Pisa International Airport

Pisa International Airport Aeroporto Internazionale di Pisa
IATA: PSA ICAO: LIRP PSA Location of airport in Italy
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Operator	Aeronautica Militare Italiana / Società Aeroporto Toscano S.p.A.
Serves	Pisa, Italy
Hub for	Air One Ryanair
Elevation AMSL	6 ft / 2 m
Coordinates	43°41′02″N 010°23′33″E
Website	www.pisa-airport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04R/22L 3,002 9,820 Asphalt 04L/22R 2,792 9,160 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers 4,526,723
Source: Website

Pisa International Airport (Italian: Aeroporto Internazionale di Pisa) (IATA: PSA, ICAO: LIRP), formerly Galileo Galilei Airport and San Giusto Airport 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. The airport was first developed for the military in the 1930 and 1940s. The airport was used by 4,526,723 passengers in 2011.

Overview

The airport has its own railway station and Pisa central railway station is 2 km (1.2 mi) away. Connections with Pisa are available by train and bus; bus and train connections to and from Santa Maria Novella railway 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. The airport is home to 46ª Brigata Aerea Silvio Angelucci (46th Air Brigade). During World War II the airport was used as a base for the 15th Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces.

Facilities

The airport resides 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 2,792 by 43 metres (9,160 ft × 141 ft).

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air France operated by Brit Air	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air One	Catania, Lamezia Terme, Prague, Tirana Seasonal: Olbia, Palma de Mallorca
Alitalia operated by Alitalia CityLiner	Rome-Fiumicino
Belle Air	Tirana
British Airways	London-Heathrow Seasonal: London Gatwick
Delta Air Lines	Seasonal: New York-JFK
EasyJet	Berlin-Schönefeld, London-Gatwick, Paris-Orly Seasonal: Bristol, London-Luton
Germanwings	Cologne/Bonn
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Belfast-International, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lufthansa operated by Air Dolomiti	Munich
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen
Ryanair	Alghero, Bari, Beauvais, Brindisi, Budapest, Cagliari, Cephalonia, Chania, Charleroi, Dublin, Eindhoven, Fuerteventura, Girona, Gran Canaria, Hahn, Haugesund, Kos, Lamezia Terme, London-Stansted, Madrid, Malta, Palermo, Seville, Târgu Mureș (begins 02 May 2013), Tenerife-South, Trapani, Valencia, Wroclaw Seasonal: Billund, Bournemouth, Constanţa, Cork, Edinburgh, Fez, Gothenburg-City, Ibiza, Kraków, Lübeck, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, Maastricht/Aachen, Nottingham/East Midlands, Paphos, Porto, Prestwick, Rhodes, Sandefjord, Santander, Stockholm-Skavsta, Tampere, Weeze
Thomson Airways	Seasonal: London Gatwick
Transavia.com	Amsterdam
Vueling	Barcelona
Wizz Air	Bucharest-Henri Coanda

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 11th 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

Accidents and incidents

On 23 November 2009, Italian Air Force Lockheed KC-130J Hercules MM62176 of the based 46 Aerobrigata crashed just after take-off. All five crew were killed.

See also

• Pisa Aeroporto railway station

External links

• Galileo Galilei Airport (official website)
• Current weather for LIRP at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for PSA at Aviation Safety Network