Turin Airport

Turin Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Torino) (IATA: TRN[3], ICAO: LIMF), also known as Turin-Caselle Airport (Aeroporto di Torino-Caselle), is an airport located at Caselle Torinese, 16 km (9.9 mi) north-northwest of the city of Turin,[4] in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region, northern Italy. It is also named Sandro Pertini Airport (Aeroporto Sandro Pertini), after former Italian President Sandro Pertini.[5]

For other uses, see Turin Airport (disambiguation).

Turin Airport Aeroporto di Torino
IATA: TRN ICAO: LIMF
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Società Azionaria Gestione Aeroporto Torino
Serves	Turin, Italy
Location	Caselle Torinese
Focus city for	Blue Air
Elevation AMSL	989 ft / 301 m
Coordinates	45°12′09″N 007°38′58″E
Website	aeroportoditorino.it
Map
TRN Location of airport in Italy Show map of Piedmont TRN TRN (Italy) Show map of Italy
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 3,300 10,827 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 3,952,158 Passenger change 18–19 -3.3% Aircraft movements 43,655 Movements change 18–19 -4.1%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] Statistics from Assaeroporti[2]

History

The airport was built in 1953, on the site of a World War II air base, and was renovated in 1989 for the 1990 FIFA World Cup and then again in 2005 in preparation for the Winter Olympics. Turin airport won the ACI Europe Best Airport Awards in the category from 1 to 5 millions passengers in both 2007 and 2008.[6] The aerodrome is operated by Società Azionaria Gestione Aeroporto Torino S.p.A. and administered by the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC). The air traffic service (ATS) authority is ENAV S.p.A.[1]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 989 feet (301 m) above mean sea level. It covers an area of more than 57 thousand square meters.[6] The airport has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,300 by 60 metres (10,827 ft × 197 ft).[1] The Runway 36 is ILS (Instrument Landing System) certified III B for approach with visual range less than 200 meters (656 ft) but not less than 75 meters (246 ft).

Alenia Aeronautica has an office at the airport and in San Maurizio Canavese.[7]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services at Turin Airport:[8]

Airlines	Destinations
Air Dolomiti	Frankfurt, Munich
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Alitalia	Rome–Fiumicino
Blue Air	Alghero, Bacău, Bari (begins 7 September 2020), Cagliari (begins 7 September 2020), Catania, Iași, Lamezia Terme, Naples, Trapani Seasonal: Ibiza, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca
Blue Panorama Airlines	Tirana
British Airways	London–Heathrow
easyJet	Naples Seasonal: Bristol, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester
Iberia	Madrid
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds-Bradford London–Stansted, Manchester
KLM	Amsterdam
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Gothenburg
Red Wings Airlines	Seasonal charter: Moscow–Domodedovo[9]
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
Ryanair	Barcelona, Bari, Brindisi, Catania, Charleroi, London–Stansted, Lviv (begins 28 March 2021),[10] Malta, Palermo, Valencia Seasonal: Bristol, Dublin, Ibiza
S7 Airlines	Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal: Copenhagen Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Helsinki, Oslo-Gardemoen
SkyUp	Kiev–Boryspil
TUI Airways[11]	Seasonal charter: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Doncaster-Sheffield, Dublin, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
TUI fly Belgium	Marrakesh
Volotea	Alghero, Cagliari, Catania, Lamezia Terme, Naples, Olbia, Palermo Seasonal: Lampedusa, Mykonos (begins 1 June 2021), Pantelleria, Skiathos
Vueling	Barcelona
Wizz Air	Bacău (begins 29 October 2020),[12] Bucharest, Chișinău, Iași ,[13] Tirana[14] Seasonal: Saint-Petersburg (begins 19 December 2020),[15] Warsaw–Chopin

Statistics

Departures area

An Alitalia Airbus A320-200 taxiing at Turin Airport in front of the control tower

Apron view with the Italian Alps visible in the background

Apron view

Passengers

Year[16]	Passengers	Movements
2016	3,950,908	46,496
2015	3,666,582	44,214
2014	3,431,986	42,463
2013	3,160,287	43,655
2012	3,521,847	51,773
2011	3,710,485	54,541
2010	3,560,169	54,840
2009	3,227,258	56,419
2008	3,420,833	58,148
2007	3,509,253	62,136
2006	3,260,974	60,838
2005	3,148,807	56,890
2004	3,141,888	57,847
2003	2,820,448	54,710
2002	2,787,091	59,931
2001	2,820,762	64,885
2000	2,814,850	61,971
1999	2,498,775
1998	2,464,173
1997	2,391,902
1996	2,009,532
1995	1,836,407
1994	1,758,936

