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Vincenzo Florio Airport
Trapani-Birgi Airport
Birgi Airport |
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IATA: TPS – ICAO: LICT
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| Summary |
| Airport type |
Military/Public |
| Location |
Trapani |
| Elevation AMSL |
25 ft / 8 m |
| Coordinates |
37°54′43″N 012°29′36″E / 37.91194°N 12.49333°E / 37.91194; 12.49333 (Vincenzo Florio Airport)Coordinates: 37°54′43″N 012°29′36″E / 37.91194°N 12.49333°E / 37.91194; 12.49333 (Vincenzo Florio Airport) |
| Runways |
| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
| m |
ft |
| 13R/31L |
2,695.5 |
8,844 |
Bitumen |
| Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL |
Vincenzo Florio Airport (IATA: TPS, ICAO: LICT), also known as Trapani-Birgi Airport and Birgi Airport, is an airport serving Trapani, Italy. It is one of the five airports in Sicily with civil purposes, but is also used for military issues. The base is used as one of the four forward operating bases (FOBs) used by the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control stationed out of NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen in Geilenkirchen, Germany. The airport is named after Sicilian wine industrialist and automobile enthusiast Vincenzo Florio.
Located 8 NM (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Trapani, and inaugurated in the early 1960s, after a long period of inactivity the airport was relaunched by the Province of Trapani in 2003, and now it hosts several flights, mainly low-cost connections.
With 1,069,528 passengers having passed through the airport in 2009, it is the third busiest airport in Sicily. Airlines and destinations
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Alitalia operated by Air One |
Milan-Malpensa |
| Meridiana Fly |
Pantelleria |
| Ryanair |
Billund, Bologna, Bratislava, Brindisi, Brussels South-Charleroi, Cagliari, Dublin, Eindhoven, Genoa, Gothenburg-City, Girona, Ibiza, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Krakow, Liverpool, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Maastricht [seasonal], Madrid, Malta, Memmingen, Milan-Orio al Serio, Oslo-Torp, Paris-Beauvais, Perugia [begins 3 November], Pisa, Rome-Ciampino, Trieste, Turin, Valencia, Venice-Treviso, Weeze [seasonal], Stockholm-Skavsta |
Transports
By bus from Palermo: a coach service is offered by Terravision between Trapani Birgi Airport and Palermo city centre. The bus costs €12 each way.
By bus from Trapani: The Terravision bus also stops in the centre of Trapani for the journey to/from Birgi Airport cost: €8.
Statistics
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| General Info
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| Country |
Italy
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| ICAO ID |
LICT
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| Time |
UTC+1(+2DT)
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| Latitude |
37.911403
37° 54' 41.05" N
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| Longitude |
12.487961
012° 29' 16.66" E
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| Elevation |
24 feet
7 meters
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| Type |
Joint (Civil and Military)
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| Magnetic Variation |
001° E (01/06)
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| Beacon |
Yes
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| Operating Agency |
MILITARY - CIVIL JOINT USE AIRPORT
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| Alternate Name |
L BASSI
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| Near City |
Trapani
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| Operating Hours |
24 HOUR OPERATIONS
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| International Clearance Status |
Airport of Entry
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| Daylight Saving Time |
Last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October
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| Communications
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| TWR |
119.7
122.1
257.8
339.45
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| GND |
396.85
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APP
Radar svc ltd wkd daylgt hr. |
119.95
122.1
141.15
235.15
389.1
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| Runways
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| ID |
Dimensions |
Surface |
PCN |
ILS
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| 13/31 |
8852 x 148 feet
2698 x 45 meters |
ASPHALT |
- |
YES
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| Navaids
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| Type |
ID |
Name |
Channel |
Freq |
Distance From Field |
Bearing From Navaid
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| VORTAC |
TRP |
TRAPANI |
025X |
108.8 |
1.5 NM |
306.2
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| NDB |
TRP |
TRAPANI |
- |
317.5 |
At Field |
-
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| Supplies/Equipment
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| Fuel |
Jet A1, without icing nhibitor.
100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE)
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| Oil |
O-117, 1100, Reciprocating Engine Oil (MIL L 6082)
O-128, 1100,(Dispersant)Reciprocating Engine Oil(MIL L 22851 Type II)
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| Other Fluids |
LHOX, Low and high pressure oxygen servicing
LOX, Liquid oxygen servicing
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| Remarks
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| A-GEAR |
BAK-12 Rwy 13/31 avbl O/R Sat, hol, 7 Aug.
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| CAUTION |
Bird act. Rwy 13/31 holes in thld UFN.
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| FLUID |
LHOX LOX Sat, hol, 7 Aug 1hr PN.
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| FUEL |
24 hr PN rqr. 100LL, A1, J8.
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| LGT |
PAPI Rwy 13 GS 2.5 MEHT 41', Rwy 31 MEHT 48'.
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| OIL |
O-123-147-148-149-155-156
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| RSTD |
PPR 24 hr thru Base OPS, incl PPR nr in FPL.
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| RWY |
Parl twy (mrk 13L/31R) avbl as emerg rwy. BAK-12 parl twy 8637' fr Rwy 13L thld.BAK-12 parl twy 6911' fr Rwy 31R thld.
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