Bari airport

Bari-Palese Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	LIBD
IATA code	BRI
Coordinates	41 ° 8 ′ 20 " N , 16 ° 45 ′ 38" E Coordinates: 41 ° 8 ′ 20 " N , 16 ° 45 ′ 38" E
Height above MSL	54 m (177 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	9 km west of Bari
Street
train	Ferrotramviaria FR2
Local transport	Bus ; S-Bahn : ; Ferrotramviaria FM2
Basic data
opening	1914
operator	Aeroporti di Puglia SpA
Terminals	1
Passengers	5,545,588 (2019)
Air freight	2,273 t (2019)
Flight ; movements	45,885 (2019)
Start-and runway
07/25	3000 m × 45 m asphalt

The Bari airport ( Italian Aeroporto di Bari-Palese "Karol Wojtyla" ; IATA code : BRI , ICAO code : LIBD ) is the airport of the Italian city of Bari , the capital of the region of Puglia . It was named after the late Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) at the end of 2005 . The airport operator is Aeroporti di Puglia SpA, based in Bari.

Location and transport links

The airport is nine kilometers west of downtown Bari.

It is connected to the SS 16 Bari - Molfetta expressway with its own exit . There is a rail link opened in 2013, part of the Servizio ferroviario metropolitano di Bari . Trains depart from Bari Centrale and stop at Bari Airport.

You can also take the city bus no.16 (AMTAB), as well as direct shuttle buses, including from Bari Centrale train station .

history

The Mare Isabella airfield was the first airfield in the city of Bari from 1909 to 1914. One of the first aero clubs in Italy was founded here. After the outbreak of the First World War, it was decided to move to the current location in Palese-Macchie, which was strategically a little more favorable. The new airfield was modernized in the late 1920s and reopened on October 12, 1930 as the Umberto di Savoia military airfield . In 1934, a terminal building for civil line services was inaugurated. From 1944 to 1946, the airfield was used by Allied air forces and then returned to the Italian Air Force . This opened it again to civil traffic in 1960. Alitalia and its subsidiary ATI set up a number of domestic connections, especially to Rome . The length of the previous runway (12/30) was soon no longer sufficient for the new jet aircraft, which is why it was decided in the 1970s to build runway 07/25, which is still in use today. In 1981 a new terminal was put into service, which was modernized and expanded for the 1990 soccer World Cup . The airport was due to have a rail connection as early as the World Cup, a project whose implementation was long delayed. After further renovations in 2000, the terminal was rebuilt from 2002 to 2005, a new control tower was erected , the apron , taxiways and runway were expanded. The military section in the east with the old 1680 meter long runway 12/30 was separated from the rest of the airport. In the long term, the military part, on which various command posts of the Italian air force and a refugee camp are still located, is to be used for civilian purposes. Further renovations and extensions of the airport are planned. In February 2015, work on a terminal expansion was completed, in March 2018 the runway 07/25 was renovated and extended to 3000 meters.

In terms of aviation history, Puglia was Italy's stepping stone to the Orient . For this reason there is still a high concentration of civil and military airfields in this region. The operating company Aeroporti di Puglia operates the airport of Bari as well as the commercial airport of Brindisi-Casale and the airports of Taranto and Foggia . The airport of Bari, together with the airport of Brindisi-Casale, is the most important in the Apulia region, whereas Taranto and Foggia are only of regional importance. There are also military airfields in Amendola near Foggia, Gioia del Colle and Lecce . Taranto-Grottaglie is also a naval aviation base and Brindisi also has a military part. The small civil airport Lecce-San Cataldo is located near Lecce .

Airlines and Destinations

Most of the flights from Bari are domestic connections in Italy and connections with European cities. There are flights to Bari from almost all major airports in Germany. Ryanair has a base at Bari Airport and operates most of the flights. Other important local airlines are Eurowings and Germanwings , Volotea , Air Europa , Alitalia , Lufthansa CityLine and Air Dolomiti as well as easyJet , British Airways and Iberia (as of January 2018).

Traffic figures

Source: Assaeroporti

Bari Airport - traffic figures 2000–2019
year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons ) (with airmail )	Flight movements
2019	5,545,588	2,273	45,885
2018	5,030,760	1,762	42,596
2017	4,686,018	1,572	40,573
2016	4,322,797	2,207	39,108
2015	3,972,105	2,000	36,886
2014	3,677,160	2,061	32,638
2013	3,599,910	2,033	32,993
2012	3,780,112	1999	36.208
2011	3,725,629	2.131	36,873
2010	3,398,110	2,402	35,632
2009	2,825,456	2,054	31,857
2008	2,493,333	3,901	32,747
2007	2,368,313	4,040	31,352
2006	1,972,926	3,445	27,294
2005	1,659,323	3,896	23,158
2004	1,779,074	4,269	24,809
2003	1,457,758	3,740	22,995
2002	1,259,290	4,915	20,860
2001	1,164,361	5,417	23,173
2000	1,251,682	4,709	24,528