Falcone–Borsellino Airport
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Falcone–Borsellino Airport Aeroporto Falcone e Borsellino |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Palermo, Italy | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 65 ft / 20 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°10′55″N 013°05′58″E / 38.18194°N 13.09944°ECoordinates: 38°10′55″N 013°05′58″E / 38.18194°N 13.09944°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | gesap.it | ||||||||||||||
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| Passengers | 5,325,559 |
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| Passenger change 15–16 |
 +8.4% |
| Aircraft movements | 44,122 |
| Movements change 15–16 |
+4.0% |
Falcone–Borsellino Airport (IATA: PMO, ICAO: LICJ) (Italian: Aeroporto Falcone e Borsellino) or simply Palermo Airport, formerly Punta Raisi Airport is located at Punta Raisi, 19 NM (35 km; 22 mi) west northwest of Palermo, the capital city of the Italian island of Sicily. It is the second airport of Sicily in terms of passengers after Catania-Fontanarossa Airport, with 5,325,559 passengers handled in 2016.
GESAP S.p.a. is the airport management company of "Falcone e Borsellino" Airport in Palermo. It has a fully paid-up share capital of €15,912,332 divided between the Regional Province of Palermo, the Comune of Palermo, the Chamber of Commerce, the Comune of Cinisi and other minor partners.
Established in 1985, until 1994 GESAP operated exclusively as handler and supplier of ground services for Palermo Airport, the management of which is directly assigned by the government and overseen by the District Airport Directorate.
The airport was given the name Falcone–Borsellino in memory of the two leading anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were murdered by the Mafia in 1992. A 1.90-metre (6 ft 3 in) diameter plaque featuring their portraits can be found to the right of one of the main outside entrances to the departure hall, set into a mosaic of Sicily. Created by the Sicilian sculptor Tommaso Geraci, it bears the inscription Giovanni Falcone–Paolo Borsellino–Gli Altri–L'orgoglio della Nuova Sicilia (Giovanni Falcone–Paolo Borsellino–The Others–The Pride of the New Sicily).
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