Reggio Calabria Airport

Reggio Calabria Airport Aeroporto di Reggio Calabria Aeroporto dello Stretto Aeroporto Tito Minniti
IATA: REG – ICAO: LICR REG Location of airport in Italy
Summary
Airport type		Public & Military
Operator		SOGAS S.p.A.
Serves		Reggio Calabria, Messina
Location		Reggio Calabria
Built		1939 - present
Occupants		V Reparto di Volo della Polizia di Stato
Elevation AMSL		29.26 m / 95.99 ft
Coordinates		38°04′19″N 15°39′13″E
Website		www.aeroportodellostretto.it
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
15/33	1,996	6,549	Asphalt
11/29	1,669	5,574	Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Passengers			509,058
Aircraft movements			8,058
Cargo (tons)			124
Statistics from Assaeroporti.

The Reggio Calabria "Tito Minniti" Airport (IATA: REG, ICAO: LICR), also known as Aeroporto dello Stretto (Airport of the Strait) is an airport located near Reggio Calabria, Italy.

Description

The airport was named after Italian Royal Air Force war-hero Tito Minniti, who was born in Reggio Calabria.

Its IATA airport code REG is derived from Reggio, Calabria's main city, which the airport is closest to.

It serves mainly the Province of Reggio Calabria and the Province of Messina, and partially the Province of Vibo Valentia; more than 1,200,000 people.

Transit connections

The Reggio Calabria Airport is approximately 5 kilometers south from Reggio's historic city center. It is accessible by car or public transport.

• By car from North (Tirrenic area)

A3 Highway (Napoli-Salerno-Reggio), on Arangea - Gallina or Ravagnese - Aeroporto exits;

• By car from South (Ionic area)

SS106 Ionic Statal Street (Reggio-Taranto), on Ravagnese - Aeroporto or Arangea - Gallina exits;

• With the city of Reggio Calabria:

The airport is connected to the city by ATAM (Metropolitan Area Transport Service) buses, that connect the airport with the harbour and with the main rail station too;

• With the city of Messina:

A bus service called "Volobus" connects the airport of Reggio with Messina in about an hour and on time with all flights;

• With Locride Area and with Grecanic Area:

A bus service called "Jonica Line" connects Caulonia Marina with the airport on time with all flights.

• Work in progress:

soon it will be available a new highway exit connected directly to the airport between Arangea and Ravagnese exits; an hydrofoil wharf will connect the airport to Messina, the Aeolian Islands and Taormina; from 2007 it should be available the new "Reggio Calabria light rail" (connecting the coastal towns of Melito Porto Salvo, Reggio Calabria and Villa San Giovanni to the airport) operated by the National Railway with the "RC Aeroporto" station will make easier the rail connections with the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Alitalia	Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino, Turin, Venice
blu-express	Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino
Volotea	Venice [begins 6 April 2012]

Statistics

Number of movements, number of passengers and freight traffic :

Evolution of movements, passengers and freight

Year	Movements		Passengers		Freight (in tons)
	Number	Var.	Number	Var.	Traffic	Var.
2000	6,291	-3.1%	538,048	+4.6%	330	-6.5%
2001	6,157	-2.1%	481,857	-10.4%	553	+67.6%
2002	5,830	-5.3%	463,662	-3.8%	690	+24.8%
2003	5,567	-4.5%	441,795	-4.6%	241	-65.1%
2004	3,729	-33.0%	272,859	-38.2%	189	-21.6%
2005	7,516	+101.6%	398,089	+45.9%	194	+2.6%
2006	11,414	+51.9%	607,727	+59.0%	197	+1.5%
2007	10,954	-4.0%	583,596	-4.0%	335	+70.1%
2008	9,394	-14.2%	536,032	-8.2%	180	-46.3%
2009	8,058	-14.2%	509,058	-5.0%	124	-31.1%
2010	9,066	+12,5%	548,648	+7,8%	191	+54,0%
2011 (April)	2,598	+12,3	151,258	+12,5	47	-30,9

External links

• (Italian)(English) Reggio Calabria Airport Website
• (Italian) Portal Unofficial Aeroporto dello Stretto "Tito Minniti" di Reggio Calabria
• (English) Reggio Calabria Airport Informations
• (English) Airport information for LICR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• (Italian) enac-italia.it - airport page
• (English) myaviation.net - airport photogallery
• (English) Airport, Chart Terrain and Approach map PDF