Kerry Airport
Kerry Airport
Kerry Airport (Irish: Aerfort
Chiarraí), often called Farranfore Airport, is a regional airport in
Farranfore, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. It is 7 nautical miles (13 km;
8.1 mi) north of Killarney and the Ring of Kerry, and 8 nautical miles (15 km;
9.2 mi) south-east of Tralee. Passenger services are operated by Stobart Air
for Aer Lingus Regional, and Ryanair. In 2017 Kerry Airport handled 335,480
passengers an increase of 3% over 2016.
History
Kerry Airport was incorporated as
a public limited company (PLC) in July 1968, with its main objective of
building and managing an airport at Farranfore. Various share capital fundraising
programmes were undertaken and, together with great assistance from the various
statutory bodies over the years, the airport has developed from a runway of
1,090 metres x 23 metres commissioned in 1969, to a runway of 1,239m x 30m
commissioned in 1989, and a new runway of 2,000m x 45m opened in May 1994.
The first aircraft to land at
Kerry Airport, on 25 August 1969, was piloted by Captain Milo Carr of the
Department of Transport and Power. For a number of years, the only aircraft
using the aerodrome were light private aircraft and the occasional charter or
cargo flight; extensive parachuting also took place. The first scheduled
service was inaugurated in July 1979, using an Islander aircraft operated by
Aer Arann.
Encouraged by the apparent success
of other regional airports in Ireland, the board of directors drew up a
development plan to lengthen and widen the runway to 1,200m x 30m and to extend
and upgrade the terminal buildings and to install an Instrument Landing System
and appropriate lighting.
The runway was completed on
schedule; the first scheduled flight into Kerry was on 22 May 1989 from Dublin
by Aer Lingus, followed the next day by Ryanair from London-Luton. The contract
for the new runway of 2,000m x 45m and the new terminal was signed in May 1993,
and the official sod-turning ceremony was performed by Dick Spring TD, the
Tánaiste.
The Runway 08/26 was licensed by
the Irish Aviation Authority on 20 May 1994, and the first flight landed at
13:23 local time on 20 May. It was a PA28 aircraft registration G-BLSD from
Manchester, piloted by C. Gurley. This was followed by the first commercial
flight by Aer Lingus, a Saab 340. Its registration was EI-CFD and it was commanded
by Captain Peter Heinz. The airport is a public limited company, but is not
quoted on any stock exchange. It had an operating profit of €179,329 in 2009 on
a turnover of €6,252,221. This represented a fall of 32% from the previous
financial year. The operating profit for the year 2015 was €30,980. In January
2011, it was announced that 20 of the airport's 65 staff would be made
redundant, owing to a fall in passenger numbers following Ryanair's withdrawal
from its public service obligation (PSO) contract. It was announced in February
2012 that, owing to the codeshare agreement with Aer Lingus, the currently
operated Dublin service with Aer Arann would be operated from 30 October 2012
under the brand Aer Lingus Regional. Aer Arann was later rebranded as Stobart
Air. Passenger numbers on the Dublin route operated by Aer Lingus Regional,
increased by 13.5% in 2014.
In February 2017, Ryanair
announced they would commence a twice-weekly service to Berlin–Schönefeld from
2 November 2017.
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