Trieste Airport (IATA: TRS, ICAO: LIPQ)[3] (Italian: Aeroporto di Trieste) is an international airport located 0.3 NM (0.56 km; 0.35 mi) west of Ronchi dei Legionari (Province of Gorizia),[1] near Trieste in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, north-eastern Italy. The airport has a catchment area of approximately 4 million people, stretching beyond Friuli-Venezia Giulia into neighboring Slovenia, Austria and Croatia.

Overview

The first official documents citing the airfield of Ronchi dei Legionari date back to 30 November 1935, when the 4th Fighter Wing of the Royal Italian Air Force was based here. Commercial operations officially began on 2 December 1961. In 2007, the airport was dedicated to Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà, a 19th century explorer with Friulian origins. In 2016 the airport was officially renamed Trieste Airport. In recent years the airport has witnessed growth in low-cost and cargo traffic.[4]

The airport is owned and operated by Aeroporto Friuli Venezia Giulia SpA, a jointly owned company controlled by F2i and the Friuli-Venezia Giulia government.

Following a record year in 2023, the airport became Ryanair's 17th Italian base in early 2024.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Trieste:

AirlinesDestinations
Air Dolomiti Frankfurt
Eurowings Seasonal charter: Düsseldorf
ITA Airways Milan–Linate,[5] Rome–Fiumicino
Seasonal: Olbia
Ryanair Barcelona, Bari, Beauvais, Berlin, Brindisi, Budapest (begins 2 June 2024),[6] Catania, Charleroi, Dublin, Kraków, London–Stansted, Malta, Naples, Palermo, Seville, Valencia
Seasonal: Cagliari,[7] Olbia[8]
Wizz Air Tirana[9]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at TRS airport. See Wikidata query.

Ground transportation

Terminal interior

The airport is connected to the national railway and highway networks thanks to the Intermodal Transit Hub completed in March 2018, serving as an air-road-rail interchange.

Rail

Trieste Airport railway station links the passenger terminal directly to the Venice–Trieste railway thanks to a 425-metre (1,394 ft) raised walkway.

Road

A bus terminal with 16 platforms, a multi-storey car park with 500 spaces and a grade level car park with 1000 spaces provide rapid access to and from the A4 Trieste-Turin highway for public and private motor vehicles. In the southern direction, this highway also offers connections to Slovenia's A1 Motorway with two crossings at Fernetti and Rabuiese, linking the airport with the highway networks in Croatia, Hungary and the Balkans. At the interchange near Palmanova, the A4 branches off to Autostrada A23 linking to Austria's Süd Autobahn A2 via Udine and Tarvisio.

References

  1. ^ a b EAD Basic
  2. ^ Associazione Italiana Gestori Aeroportuali
  3. ^ "Friuli Venezia Giulia airport". Turismo FVG. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport travel guide". www.worldtravelguide.net. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  5. ^ "ITA Airways: da oggi in vendita i voli in continuità territoriale fra Trieste e Milano Linate" (PDF). Trieste Airport (in Italian). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Ryanair Expands Summer Routes from Trieste with Two New Destinations: Budapest and Olbia". 31 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23".
  8. ^ "Ryanair per la prima volta a Olbia, 10 collegamenti estivi - Notizie - Ansa.it". 31 January 2024.
  9. ^ "WIZZ AIR PER LA PRIMA VOLTA A TRIESTE AIRPORT: ANNUNCIATO IL COLLEGAMENTO TRIESTE - TIRANA". Trieste Airport. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

External links

Media related to Trieste Airport at Wikimedia Commons