Trieste airport

Aeroporto Friuli - Venezia Giulia Trieste - Ronchi dei Legionari “Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà”
Characteristics
ICAO code	LIPQ
IATA code	TRS
Coordinates	45 ° 49 '39 "  N , 13 ° 28' 20"  E Coordinates: 45 ° 49 '39 "  N , 13 ° 28' 20"  E
Height above MSL	11 m (36  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	33 km northwest of Trieste
Street	SS14, A4
train	Airport train station
Local transport	Bus (APT)
Basic data
opening	1961
operator	Aeroporto FVG SpA
Terminals	1
Passengers	783,179 (2019)
Air freight	276.5 t (2019)
Flight movements	13,812 (2019)
Capacity ( PAX per year)	1.5 million
Start-and runway
09/27	3000 m × 45 m asphalt

The Trieste Airport ( IATA : TRS , ICAO : LIPQ ; ital. Aeroporto di Trieste-Friuli Venezia Giulia or Aeroporto Friuli Venezia Giulia ) is an international Italian airport 33 km northwest of Trieste . The airport is located in Friuli Venezia Giulia in the former province of Gorizia and serves the entire region Friuli-Venezia Giulia as a commercial airport.

designation

Since the airport is roughly halfway between Udine in the northwest and Trieste in the southeast and cities such as Gorizia and Monfalcone are closer than Trieste, it is officially called “Aeroporto Friuli Venezia Giulia” to better accommodate the geographical conditions. The original name “Trieste-Ronchi dei Legionari” , after the capital of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and the municipality on whose territory the airport is located, is still very common. The IATA code "TRS" is still based on the city of Trieste. In 2007 the “Aeroporto Friuli Venezia Giulia” was named after Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà , an Italian-French traveler to Africa , whose family originally came from Friuli . The airport also advertises with the designation “No-Borders Airport” because its catchment area extends into the neighboring countries of Slovenia and Croatia and in some cases as far as Carinthia .

history

The Ronchi dei Legionari airfield opened in late 1935. It was used militarily and civilly and served in particular as a works airfield for the Monfalcone- based company CANT / CRDA (Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico) . In 1949, the pilot Furio Lauri relocated his aircraft construction and repair company "Meteor SpA" to the airfield and restored it. In 1954, the Italian government selected the airfield as the location for a new commercial airport for the north-eastern Italian border region, which was to replace the Gorizia airfield , which was too small and too close to the border . In October 1956, several municipalities, a tourism association and the Meteor company formed a consortium that promoted the construction of the airport. In 1961, a grass runway 1,100 meters long and 60 meters wide was opened, from which the first scheduled flight to Rome took off on December 2nd of that year. By 1965 the runway was paved and a new passenger terminal was built. International air traffic began in 1967 with German LTU charter flights between Trieste and Düsseldorf . In 1970 more than 100,000 passengers were handled. The runway received a first instrument landing system and was extended to 3000 meters in 1978. In 1982 a new tower was put into operation. In 1996 it counted for the first time over 500,000 passengers. The rebuilt and expanded passenger terminal was opened in 1998 and two passenger boarding bridges were added in 2003 . There was also a new freight terminal. The apron was expanded until 2005. In the summer of 2019, the runway was completely renovated; During this time, flight operations could continue because the runway running parallel to the runway was temporarily permitted as a replacement runway for take-offs and landings after modifications and extensions.

Airport operator

In July 1997, which was company Aeroporto Friuli-Venezia Giulia SpA founded and operator of the airport. Partners were the Consorzio Aeroporto Friuli-Venezia Giulia - a consortium of local district and municipal associations - and the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region . The latter was the sole owner until 2019, since then its stake has been 45 percent after the entry of an investment fund. In 2007 the company, which is now mainly operating under the name Trieste Airport , received a forty-year concession to operate the airport.

Transport links

The airport is located on Strada Statale 14 della Venezia Giulia , which leads in the southeast via Monfalcone along the coast to Trieste, in the west via Cervignano into Friuli. Branch lines branch off to Aquileia and Adriatic seaside resorts such as Grado and Lignano Sabbiadoro . The A4 motorway ( Turin- Trieste) runs parallel to SS 14 . Immediately north of the airport, at Fogliano Redipuglia , is the next motorway junction . A few kilometers to the northwest, a motorway slip road branches off to Gorizia (Görz) at Villesse , and the A23 motorway to Udine and Austria at Palmanova in a northerly direction . There are also state roads to Gorizia (SS 305/351) and Udine (SS 305/56). The most famous car rental companies are represented at the airport. Buses operated by the Gorizia Province Transport Company (APT) connect the airport with the railway stations of Trieste , Udine and Gorizia, as well as with Monfalcone and Grado.

On March 19, 2018, the airport's train station, located on the Trieste-Venice railway line, opened. The journey time to Trieste is around 30 minutes, around 70 local and long-distance trains serve the airport between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. As a mobility center (so-called "polo intermodale"), a bus station and a parking garage are also connected to the station.

Airlines and Destinations

Today's Lufthansa subsidiary Air Dolomiti was founded in Trieste in 1989, where administration and maintenance facilities are still located. The official company headquarters is currently in Verona . Air Dolomiti offers flights from Trieste to the hub in Munich . Alitalia connects Trieste with Milan , Rome and some other cities in Italy. Ryanair flies to destinations in Italy and other European countries, Jat Airways connects Trieste with Belgrade and the Albanian Belle Air with Tirana .

photos

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  Airport view

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  Apron

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  In the terminal

Other airfields in the region

The cities of Gorizia and Udine ( Campoformido ) only have small airfields for general aviation . There are military airfields in Rivolto and Aviano .

Web links

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

• Trieste Airport (English)
• Airlines at Trieste Airport
• Bus routes at the airport

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} assaeroporti
2. ↑ Trieste Airport, riaperta la pista di volo principale. Il Piccolo, July 1st, 2019
3. ^ Trieste Airport guarda al futuro con il fondo F2i. ilfriuli.it, July 12, 2019
4. ↑ Marco Chiandoni: Trieste Airport station inaugurated . ( railjournal.com [accessed March 25, 2018]).