Turin Airport

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]

For other uses, see Turin Airport (disambiguation).

Turin Airport

Aeroporto di Torino
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerItalian Infrastructures Investment Fund I
OperatorSocietà Azionaria Gestione Aeroporto Torino
ServesTurin metropolitan area
LocationCaselle Torinese
Opened1953 (1953)
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL989 ft / 301 m
Coordinates45°12′09″N 007°38′58″E
Websiteaeroportoditorino.it
Map
TRN
Location of airport in Italy
TRN
TRN (Italy)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 3,300 10,827 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers1,407,375
Passenger change 19–20 -64,4%
Aircraft movements21,408
Movements change 19–20 -51%
Cargo (ton)1,109.2
Cargo change 19–20 -66,7%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]
Statistics from Assaeroporti[2]

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 Winter Olympics. Turin airport won the ACI Europe Best Airport Awards in the category from 1 to 5 millions passengers in both 2007 and 2008.[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 989 feet (301 m) above mean sea level. It covers an area of more than 57 thousand square meters.[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 meters (656 ft) but not less than 75 meters (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]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Dolomiti Frankfurt, Munich
Seasonal Charter: Olbia (begins 5 June 2022)
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Airseven Seasonal charter: Copenhagen
Binter Canarias Gran Canaria
Blue Air Alghero, Bacău, Catania, Lamezia Terme, Naples
Seasonal: Iași (begins 9 June 2022),[9] Reggio Calabria, Santorini (begins 23 June 2022), Trapani
BRA Braathens Regional Airlines Seasonal charter: Malmo
British Airways London–Gatwick
easyJet London–Gatwick, Naples
Seasonal: Bristol, London–Luton, Manchester, Olbia
Iberia Regional Madrid
ITA Airways Rome–Fiumicino
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester
KLM Amsterdam
Neos Seasonal: Ibiza, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
Ryanair Agadir, Barcelona, Bari, Beauvais, Billund, Brindisi, Budapest, Cagliari, Catania, Charleroi, Copenhagen, Dublin, Edinburgh, Kraków, Lamezia Terme, Lanzarote, London–Stansted, Madrid, Málaga, Malta, Naples, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Pescara, Prague (begins 5 June 2022),[10] Seville, Tel Aviv, Trapani, Valencia
Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Chania, Corfu, Ibiza, London–Luton, Shannon, Wrocław, Zadar (begins 3 June 2022)[11]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen
Seasonal charter: Stockholm-Arlanda, Helsinki, Oslo
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Volotea Cagliari, Naples, Olbia
Seasonal: Alghero, Athens (begins 27 May 2022),[12] Lampedusa, Menorca, Mykonos, Pantelleria, Santorini (begins 4 July 2022), Skiathos
Vueling Barcelona, Paris–Orly
Wizz Air Bacău, Bari, Bucharest, Catania, Chișinău (resumes 1 June 2022), Cluj-Napoca (begins 3 August 2022),[13] Iași, Lamezia Terme, Naples, Palermo, Skopje (begins 29 May 2022),[14] Tirana
Seasonal: Warsaw–Chopin

Statistics
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
Annual passenger traffic at TRN airport. See source Wikidata query.
Year[15]PassengersMovements
2016 3,950,908 46,496
20153,666,58244,214
20143,431,98642,463
20133,160,28743,655
20123,521,84751,773
20113,710,48554,541
20103,560,16954,840
20093,227,25856,419
20083,420,83358,148
20073,509,25362,136
20063,260,97460,838
20053,148,80756,890
20043,141,88857,847
20032,820,44854,710
20022,787,09159,931
20012,820,76264,885
20002,814,85061,971
19992,498,775
19982,464,173
19972,391,902
19962,009,532
19951,836,407
19941,758,936

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, Flybe, Thomas Cook Airlines, 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

The airport is connected by rail to the city of Turin by the Ferrovia Torino-Ceres, operated by GTT as line A of Turin metropolitan railway service[16] and by shuttle bus, operated by SADEM.[17]

There are also some scheduled shuttle services to nearby mountain towns and resorts including Ayas, Gressoney, Champorcher,[18] Briançon, Vallée de la Clarée (Névache), Clavière, Cesana,[19] Puy Saint Vincent,[20] Montgenevre, and Serre Chevalier.[21]

References
  1. "EAD Basic – Error Page". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  2. "Associazione Italiana Gestori Aeroportuali" (PDF).
  3. "IATA Airport code Search (TRN – City: Turin, Airport: Caselle)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  4. "Turin Airport (TRN)". www.turin-airport.net. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  5. "By Car". aeroportoditorino.it. SAGAT S.p.A. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Page404 – SAGAT". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  8. aeroportoditorino.it – Timetable retrieved 15 May 2016
  9. "Blue Air base in Iasi: 2 assigned planes and 13 routes with direct flights!". April 2022.
  10. https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/
  11. "Ryanair".
  12. https://www.airnews.gr/2022/03/02/volotea-νέα-πτήση-αθήνα-τορίνο/
  13. "Wizzair : Tre nuove rotte da Cluj. Due verso l'Italia". 31 March 2022.
  14. "WIZZ Air Ltd". Archived from the original on 4 December 2003.
  15. "Airport traffic data" (in Italian). Assaeroporti. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  16. "Reach Turin Airport by Train". AeroportoDiTorino.it.
  17. "SADEM bus shuttle". AeroportoDiTorino.it.
  18. "Monterosa Shuttle".
  19. "Shuttles from Turin airport to ski resorts".
  20. "Shuttle from Turin to Puy Saint Vincent".
  21. "€25 Shuttle Bus – Turin to Montgenèvre » Alpine Transfer Company".

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