International airport serving Pisa, Italy
Pisa International Airport (IATA :PSA ,ICAO :LIRP )[ 3] — also namedGalileo Galilei Airport [ 4] — is aninternational airport located inPisa ,Italy . It is one of the two major airports inTuscany , the other beingFlorence Airport . Pisa is ranked 10th in Italy in terms of passenger numbers.[ 5] It is named afterGalileo Galilei , the scientist and native of Pisa. The airport was first developed for the military in the 1930s and 1940s.The airport was used by 5,233,118 passengers in 2017. It serves as a focus city ofRyanair .[ 6]
During the end ofWorld War II the airport was used as a base for the15th Air Force of theUnited States Army Air Forces .
Delta Air Lines commenced direct flights to New York in June 2007.[ 7] The route ended in 2016.[ 8]
Aerial view The airport is at an elevation of 6 feet (2 m) abovemean sea level . It has twoasphalt -pavedrunways : 04R/22L measuring 3,002 by 45 metres (9,849 ft × 148 ft) and 04L/22R measuring 2,793 by 43 metres (9,163 ft × 141 ft).[ 9]
The terminal building has 16 gates (numbered 01–11 and 21–25), one of which (Gate 23) is equipped with ajetbridge ; however, this is used by few airlines only. Gates 1–11 are on the ground floor and are for Schengen flights. Shuttle buses are used to take passengers to the plane. Gates 21–25 are non-Schengen and are on level one. Walk-boarding, bus-boarding and boarding by jetway are used here.
Besides civilian operations, the airport is also used extensively by the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force ) and is a base for, amongst others, theC-130 Hercules andC-27J Spartan transport aircraft.[ 10] The airport is home to 46ª Brigata Aerea Silvio Angelucci (46th Air Brigade).
Airlines and destinations [ edit ] The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Pisa Airport:
Airlines Destinations Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens [citation needed ] Air Arabia Casablanca [citation needed ] Air Dolomiti Seasonal: Frankfurt [citation needed ] AirBaltic Seasonal: Riga [citation needed ] British Airways London–Heathrow [citation needed ] easyJet Bristol ,[citation needed ] London–Gatwick ,[citation needed ] London–Luton ,[citation needed ] Manchester ,[citation needed ] Paris–Orly [ 11] Seasonal: Berlin ,[ 11] Glasgow (begins 1 August 2026),[ 12] London–Southend [citation needed ] Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne–Bonn [citation needed ] Flydubai Dubai–International [ 13] Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham ,[ 14] Leeds/Bradford ,[ 15] Manchester [ 16] Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen ,[citation needed ] Helsinki ,[ 17] Oslo ,[ 18] Stockholm–Arlanda [ 19] Ryanair Alghero ,[ 11] Amman–Queen Alia ,[citation needed ] Bari ,[ 11] Beauvais ,[ 11] Berlin ,[ 11] Birmingham ,[citation needed ] Bratislava (begins 30 March 2026),[ 20] Brindisi ,[citation needed ] Bucharest–Otopeni ,[ 11] Budapest ,[citation needed ] Cagliari ,[ 11] Catania ,[ 11] Copenhagen ,[citation needed ] Charleroi ,[citation needed ] Dublin ,[ 11] Eindhoven ,[ 11] Fuerteventura ,[ 11] Girona ,[citation needed ] Kraków ,[ 11] Lamezia Terme ,[ 11] London–Stansted ,[citation needed ] Madrid ,[ 11] Málaga ,[ 11] Malta ,[ 11] Manchester ,[citation needed ] Marrakesh ,[ 11] Palermo ,[ 11] Palma de Mallorca ,[ 11] Porto ,[ 21] Prague ,[citation needed ] Reggio Calabria ,[citation needed ] Seville ,[ 11] Sofia ,[citation needed ] Tirana ,[ 22] Trapani ,[ 11] Valencia ,[ 11] Warsaw–Chopin ,[citation needed ] Wrocław ,[ 11] Zagreb [citation needed ] Seasonal: Brussels ,[ 11] Chania ,[ 11] Corfu ,[ 11] Edinburgh ,[citation needed ] Gdańsk ,[citation needed ] Glasgow–Prestwick ,[citation needed ] Gothenburg ,[ 11] Gran Canaria ,[ 23] Ibiza ,[ 11] Kaunas ,[ 24] Kefalonia ,[ 11] Kos ,[citation needed ] Lisbon ,[ 11] Memmingen ,[ 11] Rhodes ,[ 11] Sandefjord ,[ 25] Skiathos ,[ 11] Stockholm–Arlanda ,[citation needed ] Zadar [citation needed ] Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen ,[citation needed ] Oslo [citation needed ] Small Fly Airlines Elba [ 26] Transavia Amsterdam [citation needed ] Seasonal: Paris–Orly (begins 17 April 2026)[citation needed ] Volotea Seasonal: Nantes ,[ 27] Olbia [ 28] Wizz Air Bucharest–Otopeni ,[ 29] Tirana ,[ 30] Warsaw–Chopin [ 31] Seasonal: Katowice [ 32]
In 2006 and 2007, the airport was the fastest growing among Italy's top 15 airports, with passenger numbers up 30% in 2006 and 24% in 2007. In 2008 it was Italy's 11th-busiest airport, handling 3,963,717 and 4,011,525 passengers in 2010. In 2011 the growth rose to 11.3% and the airport carried 4,526,723 passengers.[ 10]
Passengers Year 1,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Passengers Annual passenger traffic Since 2017 the airport has its ownPisa Mover shuttle service to and fromPisa Centrale railway station . A return ticket costs ten euros and the shuttle takes five minutes. The airport also has five passenger and one coach parking areas.[ 33] Flibco coach operator offer regular shuttle services between Pisa International Airport andFlorence city centre, making use of clearly marked bus stops outside the terminal[ 34] with multiple daily departures, online ticketing and flexible rebooking options.[ 35]
