Trieste Airport () is an

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located west of

Ronchi dei Legionari Ronchi dei Legionari ( Bisiacco: ; , , ) is a (municipality) in the regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeast Italy, about southwest of Gorizia and northwest of Trieste. It is the location of Trieste – ...

(

Province of Gorizia The province of Gorizia (; ; ) was a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Initially disbanded on 30 September 2017, it was reestablished in 2019 as the regional decentralization entity of Gorizia (; ; ), and was reacti ...

), near

Trieste Trieste ( , ; ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital and largest city of the Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, as well as of the Province of Trieste, ...

Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...

, north-eastern

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. The airport has a

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of approximately 4 million people, stretching beyond Friuli-Venezia Giulia into neighboring

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and

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Overview

The first official documents citing the airfield of Ronchi dei Legionari date back to 30 November 1935, when the 4th Fighter Wing of the Royal Italian Air Force was based here. Commercial operations officially began on 2 December 1961. In 2007, the airport was dedicated to Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà, a 19th century explorer with Friulian origins. In 2016 the airport was officially renamed ''Trieste Airport''. In recent years, the airport has witnessed growth in low-cost and cargo traffic. The airport is owned and operated by Aeroporto Friuli Venezia Giulia SpA, a jointly owned company controlled by F2i and the

government. Following a record-breaking 2023, the airport became

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's 17th Italian base in early 2024. This helped boost the airport's passenger numbers by 40%, crossing the one million mark for the first time in the platform's history, and making Trieste one of Europe's fastest-growing airports.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Trieste:

Statistics

Ground transportation

The airport is connected to the national railway and highway networks thanks to the Intermodal Transit Hub completed in March 2018, serving as an air-road-rail interchange.

Rail

Trieste Airport railway station Trieste Airport () is a railway station serving Trieste Airport, located in Ronchi dei Legionari, in the Regions of Italy, region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy. The station opened on 19 March 2018 and is located on the Venice–Triest ...

links the passenger terminal directly to the Venice–Trieste railway thanks to a raised walkway.

Road

A bus terminal with 16 platforms, a multi-storey car park with 500 spaces and a grade level car park with 1000 spaces provide rapid access to and from the A4 Trieste-Turin highway for public and private motor vehicles. In the southern direction, this highway also offers connections to

's A1 Motorway with two crossings at

Fernetti Monrupino () is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Trieste in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about north of Trieste, on the border with Slovenia. , it had a population of 848 and an area of .All d ...

and Rabuiese, linking the airport with the highway networks in

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and the

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. At the interchange near

Palmanova Palmanova () is a town and (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeast Italy. The town is an example of a star fort of the late Renaissance, built up by the Venetian Republic in 1593. Th ...

, the A4 branches off to Autostrada A23 linking to

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A2 via

Udine Udine ( ; ; ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northeastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Carnic Alps. It is the capital of the Province of Udine, Regional decentralization entity ...

and

Tarvisio Tarvisio ( German and ; ) is a (municipality) in the Regional Decentralization Entity of Udine, in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Geography The town is in the Canal Valley (''Val Canale'') between the Carnic Alps and Ka ...

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trieste Airport Trieste Airports in Italy Transport in Friuli-Venezia Giulia Buildings and structures in the Province of Gorizia