Florence Airport
Florence Airport, Peretola Aeroporto di Firenze-Peretola | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 43°48′36″N 11°12′14″E / 43.81000°N 11.20389°E | ||||||||||||
| Website | aeroporto.firenze.it | ||||||||||||
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Florence Airport, Peretola (IATA: FLR, ICAO: LIRQ), in Italian Aeroporto di Firenze-Peretola, formally Amerigo Vespucci Airport, is the international airport of Florence, the capital of the Italian region of Tuscany. It is the second-busiest Tuscan airport in terms of passengers after Pisa International Airport.
History
Early years
The first air field in Florence was created in the
At first, Peretola was a large field where airplanes took off and landed with no formal direction, but eventually, the Ministry of Aeronautics decided to enlarge and upgrade it. The airport was extended toward Castello, and in 1938–39, an asphalt runway 60 metres wide and 1,000 metres long, facing northeast, was built.
During
In the early 1980s, plans were made to upgrade the airport's facilities. In 1984, Saf (now AdF, the company that manages the airport) was founded, and restructuring work was completed: lengthening (from 1,000 to 1,400 metres) and lighting the runway, installing a VOR/DME navigation system, and rebuilding the airport terminal. In September 1986, regular flights resumed. Since then, the number of airplanes and passengers has steadily increased.
Development since the 1990s
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In 1990, the airport was renamed after Florence native
In 1992, the building now dedicated to arrivals, constructed by AdF, was inaugurated. Two years later, a departures building opened, and the City of Florence opened a car park at the entrance to the airport. In 1996, the runway was extended by 250 metres, and AdF funded further enlargement of the departure area. Today, the new area has 15 check-in desks and covers a total of 1,200 square metres, 770 of which are for public use.
Since 9 April 1998, AdF has had a global concession to managing the airport's infrastructure, and it has assumed responsibility for maintenance and development.
On 5 December 2012, Vueling announced the opening of a base of operations in Florence, with flights to several destinations in Europe.
Facilities
In late 1999, a renovation and expansion of the terminals, aircraft parking areas, and other facilities began. In July 2000, AdF made its debut on the stock market, and in 2001, the airport was among the first in Europe to obtain UNI EN ISO 9001/2000 certification for the quality of its services.[citation needed]
Florence Airport has a single runway, and the main taxiway is situated at the end of Runway 5, with an overshoot/holding area at the end of Runway 23. As is common at smaller airports, after landing, planes turn around at the end of the runway, then taxi back down to reach the parking area and terminal. Because of the close proximity of Monte Morello, planes normally take off from Runway 23, thus forcing aircraft to taxi down the runway again to depart.[citation needed]
The
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines offers scheduled services from and to Florence Airport:[5][6]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aegean Airlines | Athens |
| Air Dolomiti | Frankfurt, Munich |
| Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle |
| Austrian Airlines | Vienna |
| Binter Canarias | Gran Canaria |
| London–Heathrow, London–Stansted (resumes 18 May 2024)[7]
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| Brussels Airlines | Seasonal: Brussels |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Düsseldorf (begins 30 April 2024)[8] |
| Madrid
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| Rome–Fiumicino
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| KLM | Amsterdam |
| Luxembourg
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| Scandinavian Airlines | Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda |
| Zürich
Seasonal: Geneva | |
| TAP Air Portugal | Lisbon |
| Olbia, Toulouse
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| Olbia
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| Widerøe | Seasonal: Bergen, Sandefjord |
Statistics
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Ground transportation
The second line of the Florence light-rail network has a terminal at the airport.[11] The airport is also connected with the city of Florence by a bus line that runs to and from the central railway station every half-hour, operated by Autolinee Toscane. Taxis are available to central Florence.[12]
Accidents
- 30 July 1997: Air Littoral Flight 701, an ATR 42 regional aircraft arriving from Nice, France, overran the runway on landing, crashed through the perimeter fence and into a ditch next to the nearby A11 motorway. The captain died of his injuries four days later; fourteen other people on board were injured.
References
- ^ a b "Florence "Amerigo Vespucci" International Airport". Structurae. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Technical data - Toscana Aeroporti S.p.A."
- ^ "Archivio".
- ^ deZeng IV, Henry L. (September 2015). "Luftwaffe Airfields 1935-45 Italy, Sicily and Sardinia" (PDF). The Luftwaffe, 1933-45. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Flight Timetable" (PDF). Toscana Aeroporti. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Partenze da Firenze". Archived from the original on 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "BA CityFlyer NS24 London Stansted Operations". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Eurowings NS24 Network Additions – 30NOV23".
- ^ "Volotea s'alia amb Eurowings i llança vuit noves rutes amb Alemanya". 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Volotea to Launch New Direct Flight from Prague to Florence". 7 October 2023.
- ^ "Linea 2". mobilita.comune.fi.it. Archived from the original on 2016-07-20.
- ^ "To & From Airport - Airport of Florence". www.aeroporto.firenze.it. Archived from the original on 2016-07-13.
External links
Media related to Peretola Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Accident history for FLR at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information (unofficial)
