Pisa airport

Pisa airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	LIRP
IATA code	PPE
Coordinates	43 ° 41 '2 "  N , 10 ° 23' 34"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 41 '2 "  N , 10 ° 23' 34"  E
Height above MSL	2 m (7  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	2 km south of Pisa
Street	SS 1 / SGC Firenze-Pisa-Livorno
Local transport	Bus People Mover : Pisa Mover
Basic data
opening	1911
operator	Toscana Aeroporti SpA
Passengers	5,387,558 (2019)
Air freight	13,005.2 t (2019)
Flight movements	42,815 (2019)
Runways
04R / 22L	2993 m × 45 m asphalt
04L / 22R	2792 m × 43 m asphalt

Reception building

Pisa movers

The Pisa airport ( ital. Aeroporto Galileo Galilei or San Giusto ) is an Italian airport at Pisa . It is the most important airport in the Tuscany region and is also of great importance for the capital Florence , as the relatively small Peretola airport there could only be expanded to a very limited extent.

Location and transport links

The airport named after Galileo Galilei is two kilometers south of the city.

• Bahn : Since March 2017 connects people mover (Pisa mover) from the airport to the central station of Pisa. The 1,785 meter long route, with a stop at the parking lot, is covered in just under five minutes. The trains, each with three cabins and a capacity of 103 people, run every five minutes.

• Bus : every 30 minutes to the city center, Piazza dei Miracoli (10 minutes transfer).

• Car : The airport is located directly on the Strada di grande comunicazione Firenze-Pisa-Livorno , via which almost all parts of Pisa and the neighboring cities can be easily reached. It is also directly on Strada Statale 1 Via Aurelia . The most famous car rental companies are present at the airport .

history

A first airfield was established near San Giusto in 1911. During the First World War and in the years after, there was a military flight school here . Shortly after the war, the German Dornier-Werke, together with some business people from Pisa, took over the closed Gallinari shipyard in Marina di Pisa and founded the company CMASA - Costruzioni Meccaniche Aeronautiche SA, which sold Dornier Wal- type flying boats there until 1931, circumventing the Versailles Treaty built. In 1931 Fiat took over the production facilities. At that time, the Piaggio company settled in nearby Pontedera , where it first built aircraft engines and then aircraft. In 1938 the San Giusto airport was expanded. During the Second World War , a bomber squadron of the Italian Air Force operated from here, which is still stationed in Pisa-San Giusto today as an air transport unit. From 1948 on, the civil service could be resumed here. The passenger terminal opened in 1966 has been modernized several times over the years.

The airport had a train station until the end of 2013, from which trains to Pisa and Florence ran. The station was rebuilt and reopened in March 2017 with a new concept (people mover ). The South Tyrolean Leitner AG built a so-called MiniMetro with the companies Condotte d'Aqua, Agudio and Inso Sistemi .

Military part

The largest air transport unit of the Italian Air Force is stationed at Pisa airport ; she uses machines like the Lockheed C-130 and Alenia C-27 .

Airlines and Destinations

Several airlines fly to Pisa from German-speaking countries.

Lufthansa connects Pisa with Munich , easyJet with Berlin ( SXF & TXL ) and Ryanair with Frankfurt , Nuremberg and Düsseldorf-Weeze .

Traffic figures

Source: Assaeroporti

Source: Assaeroporti

Pisa airport - traffic figures 2000–2019

year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons ) (with airmail )	Flight movements
2019	5,387,558	13.005	42,815
2018	5,463,080	11,644	43,109
2017	5,233,118	10,595	41,861
2016	4,989,496	10,298	40,601
2015	4,804,812	8,697	39,515
2014	4,683,811	8,210	38,868
2013	4,479,690	2,422	38,961
2012	4,494,915	7,377	41,194
2011	4,526,723	7,478	41,676
2010	4,067,012	6,957	39,337
2009	4,018,662	6.005	39,461
2008	3,963,717	11,459	42,034
2007	3,725,770	15,099	42,691
2006	3,014,656	13,969	37.509
2005	2,334,843	12.207	32,709
2004	2,031,890	12,089	31,551
2003	1,982,897	11,532	31,598
2002	1,654,570	10,244	26,757
2001	1,378,322	11,414	26,717
2000	1,246,807	10.210	24,116

Web links

Commons : Pisa International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• pisa-airport.com official site

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Statistiche. In: assaeroporti.com. Assaeroporti , accessed April 27, 2020 (Italian). 
2. ↑ Leitner inaugurated Minimetro in Pisa. In: tirol.ORF.at. March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017 .