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Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport

Friuli Venezia Giulia "Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà" Airport
Trieste Ronchi dei Legionari Airport
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IATA: TRS – ICAO: LIPQ
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Aeroporto FVG Spa
Serves Trieste
Location Ronchi dei Legionari
Elevation AMSL 39 ft / 12 m
Coordinates 45°49′39″N 013°28′20″E / 45.8275°N 13.47222°E / 45.8275; 13.47222 (Friuli Venezia Giulia "Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà" Airport)Coordinates: 45°49′39″N 013°28′20″E / 45.8275°N 13.47222°E / 45.8275; 13.47222 (Friuli Venezia Giulia "Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà" Airport)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (IATA: TRS, ICAO: LIPQ), also known as Trieste Airport or Ronchi dei Legionari Airport, is an airport located in (0.3 NM (0.56 km; 0.35 mi) west[1] Ronchi dei Legionari (Gorizia), near Trieste, the capital and largest city of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, in north-eastern Italy. In 2007 it was renamed Friuli Venezia Giulia "Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà" Airport, in honor of the 19th-Century humanitarian explorer of Africa known in English and French as Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza.

This airport has a catchment area of approximately 5 million people, stretching beyond Friuli-Venezia Giulia into Slovenia and Croatia. The airport is equipped to handle all major aircraft and in recent years has witnessed an increase in cargo aircraft. In 2008, Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport handled almost 1.1 million passengers.

History

The first official documents citing the airfield of Ronchi dei Legionari date back to November 30 1935, when the 4th Fighter Wing of the Royal Italian Air Force was based here.

Commercial operations officially began on 2 December 1961.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Dolomiti Olbia [resumes 12 June]
Air France operated by Brit Air Paris-Charles de Gaulle [ends 27 March]
Air One Naples, Catania
Alitalia operated by Air One Rome-Fiumicino
Belle Air Tirana
Jat Airways Belgrade
Lufthansa Regional operated by Air Dolomiti Munich
Ryanair Birmingham, Brussels South-Charleroi, Cagliari, London-Stansted, Trapani [begins 30 March], Weeze [begins 25 May]
Skybridge AirOps Foggia (begins 1 March)

The Company

Aeroporto Friuli-Venezia Giulia SpA is the Company that has been running the airport since July 1997; its shareholders are the Consorzio per l'Aeroporto Friuli-Venezia Giulia - a consortium of local authorities and municipalities - (51%) and the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region (49%).

Its mission is to:

  • improve the role of the airport within the international air transport network;
  • respond to the needs of the catchment area developing direct links to new destinations;
  • offer competitive airport services of high quality to Customers, i.e. airlines, passengers and freight forwarders;
  • plan and develop the airport infrastructures;
  • continuously update and upgrade systems and equipment keeping them at the highest international standards;

In addition to this, the Company aims at developing non-aviation activities at the airport. The project of the "Polo Intermodale" is part of this planned expansion, that envisages the development of a multi-modal (air-road-rail) interchange that will be built in the near future just in front of the airport terminal.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 EAD Basic

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