Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
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Catania- Fontana Rossa ( Italian: Aeroporto di Catania Fontana Rossa " Vincenzo Bellini " ) is located in the south of Catania, the second largest city in Sicily.
Connection
The Fontana Rossa airport located five kilometers south of the city center and the port of Catania on the Mediterranean coast. About the motorway-like road SP70 is both the town and the A18 Messina - Siracusa motorway and the A19 Catania -Palermo within easy reach. There are shuttle buses to the city center and the main railway station and intercity buses. An extension of the Metropolitana di Catania to the airport is provided.
Airlines
Catania - Fontana Rossa was home airport the airline Wind Jet and regional base of Alitalia. From the German-speaking Catania is mainly served by Air Berlin. German Wings flies to Catania airport several times a week in Stuttgart, Cologne -Bonn and Hanover. In addition, there are numerous, often seasonal charter and scheduled flights throughout Europe.
Pictures
Advance
New Terminal
Exterior
Arrival and departure hall
Departure Hall
In the terminal
History
The airport opened in May 1924 the civilian traffic. During World War II he served military purposes. Among other parts of the German teaching Squadron 1 were stationed here. 1947, the first flight of the newly founded Alitalia from Rome to Turin via Fontana Rossa Airport. It began with the construction of a new terminal building, which was inaugurated in 1950. In the 1970s, it was decided a new terminal and various other construction projects, including a new control tower, an extension of the take - off and landing runway and a cargo terminal. Also, which opened on August 5, 1981 passenger terminal was soon no longer cope with the increasing traffic. A new, much larger terminal with a capacity of up to ten million passengers annually since 8 May 2007. On this occasion, the name of the largest airport in southern Italy was changed to Aeroporto di Catania Fontana Rossa " Vincenzo Bellini ". Prior to that he bore the name of geophysicist and meteorologist Filippo Eredia. After the completed expansion of apron and taxiways, the construction of two additional terminals, a second airstrip, a rail connection, additional car parks and shopping centers is planned.
Military part
On the military part of the airport there are two helicopter squadrons of the Italian naval aviator. Also, police and civil defense organizations maintain there flyer units.
Other airports in eastern Sicily
About 15 kilometers southwest of the airport Fontana Rossa is the military airfield Sigonella. Because work on the airstrip in Catania Fontana Rossa - took over Sigonella on November 5, 2012 for four weeks the commercial air traffic in Catania. Further south, near the town of Ragusa, the airport is located Comiso, which was reopened in 2013 for commercial aviation.
It has been repeatedly taken into account to build in the plain of Catania on the former airfield Gerbini or in neighboring Sigonella a new airport in Catania, because in Fontana Rossa no major expansion options are no longer present. The airport would be about 25 kilometers west of Catania on the A 19 motorway to Palermo and the adjacent running track.