Brindisi Airport (IATA: BDS, ICAO: LIBR) (Italian: Aeroporto di Brindisi), also known as Brindisi Papola Casale Airport and Salento Airport, is an airport in Brindisi, in southern Italy, located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the city center.
This airport was originally established as a military airbase in the 1920s. The first commercial flights serving Rome began in the 1930s with the establishment of the Ala Littoria in 1934. After World War II, Alitalia took over the route and added a flight to Catania. As of 2008, it has officially changed its legal status into civilian airport, still maintaining operational the military facilities attached to it. These are identified with its original name "Military Airport Orazio Pierozzi", named in memory of an Italian airman of the First World War.
The airport is officially named after Antonio Papola, in memory of the Italian aviator died on 13 February 1948 in an air accident who had a special bond with the city. It is also officially known as "Casale" with reference to the contiguous neighborhood in Brindisi with the same name and also as "Salento Airport" with reference to the geographic region where it is located.
The strategic position of the airport in the Mediterranean region, along with its multi-modal connections with the highway and the port a few kilometers away, have made it a base of crucial importance for both national defense and NATO.
Airlines and destinationsEdit
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Brindisi Airport:
For the same strategic reasons, in 1994 the airport was chosen as the main global logistics base by the United Nations to support its peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations around the world, which was previously hosted in Pisa Military Airport "San Giusto". In 2000, the United Nations humanitarian supply depot was also moved from Pisa to Brindisi. It has since then been managed by the World Food Programme and officially known as the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD). On behalf of governments, other UN agencies and NGOs, from UNHRD Brindisi humanitarian aid is directed to the most remote and devastated regions around the world.
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Brindisi Airport IATA BDS ICAO LIBR Italian Aeroporto di Brindisi also known as Brindisi Papola Casale Airport and Salento Airport is an airport in Brindisi in southern Italy located 6 kilometres 3 7 mi from the city center Brindisi AirportAeroporto di BrindisiIATA BDSICAO LIBRSummaryAirport typePublicServesBrindisi ItalyFocus city forRyanairElevation AMSL47 ft 14 mCoordinates40 39 27 N 17 56 49 E 40 65750 N 17 94694 E 40 65750 17 94694Websiteaeroportidipuglia itMapBDSLocation of the airport in ItalyShow map of ApuliaBDSBDS Italy Show map of ItalyRunwaysDirection Length Surfaceft m05 23 5 892 1 796 Asphalt13 31 10 000 3 048 AsphaltStatistics 2022 Passengers3 065 962Passenger change 21 22 65 4 Aircraft movements25 563Movements change 21 22 52 3 Statistics from Assaeroporti 1 Contents 1 History 2 Airlines and destinations 3 Statistics 4 UN presence 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditThis airport was originally established as a military airbase in the 1920s The first commercial flights serving Rome began in the 1930s with the establishment of the Ala Littoria in 1934 After World War II Alitalia took over the route and added a flight to Catania As of 2008 it has officially changed its legal status into civilian airport still maintaining operational the military facilities attached to it These are identified with its original name Military Airport Orazio Pierozzi named in memory of an Italian airman of the First World War The airport is officially named after Antonio Papola in memory of the Italian aviator died on 13 February 1948 in an air accident who had a special bond with the city It is also officially known as Casale with reference to the contiguous neighborhood in Brindisi with the same name and also as Salento Airport with reference to the geographic region where it is located The strategic position of the airport in the Mediterranean region along with its multi modal connections with the highway and the port a few kilometers away have made it a base of crucial importance for both national defense and NATO Airlines and destinations EditThe following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Brindisi Airport AirlinesDestinationsAer LingusSeasonal DublinAir DolomitiSeasonal MunichAustrian AirlinesSeasonal ViennaBritish AirwaysSeasonal London HeathrowBrussels AirlinesSeasonal BrusselsDATSeasonal CataniaeasyJetBasel Mulhouse Geneva Milan Malpensa Seasonal London Gatwick Paris Orly ZurichEurowingsStuttgart Seasonal Cologne Bonn DusseldorfITA AirwaysMilan Linate Rome FiumicinoLuxairSeasonal LuxembourgNeosSeasonal Milan Malpensa VeronaRyanairBarcelona Beauvais Bergamo Bologna Charleroi Eindhoven London Stansted Manchester Milan Malpensa Perugia Pisa Rome Fiumicino Turin Verona Seasonal Dublin Genoa 2 Madrid Memmingen Palermo Stockholm Arlanda Venice Wroclaw ZagrebSkyAlpsSeasonal BolzanoSwiss International Air LinesGeneva ZurichTransaviaSeasonal Paris Orly Rotterdam The HagueTUI fly BelgiumSeasonal BrusselsUral AirlinesSeasonal charter Moscow Domodedovo Suspended 3 VoloteaSeasonal Cagliari NantesVuelingSeasonal BarcelonaWizz AirTirana 4 Statistics EditGraphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Annual passenger traffic at BDS airport See Wikidata query UN presence EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed April 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message For the same strategic reasons in 1994 the airport was chosen as the main global logistics base by the United Nations to support its peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations around the world which was previously hosted in Pisa Military Airport San Giusto In 2000 the United Nations humanitarian supply depot was also moved from Pisa to Brindisi It has since then been managed by the World Food Programme and officially known as the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot UNHRD On behalf of governments other UN agencies and NGOs from UNHRD Brindisi humanitarian aid is directed to the most remote and devastated regions around the world See also EditPort of Brindisi List of airports in Italy Bari AirportReferences Edit cite web https assaeroporti com wp content plugins multipage xls reader pdf file 2022 pdf https www aeroroutes com eng 230918 frnw23 TUI Flight Program agent tui ru Wizz Air Announces Continued Expansion in Tirana External links Edit nbsp Media related to Brindisi Airport at Wikimedia Commons Official website Accident history for BDS at Aviation Safety NetworkPortals nbsp Italy nbsp Aviation nbsp This article about an airport in Italy is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brindisi Airport amp oldid 1175997006, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
