Trapani-Birgi Airport

Vincenzo Florio Airport Trapani–Birgi Aeroporto Vincenzo Florio di Trapani-Birgi
IATA: TPS ICAO: LICT
Summary
Airport type	Military/public
Serves	Trapani, Italy
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
Website	airgest.it
Map
TPS Location of the airport in Sicily
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13R/31L 2,695 8,841 Bitumen
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 1,586,992 Passenger change 14–15 -0.7% Aircraft movements 11,607 Movements change 14–15 -7.4%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL Statistics from Assaeroporti

Passengers	1,586,992
Passenger change 14–15	-0.7%
Aircraft movements	11,607
Movements change 14–15	-7.4%

Vincenzo Florio Airport Trapani–Birgi (IATA: TPS, ICAO: LICT) (Italian: Aeroporto Vincenzo Florio di Trapani-Birgi), also known simply as Trapani Airport, is a military and public airport serving Trapani, Italy. Located between Trapani and Marsala, it is one of the five civil airports in Sicily, but is also used for military purposes. In 2015, 1,586,992 passengers passed through the airport, making it the third busiest airport in Sicily. The civil airport is named to the Sicilian wine industrialist and automobile enthusiast Vincenzo Florio.

The airport is located 8 NM (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Trapani, and opened in the early 1960s. After a long period of inactivity the airport was relaunched by the Province of Trapani in 2003, and now hosts several flights, mainly low-cost connections.

Inaugurated in the 1961 as a regional airport operating very few flights, Trapani–Birgi became even less important in the 1990s, during which only a flight to Pantelleria, Palermo and Roma was operated.

The airport was relaunched in 2003 by the Province of Trapani and grew up in size after Ryanair started to use it as its main hub to Sicily, bringing several new international flights to and from Trapani. The airport has consequently been recognised as instrumental for the tourism-related economy of Western Sicily.

The military airfield is intituled to the Italian aviator Livio Bassi. The airport is a base for the "37th Fighter Wing" of the Italian Air Force with the Eurofighter Typhoon, and for the "82th CSAR" (Combat Search and Rescue) with the helicopters AgustaWestland AW139.