Routes

Busiest international routes to and from Turin-Caselle Airport (2017)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers operating on route
1	Frankfurt, Germany	192,104	Lufthansa
2	Barcelona, Spain	181,349	Ryanair, Vueling
3	Munich, Germany	180,845	Lufthansa
4	Paris Charles de Gaulle, France	171,355	Air France
5	London Gatwick, United Kingdom	168,933	British Airways, easyJet, Flybe, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways
6	London Stansted, United Kingdom	127,392	Ryanair, Thomson Airways
7	Amsterdam, Netherlands	116,252	KLM, Transavia
8	Madrid, Spain	114,953	Iberia Regional (Air Nostrum), Blue Air
9	Bucharest, Romania	66,604	Blue Air, Wizz Air
10	Charleroi (Brussels), Belgium	54,555	Ryanair
11	Bacau, Romania	53,532	Blue Air

Busiest domestic routes to and from Turin-Caselle Airport (2017)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers operating on route
1	Rome Fiumicino, Lazio	550,244	Alitalia, Vueling
2	Catania, Sicily	340,847	Blue Air, Ryanair, Alitalia
3	Naples, Campania	278,128	Alitalia, Blue Air
4	Palermo, Sicily	257,042	Ryanair, Volotea
5	Bari, Apulia	215,626	Ryanair, Blue air
6	Lamezia Terme, Calabria	127,504	Blue Air

Ground transportation

The airport is connected by rail to the city of Turin by the Ferrovia Torino-Ceres, operated by GTT as line A of Turin metropolitan railway service[17] and by shuttle bus, operated by SADEM.[18]

There are also some scheduled shuttle services to nearby mountain towns and resorts including Ayas, Gressoney, Champorcher,[19] Briançon, Vallée de la Clarée (Névache), Clavière, Cesana,[20] Puy Saint Vincent,[21] Montgenevre, and Serre Chevalier.[22]

References

1. "EAD Basic - Error Page". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
2. "Associazione Italiana Gestori Aeroportuali" (PDF).
3. "IATA Airport code Search (TRN – City: Turin, Airport: Caselle)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
4. "By Car". aeroportoditorino.it. SAGAT S.p.A. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. "Page404 - SAGAT". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
7. "Contacts Archived 10 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine." Alenia Aeronautica. Retrieved on 4 February 2012. "Caselle Nord Strada Privata (Aeroporto Caselle) – 10077 S. Maurizio Canavese (TO) "
8. aeroportoditorino.it - Timetable retrieved 15 May 2016
9. "Moscow Domodedovo airport - Flight timetable". www.dme.ru.
10. https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryanair-launches-new-ukraine-to-italy-routes-for-winter-2020-summer-2021/?market=ua
11. "Flights". crystalski.co.uk.
12. https://boardingpass.ro/wizz-air-anunta-rute-spre-italia-belgia-germania-cipru-uk-si-danemarca/
13. Liu, Jim. "Wizz Air S20 new routes addition as of 09JUN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
14. https://wizzair.com/#/
15. https://ru.pirates.travel/bilety/wizzair-otkryvaet-novye-napravleniya-iz-spb-letim-v-bolonju-veneciju-milan-turin-i-kataniju-ot-3600-tuda-obratno/138454
16. "Airport traffic data" (in Italian). Assaeroporti. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
17. "Reach Turin Airport by Train". AeroportoDiTorino.it.
18. "SADEM bus shuttle". AeroportoDiTorino.it.
19. "Monterosa Shuttle".
20. "Shuttles from Turin airport to ski resorts".
21. "Shuttle from Turin to Puy Saint Vincent".
22. "€25 Shuttle Bus - Turin to Montgenèvre » Alpine Transfer Company".

External links

Media related to Turin Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Information about Turin Airport on Boeing website
• Aeronautical chart and airport information for LIMF at SkyVector
• Current weather for LIMF at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for TRN at Aviation Safety Network