Pisa Airport

Pisa International Airport Aeroporto Internazionale di Pisa
IATA: PSA ICAO: LIRP
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Operator	Aeronautica Militare Italiana / Toscana Aeroporti S.p.A.
Serves	Pisa, Italy
Elevation AMSL	6 ft / 2 m
Coordinates	43°41′02″N 010°23′33″E / 43.68389°N 10.39250°E / 43.68389; 10.39250Coordinates: 43°41′02″N 010°23′33″E / 43.68389°N 10.39250°E / 43.68389; 10.39250
Website	www.pisa-airport.com
Map
PSA Location in Italy
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04R/22L 2,993 9,819 Asphalt 04L/22R 2,792 9,160 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 4,804,774 Passenger change 14-15 +2,6% Aircraft movements 39,515 Movements change 14–15 +1.7%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL Statistics from Assaeroporti

Passengers	4,804,774
Passenger change 14-15	+2,6%
Aircraft movements	39,515
Movements change 14–15	+1.7%

Pisa International Airport (Italian: Aeroporto Internazionale di Pisa) (IATA: PSA, ICAO: LIRP), also named Galileo Galilei Airport is an airport located in Pisa, Italy. It is the main airport in Tuscany and the 10th in Italy in terms of passengers. It is named after Galileo Galilei, the famous scientist and native of Pisa. The airport was first developed for the military in the 1930s and 1940s. The airport was used by 4 989 496 passengers in 2016. It serves as a focus city of Ryanair.

The airport had its own railway station with a service to and from Pisa Central railway station but this was closed on 15 December 2013 to allow construction work to begin on a new fully automatic connection to be known as the Pisa Mover to take passengers to Pisa Central – at the moment a direct bus makes the connection. The airport has 5 passenger and 1 coach parking areas.

Besides civilian operations, the airport is also used extensively by the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) and is a base for, amongst others, the C-130 Hercules and C-27J Spartan transport aircraft. The airport is home to 46ª Brigata Aerea Silvio Angelucci (46th Air Brigade). During the end of World War II the airport was used as a base for the 15th Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces.

The airport resides at an elevation of 6 feet (2 m) above mean sea level. It has 2 asphalt paved runways: 04R/22L measuring 3,002 by 45 metres (9,849 ft × 148 ft) and 04L/22R measuring 2,793 by 43 metres (9,163 ft × 141 ft).