Turin Airport ( it, Aeroporto di Torino) , also known as Turin-Caselle Airport (''Aeroporto di Torino-Caselle''), is an

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located at

Caselle Torinese Caselle Torinese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin, on the left bank of the Stura di Lanzo. See also *Turin Airport Turin Airport ( it, Aeroporto ...

, north-northwest of the city of

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, in the

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

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History

The airport was built in 1953, on the site of a

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air base, and was renovated in 1989 for the

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and then again in 2005 in preparation for the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

. Turin airport won the ''ACI Europe Best Airport Awards'' in the category from 1 to 5 millions passengers in 2007, 2008 and 2022. The

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is operated by

Società Azionaria Gestione Aeroporto Torino Società Azionaria Gestione Aeroporto Torino S.p.A. (SAGAT) is the operator of Turin Airport. The controlling interests of the company was purchased by Italian Infrastructures Investment Fund I in January 2013. History In December 2012 Italian I ...

S.p.A. and administered by the

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(ENAC). The

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(ATS) authority is

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Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of above

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. It covers an area of more than 57 thousand square meters. The airport has one

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designated 18/36 with an

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surface measuring . 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).

Industry

The airport is also home to two Leonardo plants (North and South): these sites are specialized in the assembly and final phase of production, maintenance, ground tests and flight tests of military and civil prototypes and aircraft. In particular, aircraft such as: AMX-ACOL,

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C-27J The Alenia C-27J Spartan is a military transport aircraft developed and manufactured by Leonardo's Aircraft Division (formerly Alenia Aermacchi until 2016). It is an advanced derivative of Alenia Aeronautica's earlier G.222 (C-27A Spartan in ...

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, Tornado MLU and Sky-X are produced.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services at Turin Airport:

Statistics

Passengers

Routes

Ground transportation

The airport is connected by rail to the city of

by the Ferrovia Torino-Ceres, operated by GTT as line A of Turin metropolitan railway service and by shuttle bus, operated by SADEM. There are also some scheduled shuttle services to nearby mountain towns and resorts including Ayas, Gressoney, Champorcher, Briançon, Vallée de la Clarée (Névache), Clavière, Cesana, Puy Saint Vincent, Montgenevre, and Serre Chevalier.

References

External links

Official website

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