Turin Caselle Airport
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Turin Airport , also known as Turin-Caselle Airport (Aeroporto di Torino-Caselle), is an airport serving Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

, a city in the Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

 region
Regions of Italy
The regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state, constituting its first NUTS administrative level. There are twenty regions, of which five are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes....

 of northern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. It is also named Sandro Pertini Airport (Aeroporto Sandro Pertini), after former Italian President Sandro Pertini.

The airport is a focus city of the reborn Alitalia
Alitalia
Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane S.p.A. , in its later stages known as Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane S.p.A. in Extraordinary Administration, was the former Italian flag carrier...

. It is located 16 km north of the center of Turin.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation
Elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....

 of 300 m above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 18/36 with an asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...

 surface measuring 3300 by 60 m (10,826.8 by 196.9 ).

The whole airport covers an area of more than 57 thousand square meters.

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).

History

The airport was built in 1953 and was renovated in 1989 for the 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...

 and then again in 2005 in preparation for the Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

.

Turin airport won the ACI Europe Best Airport Awards in the category from 1 to 5 millions passengers in both 2007 and 2008.

Airlines and destinations

Passengers

Year Passengers Aircraft
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
2004 3,141,888
2003 2,820,448
2002 2,787,091
2001 2,820,762
2000 2,814,850
1999 2,498,775
1998 2,464,173
1997 2,391,902
1996 2,009,532
1995 1,836,407
1994 1,758,936

Datas provided by Assaeroporti.

Traffic to destination

Busiest International Routes from Turin-Caselle (2010)
Rank City Passengers Top Carriers
1   London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, Gatwick
London Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport is located 3.1 miles north of the centre of Crawley, West Sussex, and south of Central London. Previously known as London Gatwick,In 2010, the name changed from London Gatwick Airport to Gatwick Airport...

 and Stansted Airport
London Stansted Airport
-Cargo:-Statistics:-Infrastructure:-Terminal and satellite buildings:Stansted is the newest passenger airport of all the main London airports. The terminal is an oblong glass building, and is separated in to three areas: Check-in concourse, arrivals and departures...

, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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235,000 British Airways, Ryanair
2   Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

208,000 Air France
3   Frankfurt, Germany
Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt Airport may refer to:Airports of Frankfurt, Germany:*Frankfurt Airport , the largest airport in Germany*Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport, a general aviation airport*Frankfurt-Hahn Airport , a converted U.S...

180,000 Lufthansa
4   Munich, Germany 116,000 Air Dolomiti-Lufthansa
5   Madrid, Spain 98,000 Iberia-Air Nostrum, Ryanair
6   Brussels
Brussels
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, Zaventem and Charleroi Airport, Belgium
Belgium
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88,000 Brussels Airlines, Ryanair
7   Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, Girona and Barcelona Airport, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

47,000 Air Nostrum-Iberia, Ryanair
8   Tirana, Albania 30,000 Albanian Airlines, Belle Air
9   Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ) is the Netherlands' main international airport, located 20 minutes southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. The airport's official English name, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, reflects the original Dutch word order...

28,000 Alitalia
10   Istanbul Atatürk, Turkey 25,000 Alitalia

{|
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%" width=align=
|+ Busiest Domestic Routes from Turin-Caselle (2010)
|-
! Rank
! City
! Passengers
! Top Carriers
|-
| 1
| Rome Fiumicino, Lazio
| 880,000
| Air Italy, Alitalia, Blu-express
|-
| 2
| Naples, Campania
Naples Airport
Naples Airport can refer to:*Naples International Airport in Naples, Italy*Naples Municipal Airport in Naples, Florida...


| 310,000
| Alitalia, Air Italy
|-
| 3
| Catania, Sicily
| 297,000
| Air Italy, Meridiana fly, Wind Jet
|-
| 4
| Bari, Apulia
| 180,000
| Alitalia, Ryanair
|-
| 5
| Palermo, Sicily
| 138,000
| Alitalia, Wind Jet
|-
| 6
| Lamezia Terme, Calabria
| 74,000
| Alitalia
|-
| 7
| Cagliari, Sardinia
| 70,000
| Meridiana fly
|-
| 8
| Trapani, Sicily
| 65,000
| Ryanair
|-
| 9
| Brindisi, Apulia
Brindisi Airport
Papola Casale Airport , also known as Aeroporto del Salento, is an airport near Brindisi in southern Italy.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:**...


| 46,000
| Ryanair
|-
| 10
| Alghero, Sardinia
| 44,000
| Alitalia
|}

Ground transportation

The airport is connected to the city of Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

 by means of the Ferrovia Torino-Ceres
Ferrovia Torino-Ceres
The Ferrovia Torino-Ceres is a commuter railroad in the province of Turin which is currently managed by the Gruppo Torinese Trasporti....

 (commuter rail operated by GTT
Gruppo Torinese Trasporti
The Gruppo Torinese Trasporti is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the provinces of Turin, Alessandria, Cuneo and Asti...

 Railroads) and by bus, by means of the SADEM bus shuttle and charter buses.
and Terravision buses (in connection with Ryanair flights)

Handlers

  • Sagat Handling
  • Aviapartner
    Aviapartner
    Aviapartner, whose origins date back to 1949 under the name 'Belgavia', is a Belgian company which provides aircraft ground handling services at 32 airports in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands. Among the airports served are Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin-Tegel, Frankfurt A.M.,...

  • T.E.A.M. S.r.l.
  • eSair Handling
  • Turin Flying Handling

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