Accidents and incidents [ edit ] ^ "EAD Basic - Error Page" .ead.eurocontrol.int .^ "Statistiche - Assaeroporti" .assaeroporti.com . 26 November 2024.^ "Pisa Airport (PSA)" .pisa-airport.net . Retrieved15 March 2022 .^ "Presentazione Toscana Aeroporti - Toscana Aeroporti S.p.A." toscana-aeroporti.com .^ "Assaeroporti - Associazione Italiana Gestori Aeroporti" .assaeroporti.com .^ "Flughafen Pisa (PSA) - Informationen und Angebote | fluege.de" .fluege.de (in German). Retrieved15 March 2022 .^ "SAT, riparte il collegamento diretto Pisa-New York JFK" .Wall Street Italia (in Italian). Teleborsa. 5 May 2010. Retrieved4 August 2024 .^ "Aeroporto: Delta cancella il volo diretto per New York" .La Nazione (in Italian). 2 November 2016. Retrieved4 August 2024 .^ Airport information for LIRP Archived 13 January 2012 at theWayback Machine fromDAFIF (effective October 2006)^a b "Pisa topping Italian airport growth rankings; Ryanair now serves 28 destinations" . anna.aero. 19 September 2008.^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Pisa, Italy".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom:OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited :862– 863. August 2023.ISSN 1466-8718 . ^ "CAPA" .News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry . 20 November 2025. Retrieved20 November 2025 .^ "Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom:OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited :337– 343. May 2025.ISSN 1466-8718 .OCLC 41608313 . ^ "Birmingham, UK".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom:OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited :135– 137. August 2023.ISSN 1466-8718 . ^ "Leeds Bradford, UK".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom:OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited :556– 557. August 2023.ISSN 1466-8718 . ^ "Manchester, UK".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom:OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited :640– 647. August 2023.ISSN 1466-8718 . ^ "Flights to Pisa from Helsinki | Norwegian" .^ "Oslo, Norway".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom:OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited :807– 814. August 2023.ISSN 1466-8718 . ^ "Stockholm, Sweden".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom:OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited :1026– 1033. August 2023.ISSN 1466-8718 . ^ "Ryanair to launch new flights linking eastern Slovakia and Spain - the Slovak Spectator" .^ "Ryanair sfida easyJet anche a Pisa. Apre la rotta su Porto" . 26 July 2023.^ "Ryanair sbarca in Albania. Attacco frontale a Wizz Air" . 8 June 2023.^ "Gran Canaria, Canary Is".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .24 (8). Luton, United Kingdom:OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited :332– 334. February 2023.ISSN 1466-8718 . ^ "Ryanair to fly from Kaunas to Berlin, Zadar, Pisa" . 7 December 2023.^ "To nye Ryanair-ruter klar før sommeren" . 30 November 2023.^ "Small Fly Airlines partirà il 15 aprile con i voli da e per l'Elba" [S.F.A. to starts on 15th April with services to Elba Island].Italiavola.com (in Italian). 5 April 2025.^ "Nantes, France NTE".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom:OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited :782– 784. May 2025.ISSN 1466-8718 . ^ "Olbia, Italy OLB".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom:OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited :838– 839. May 2025.ISSN 1466-8718 .OCLC 41608313 . ^ "Bucharest, Romania BUH".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom:OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited :184– 186. May 2025.ISSN 1466-8718 .OCLC 41608313 . ^ "Tirana, Albania TIA".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom:OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited :1129– 1131. May 2025.ISSN 1466-8718 .OCLC 41608313 . ^ "Warsaw, Poland WAW".OAG Flight Guide Worldwide .26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom:OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited :1187– 1192. May 2025.ISSN 1466-8718 .OCLC 41608313 . ^ https://www.fly4free.pl/4-nowe-trasy-wizz-aira-z-pyrzowic-madryt-moldawia/https://www.fly4free.pl/4-nowe-trasy-wizz-aira-z-pyrzowic-madryt-moldawia/ [dead link ] ^ "Aeroporto Galileo Galilei - Sito ufficiale - Aeroporto di Pisa - The Official WebSite - Toscana - Pisa Airport Tuscany Aeroporto Airport Aeroporti Airports" .Pisa-airport.com . Retrieved17 September 2015 .^ "Bus" .Pisa Airport Official . Retrieved18 June 2025 .^ "Now you can book your bus connection between Pisa Airport and Florence City" .Flibco . Retrieved18 June 2025 .^ "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-54A-5-DO (DC-4) N1512V Pisa Airport (PSA)" .Aviation-safety.net . Retrieved17 September 2015 .^ "Accident description" .Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved26 November 2009 . Media related toPisa International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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