Lamezia Terme International Airport

Lamezia Terme International Airport (Italian: Aeroporto Internazionale di Lamezia Terme "Sant'Eufemia") (IATA: SUF, ICAO: LICA) is an airport in the Sant'Eufemia district of Lamezia Terme, Calabria, Italy.[2] It is the principal airport of Calabria. Additionally, a military helicopter unit, the 2° Reggimento dell'Aria "Sirio", is based near the airport.

Lamezia Terme
International Airport

Aeroporto Internazionale
di Lamezia Terme
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSacal S.p.A.
ServesLamezia Terme
LocationLamezia Terme, Italy
Elevation AMSL46 ft / 14 m
Coordinates38°54′19″N 16°14′32″E
Map
SUF is located in Calabria
SUF
SUF
SUF is located in Italy
SUF
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 9,900 3,017 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers2.978.110
Passenger change 18–19Increase +8.1%
Aircraft movements25.426
Movements change 18–19Increase +12%
Statistics from Assaeroporti[1]

History

In 1965, a consortium, CONSAER, was formed to build a new airport near the motorway, the railway and the port of Gioia Tauro; level ground near Lamezia Terme was chosen as the site. The airport opened in June 1976. Its IATA airport code SUF derives from the name Sant'Eufemia. Itavia began scheduled flights to Rome-Fiumicino, Milan-Linate, Catania and Palermo in December of that year. The airport was expanded and modernised in 1982.

Since 1990 it has been managed by SACAL SpA, which is jointly owned by various local government administrations and by private investors.

A contract to extend the runway from the current 2,414 m to 3,000 m was awarded on 27 December 2007. A design competition for a new passenger terminal to replace the present building was held in November 2008, and was won by Engco.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Lamezia Terme Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Air Transat Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson
AlbaStar Seasonal: Bergamo
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse, Milan–Malpensa
Seasonal: Geneva
Edelweiss Air Zurich
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hannover (resumes 2 May 2024),[3] Salzburg, Stuttgart
Seasonal charter: Innsbruck[4]
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
ITA Airways Milan–Linate, Rome–Fiumicino
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Marabu Seasonal: Munich
Neos Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa, Verona
Ryanair Bergamo, Bologna, Genoa, London–Stansted, Malta, Memmingen, Milan–Malpensa, Pisa, Turin, Verona
Seasonal: Charleroi,[5] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Kraków, Nuremberg, Treviso, Venice, Vienna
SkyAlps Seasonal: Bolzano
Smartwings Seasonal: Brno, Prague
Transavia Seasonal: Paris–Orly
TUI Airways Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
Wizz Air Milan–Malpensa, Tirana,[6] Turin

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at SUF airport. See Wikidata query.

References
  1. "Statistiche 2019".
  2. "Lamezia Terme Airport, Italy (SUF)". AirMundo. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  3. "Eurowings NS24 Hanover / Nuremberg Network Expansion". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. https://www.innsbruck-airport.com/fileadmin/userdaten/HP_Sommerflugplan_2022.pdf
  5. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230918-frnw23
  6. "Wizz Air Announces Continued Expansion in Tirana".

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