair and Aer Arann.[2]
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[edit] History
The first aircraft to land at Kerry was flown by Captain Milo Carr of the Department of Transport and Power (now the Department of Transport) on 25 August 1969. For ten years the airport was only used by light private aircraft and the occasional chartered cargo flight. The first scheduled service began in July 1979.[3]
It was announced in February 2012, due to the closure of Aer Arann that the currently operated Dublin service with Aer Arann will be operated from 30 October with Aer Lingus Regional
[edit] Finance
The airport is a public limited company (PLC) but not quoted on any stock exchange. It had an operating profit of € 179,329 in 2009 on a turnover of €6,252,221. This represented a fall of 32% from the previous financial year.[4] The main shareholders in Kerry Airport are the Kerry Group, bin Mahfouz family, Kerry County Council, Electricity Supply Board (ESB) and Denis Kelleher.[citation needed]
In January 2011 it was announced that 20 of the airport's 65 staff would be made redundant due to a fall in passenger numbers following Ryanair's withdrawal from its PSO contract.[5]
[edit] Government support
The Government of Ireland subvents regional services under a public service obligation programme. A tender is offered for airlines to provide a minimum level of service in return for subsidy and a monopoly of the route. The tender is published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Aer Arann were re-awarded the PSO for the 2005 offer programme but in 2008 it was awarded to Ryanair.[6]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aer Arann | Dublin |
| Ryanair | Frankfurt-Hahn, London-Luton, London-Stansted Seasonal: Alicante, Faro |
[edit] Ground transportation
Kerry Airport is approximately 60 miles (97 km) from both Cork and Limerick. Iarnród Éireann's Farranfore railway station is located 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to the south with services to Killarney, Tralee, Cork and Dublin..[7] An airport bus terminal opened in January 2006 which has hourly bus service to Cork, Limerick, Tralee and Killarney. A shuttle bus operates in conjunction with the Ryanair Frankfurt service to Farranfore and Killarney with transfers to Tralee and Dingle.
Car hire and taxi services are available.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c EIKY – KERRY (PDF). AIP and charts from the Irish Aviation Authority.
- ^ "Kerry Airport Timetables". Kerry Airport. http://www.kerryairport.com/timetable.html. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ "About Kerry Airport". Kerry Airport. 2008. http://www.kerryairport.com/about.html. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ Donal Hickey (4 June 2010). "Kerry Airport reports 11% fall in passengers". Irish Examiner. http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/kerry-airport-reports-11-fall-in-passengers-121519.html. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ "20 jobs to go at Kerry Airport". RTÉ News. 5 January 2011. http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0105/kerryairport.html. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ "Ryanair will take up Kerrry offer". RTÉ News. 15 May 2008. http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0515/ryanair-business.html.
- ^ "Google Maps: Kerry International Airport (KIR) to Farranfore railway station". http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Kerry+Airport&daddr=Ireland+(Farranfore+railway+station)&geocode=FX45HAMdBntu_ylvUKPL-jBFSDHgzLkZqMcADw%3BFYQbHAMdVT9u_yF2HojF5c-GQg&gl=ie&hl=&mra=pd&mrcr=0&sll=52.160492,-9.598203&sspn=0.288118,0.617294&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
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