Trapani-Birgi Airport Aeroporto civileVincenzo Florio Aeroporto militareLivio Bassi | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/public | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Trapani, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Focus city for | AlbaStar | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 25 ft / 8 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°54′43″N012°29′36″E / 37.91194°N 12.49333°E /37.91194; 12.49333 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | airgest.it | ||||||||||||||
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| Source: ItalianAIP atEUROCONTROL[1] Statistics from Airgest.it[2] | |||||||||||||||
Trapani–Birgi Airport (IATA:TPS,ICAO:LICT) (Italian:Aeroporto Vincenzo Florio di Trapani-Birgi), is a militaryair base and public airport servingTrapani, inSicily, Italy. Located between Trapani andMarsala, it is one of the five civil airports in Sicily. In 2024, 1.07 million passengers passed through the airport,[2] making it the third-busiest airport in Sicily.[3] Theair base of theAeronautica Militare in named after the aviatorLivio Bassi. The civil airport is named after the Sicilian industrialistVincenzo Florio Sr.
The airport is located 8 NM (15 km; 9.2 mi) south[1] of Trapani, and opened in the early 1960s. After a long period of inactivity the airport was relaunched by theProvince of Trapani in 2003, and now hosts several flights, mainlylow-cost connections.
Inaugurated in 1964 as a regional airport operating very few flights, Trapani–Birgi became even less important in the 1990s, during which only a flight toPantelleria,Palermo andRome was operated.
The airport was relaunched in 2003 by theProvince of Trapani and grew in size afterRyanair started to use it as its main hub to Sicily, bringing several new international flights to and from Trapani. The airport has consequently been recognised as instrumental for the tourism-related economy of Western Sicily.
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The military airfield, inaugurated in 1961, is named after the Italian aviatorLivio Bassi. The airport is a base for the "37th Fighter Wing" of theItalian Air Force with theEurofighter Typhoon, and for the "82nd CSAR" (Combat Search and Rescue) with the helicoptersAgustaWestland AW139.[4]
The airfield is one of the fourforward operating bases (FOBs) used by theNATOAirborne Early Warning and Control Force based atNATO Air Base Geilenkirchen inGeilenkirchen, Germany.The airport gained international attention duringOperation Unified Protector in 2011 when NATO aircraft were based there during military intervention in theLibyan Civil War.
In September 2025 it was announced that Trapani-Birgi will become home to a globalF-35 training base, conceived as a twin facility of the existing F-35 training centre atLuke Air Force Base in Arizona.[5]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Trapani–Birgi Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| DAT | Pantelleria[6] |
| Ryanair | Bergamo,[7]Bologna,[8]London–Stansted,[7]Malta,[7]Pisa,[7]Rome–Fiumicino,[9]Turin,[7]Venice[10] Seasonal:Bari (begins 3 April 2026),[11]Bratislava,[7]Bournemouth (begins 31 March 2026),[12]Charleroi,[7]Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden,[7]Katowice,Manchester,[13]Milan–Malpensa,[7]Pescara,[7]Porto,[14]Saarbrücken (begins 3 April 2026),[15]Seville,[13]Stockholm–Arlanda (begins 30 March 2026),[16]Verona (begins 3 April 2026),[17]Weeze[13] |
This table does not include passengers in transit. Ryanair discontinued most of its flights from Trapani airport in October 2017, resulting in a significant reduction in the number of passengers using the airport.[18]
| Year | Domestic passengers | International passengers | Total passengers | Var % prev. year |
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| 2024 | 760,797 | 310,191 | 1,074,939 |  19.32 |
| 2023 | 924,174 | 400,964 | 1,332,368 |  49.42 |
| 2022 | 637,212 | 252,980 | 891,670 | 108.4 |
| 2021 | 366,841 | 56,894 | 427,893 | 131.9 |
| 2020 | 169,165 | 12,343 | 185,581 | 54.9 |
| 2019 | 322,218 | 80,732 | 411,437 | 14.4 |
| 2018 | 366,801 | 103,324 | 480,524 | 62.8 |
| 2017 | 923,284 | 366,801 | 1,292,957 | 13.4 |
| 2016 | 1,151,515 | 339,385 | 1,493,519 | 5.9 |
| 2015 | 1,195,377 | 389,966 | 1,586,992 | 0.7 |
| 2014 | 1,159,837 | 436,705 | 1,598,571 | 14.9 |
| 2013 | 1,279,972 | 596,828 | 1,878,557 | 19.0 |
| 2012[19] | 1,110,532 | 465,937 | 1,578,753 | 7.36 |
| 2011 | 918,027 | 550,769 | 1,470,508 | 12.6 |
| 2010 | 1,024,755 | 656,573 | 1,682,991 | 57.4 |
| 2009 | 757,555 | 301,308 | 1,069,528 | 100.5 |
| 2008 | 342,025 | 186,774 | 533,310 | 5.2 |
| 2007 | 432,943 | 72,946 | 507,185 | 62.3 |
| 2006 | 305,895 | 4,802 | 312,459 | 19.8 |
| 2005 | 385,612 | 2,194 | 389,735 | 5.2 |
| 2004 | 382,867 | 19,071 | 410,898 | 66.7 |
| 2003 | 224,663 | 2,281 | 246,474 | 393.6 |
| 2002 | 39,175 | 3,494 | 49,932 | 20.0 |
| 2001 | 44,702 | 5,732 | 62,430 | 82.3 |
| 2000 | n/a | n/a | 34,321 |  |
aData from Assaeroporti.[20]Figures from 2013 onwards from Airgest.it.[2]
In 2023,Rete Ferroviaria Italiana announced plans for the construction of a new railway station to serve the airport on the Trapani-Castelvetrano-Palermo line.[21] The station, officially named "Vincenzo Florio", is expected to be operational by 2026, providing a direct 45-minute train link toPalermo Airport.[22]
| City | Bus company |
|---|---|
| Agrigento (180 km away) | Salvatore Lumia |
| Borizzo Airfield | Azienda Siciliana Trasporti(it)[23] |
| Castelvetrano | Salvatore Lumia |
| Marsala | Autoservizi Salemi, Azienda Siciliana Trasporti(it) |
| Mazara del Vallo | Azienda Siciliana Trasporti(it) |
| Menfi | Salvatore Lumia |
| Montallegro | Salvatore Lumia |
| Paceco | Azienda Siciliana Trasporti(it) |
| Palermo | Autoservizi Salemi, Terravision |
| Porto Empedocle | Salvatore Lumia |
| Realmonte | Salvatore Lumia |
| Ribera | Salvatore Lumia |
| Sciacca | Salvatore Lumia |
| Siculiana | Salvatore Lumia |
| Trapani | Azienda Siciliana Trasporti(it) |
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