Crotone Airport

Aeroporto S. Anna di Crotone
Characteristics
ICAO code	LIBC
IATA code	CRV
Coordinates	38 ° 59 '48 " N , 17 ° 4' 45" E Coordinates: 38 ° 59 '48 " N , 17 ° 4' 45" E
Height above MSL	158 m (518 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	15 km south of Crotone
Street	SS 106
Basic data
opening	September 5, 1941
operator	Società Aeroportuale Calabrese
Terminals	1
Passengers	169,780 (2019)
Air freight	0.4 t (2019)
Flight ; movements	1,122 (2019)
Start-and runway
17/35	2000 m × 45 m asphalt

The Crotone airport ( ital .: Aeroporto "Pitagora" di S. Anna di Crotone ) is the smallest of the three airports in the southern Italian region of Calabria .

Location and name

The airport is located in the province of Crotone , 15 km southwest of the port town of Crotone in the municipality of Isola di Capo Rizzuto near the town of Sant'Anna. It is named after the Greek philosopher Pythagoras , who founded a school in Crotone. The airport is subordinate to the aviation authority ENAC , it is operated by the regional airport company Società Aeroportuale Calabrese SpA

Regional traffic concept

While Reggio Calabria airport covers the western part of Calabria and the busier Lamezia Terme airport is intended for the northern Tyrrhenian coast , Crotone airport is intended to improve transport connections and the tourist development of the south coast on the Ionian Sea . In recent years, however, it has not been possible to step out of the shadow of neighboring Lamezia Terme. In 2008 92,586 passengers were handled, in 2009 there were only 53,672 passengers, and in 2010, with 103,828 passengers, the onset of the crisis year 2009 was largely overcome.

Ryanair has been offering scheduled flights to Rome , Pisa and Bergamo since 2014 . Especially in the summer months, charter traffic from northern Italy and northern Europe is picking up a bit. In addition, general aviation is handled.

history

The airport was opened as a military airfield on September 5, 1941 and was largely destroyed by Allied air raids during World War II. During the war, four field or satellite airfields were established in the area at Bosco Lago, Giammiglione, Rocca di Neto and Rositello, which were then also abandoned. The main airport resumed operations in the 1960s and was served by a few charter airlines in the years that followed. Itavia initially carried out domestic flights with smaller regional aircraft . The airport was shut down in the late 1970s, then revived by the local aero club . Alitalia flew to the airport sporadically. In 1996 a Calabrian entrepreneur tried his luck here with his airline Minerva Airlines , but failed in 2003. A refugee accommodation was set up next to the airfield.

In the late 1980s there were concrete plans to convert Crotone Airport into a military airfield for the United States Air Force . Some of the construction contracts had already been signed. A squadron stationed in Torrejón , Spain (401st Tactical Fighter Wing) with 72 F-16 fighter aircraft was to be relocated to Crotone. Because of the new global political situation, it was finally decided to dissolve the squadron, or to relocate it partially to Aviano in northern Italy .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Aviation Traffic 2019. Assaeroporti , accessed on June 18, 2020 (Italian).

[statistics-1] Aviation Traffic 2019. Assaeroporti , accessed on June 18, 2020 (Italian).