Vincenzo Florio Airport

Vincenzo Florio Airport in Trapani is a civil airport and is open to public use. This airport is often referred to as the Birgi Military airport. This is one of the five airports that serve the province of Sicily. The airport also acts as the military airport in times of national need. The airport is located at a distance of 13 km to the south west of Trapani. The airport started its operation in the early 1960 but due to some reason the airport was shut down only to be reopened in the year 2003 after a hiatus of about 43 years. The ICAO code of the Vincenzo Florio Airport in Trapani in Italy in Europe is LICT and the IATA code of the airport is TPS. The runway of the airport is paved with asphalt and measures 7900 feet in length. The Vincenzo Florio Airport has IFR facility which allows the aircraft landing here during bad weather conditions and also in the dark. The Vincenzo Florio Airport in Italy has an O/R customs service available which is functional on prior notification.

The Vincenzo Florio Airport operates both charter and regular flights from and to Sicily and mainland Italy. The estimated number of passengers that traveled from this airport in the year 2006 was around 450,000 passengers. In the context of relevance, this airport is the third airport of Sicily.

The Vincenzo Florio Airport in Trapani serves the city by operating flights, which carries passengers, mails and freights. The airlines that operate flights to this airport from several destinations include,

• Avanti Air
• Air One
• Club Air
• Meridiana
• Ryanair