Airport in Caselle Torinese
Turin Airport (Italian : Aeroporto di Torino ) (IATA : TRN , ICAO : LIMF ),[ 3] [ 4] also known as Turin-Caselle Airport (Aeroporto di Torino-Caselle ), is an international airport located at Caselle Torinese , 16 km (9.9 mi) north-northwest of the city of Turin ,[ 5] in the Metropolitan City of Turin , Piedmont region , Northern Italy . It is also named Sandro Pertini Airport (Aeroporto Sandro Pertini ), after former Italian President Sandro Pertini .[ 6]
History
The airport was built in 1953, on the site of a World War II air base, and was renovated in 1989 for the 1990 FIFA World Cup and then again in 2005 in preparation for the 2006 Winter Olympics . Turin airport won the ACI Europe Best Airport Awards in the category from 1 to 5 million passengers in 2007, 2008 and 2022.[ 7] The aerodrome is operated by Società Azionaria Gestione Aeroporto Torino S.p.A. and administered by the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC). The air traffic service (ATS) authority is ENAV S.p.A. [ 1]
Facilities
The airport is at an elevation of 301 metres (989 ft) above mean sea level . It covers an area of more than 57,000 square metres (14 acres).[ 7] The airport has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,300 by 60 metres (10,827 ft × 197 ft).[ 1] The Runway 36 is ILS (Instrument Landing System) certified III B for approach with visual range less than 200 m (660 ft) but not less than 75 m (246 ft).
Industry
The airport is also home to two Leonardo plants (North and South). These sites are specialized in the assembly and final phase of production, maintenance, ground tests and flight tests of military and civil prototypes and aircraft. In particular, aircraft such as: AMX-ACOL , ATR 42 MP , ATR 72 MP , C-27J , Eurofighter , Tornado MLU and Sky-X are produced.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services at Turin Airport:[ 8]
Airlines Destinations Air Dolomiti Frankfurt , Munich
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle [ 9]
airBaltic Seasonal: Vilnius [ 10]
British Airways London–Gatwick [ 11]
Dan Air Bacău [ 12]
easyJet London–Gatwick Seasonal: Bristol ,[citation needed ] London–Luton ,[citation needed ] Manchester ,[citation needed ] Olbia [citation needed ]
Iberia Madrid [ 13]
ITA Airways Rome–Fiumicino
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham ,[citation needed ] Edinburgh ,[citation needed ] Manchester [citation needed ]
KLM Amsterdam [ 14]
Lumiwings Seasonal: Foggia [citation needed ]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca [ 15]
Ryanair [ 16] Barcelona , Bari , Brindisi , Cagliari , Catania , Charleroi , Copenhagen , Crotone ,[ 17] Dublin , Lamezia Terme , Lanzarote , London–Stansted , Madrid , Malta , Marrakesh , Naples , Palermo , Porto , Reggio Calabria ,[ 18] Salerno ,[ 19] Seville ,[ 20] Tel Aviv , Trapani , Valencia , Vilnius Seasonal: Alicante ,[citation needed ] Beauvais ,[ 21] Belfast–International ,[ 22] Birmingham ,[citation needed ] Bristol ,[citation needed ] Corfu ,[citation needed ] Ibiza ,[citation needed ] Kraków ,[ 21] London–Luton ,[citation needed ] Málaga ,[ 21] Manchester ,[citation needed ] Pescara ,[ 21] Prague ,[citation needed ] Shannon ,[citation needed ] Stockholm–Arlanda [citation needed ]
TUI Airways Seasonal: Belfast–International ,[ 23] [better source needed ] Birmingham ,[citation needed ] Bristol ,[citation needed ] Dublin ,[citation needed ] East Midlands ,[ 23] [better source needed ] Glasgow ,[citation needed ] London–Gatwick ,[citation needed ] London–Stansted ,[citation needed ] Manchester ,[citation needed ] Newcastle upon Tyne [citation needed ]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul [ 24]
Volotea Cagliari , Comiso ,[ 25] Naples , Olbia , Palermo Seasonal: Alghero ,[citation needed ] Lampedusa ,[citation needed ] Paris–Orly [citation needed ]
Vueling Barcelona
Wizz Air Bucharest–Otopeni ,[ 26] Catania ,[ 27] Iași ,[ 28] Naples ,[ 29] Tirana [ 30] Seasonal: Warsaw–Chopin [citation needed ]
Statistics
Check-in area
Departures area
An Alitalia Airbus A320-200 taxiing at Turin Airport in front of the control tower
Apron view with the Italian Alps visible in the background
Passengers
Year[ 31]
Passengers
Movements
2016
3,950,908
46,496
2015
3,666,582
44,214
2014
3,431,986
42,463
2013
3,160,287
43,655
2012
3,521,847
51,773
2011
3,710,485
54,541
2010
3,560,169
54,840
2009
3,227,258
56,419
2008
3,420,833
58,148
2007
3,509,253
62,136
2006
3,260,974
60,838
2005
3,148,807
56,890
2004
3,141,888
57,847
2003
2,820,448
54,710
2002
2,787,091
59,931
2001
2,820,762
64,885
2000
2,814,850
61,971
1999
2,498,775
1998
2,464,173
1997
2,391,902
1996
2,009,532
1995
1,836,407
1994
1,758,936
Routes
Busiest international routes to and from Turin-Caselle Airport (2017)
Rank
City
Passengers
Carriers operating on route
1
Frankfurt, Germany
192,104
Lufthansa
2
Barcelona, Spain
181,349
Ryanair , Vueling
3
Munich, Germany
180,845
Lufthansa
4
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
171,355
Air France
5
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
168,933
British Airways , easyJet , Thomson Airways
6
London Stansted, United Kingdom
127,392
Ryanair , Thomson Airways
7
Amsterdam, Netherlands
116,252
KLM , Transavia
8
Madrid, Spain
114,953
Iberia Regional (Air Nostrum) , Blue Air
9
Bucharest, Romania
66,604
Blue Air , Wizz Air
10
Charleroi (Brussels), Belgium
54,555
Ryanair
11
Bacau, Romania
53,532
Blue Air
Busiest domestic routes to and from Turin-Caselle Airport (2017)
Rank
City
Passengers
Carriers operating on route
1
Rome Fiumicino, Lazio
550,244
Alitalia , Vueling
2
Catania, Sicily
340,847
Blue Air , Ryanair , Alitalia
3
Naples, Campania
278,128
Alitalia , Blue Air
4
Palermo, Sicily
257,042
Ryanair , Volotea
5
Bari, Apulia
215,626
Ryanair , Blue air
6
Lamezia Terme, Calabria
127,504
Blue Air
Ground transportation
Rail
The airport is served by a railway station on the Turin–Ceres railway , which connects it to Turin city centre.[ 32]
Bus
There is also a shuttle bus to Turin, operated by SADEM and Flibco.[ 33] Additionally, there are also some scheduled shuttle services to nearby mountain towns and resorts including Ayas, Gressoney, Champorcher,[ 34] Briançon, Vallée de la Clarée (Névache), Clavière, Cesana,[ 35] Puy Saint Vincent,[ 36] Montgenevre, and Serre Chevalier.[ 37]
References
External links
Media related to Turin Airport at Wikimedia Commons
International
Domestic Unscheduled Military