Trapani–Birgi Airport (IATA: TPS, ICAO: LICT) (Italian: Aeroporto Vincenzo Florio di Trapani-Birgi), is a military air base and public airport serving Trapani, in Sicily, Italy. Located between Trapani and Marsala, it is one of the five civil airports in Sicily. In 2023, 1,332,368 passengers passed through the airport, making it the third-busiest airport in Sicily.^[3] The air base of the Aeronautica Militare in named after the aviator Livio Bassi. The civil airport is named after the Sicilian industrialist Vincenzo Florio Sr.

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Trapani-Birgi Airport Aeroporto civile Vincenzo Florio Aeroporto militare Livio Bassi
IATA: TPS ICAO: LICT
Summary
Airport type	Military/public
Serves	Trapani, Italy
Focus city for	AlbaStar
Elevation AMSL	25 ft / 8 m
Coordinates	37°54′43″N 012°29′36″E
Website	airgest.it
Map
TPS Location of the airport in Sicily
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13R/31L 2.695 8.841 Bitumen 13L/31R 2.620 8.595 Bitumen
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 1,332,368 Passenger change 22-23 49.42% Aircraft movements 10,666 Movements change 22-23 19.60%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] Statistics from Airgest.it[2]

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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 the Province of Trapani in 2003, and now hosts several flights, mainly low-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 to Pantelleria, Palermo and Rome was operated.

The airport was relaunched in 2003 by the Province of Trapani and grew in size after Ryanair 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.

The military airfield, inaugurated in 1961, is named after the Italian aviator Livio Bassi. The airport is a base for the "37th Fighter Wing" of the Italian Air Force with the Eurofighter Typhoon, and for the "82nd CSAR" (Combat Search and Rescue) with the helicopters AgustaWestland AW139.^[4]

The airfield is one of the four forward operating bases (FOBs) used by the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force based at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen in Geilenkirchen, Germany. The airport gained international attention during Operation Unified Protector in 2011 when NATO aircraft were based there during military intervention in the Libyan Civil War.

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Trapani–Birgi Airport:

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Annual passenger traffic at TPS airport. See Wikidata query.

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.^[5]

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Year	Domestic passengers	International passengers	Total passengers	Var % prev. year
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[6]	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

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aData from Assaeroporti.^[7] Figures from 2013 onwards from Airgest.it^[8].

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.^[9] The station, officially named "Vincenzo Florio", is expected to be operational by 2026, providing a direct 45-minute train link to Palermo Airport.^[10]

• Trapani–Milo Airport Luigi Broglio – first airport of Trapani, today used by the Italian Space Agency.
• Trapani–Chinisia Airport Livio Bassi – second airport of Trapani, open between 1949 and 1971.
• Catania Airport Vincenzo Bellini – Sicily's major international airport.
• Palermo Airport Falcone e Borsellino – also known as Punta Raisi Airport, another international airport in Sicily
• Comiso Airport Vincenzo Magliocco – it is another of Sicily's airports