Pisa International Airport

Pisa International Airport — formally Aeroporto Galileo Galilei — is the principal airport of Tuscany and one of central Italy's busiest passenger gateways, located just 1 mi (2 km) south of Pisa's historic center and roughly 50 mi (80 km) west of Florence. Named after the Pisan astronomer, PSA ranks among Italy's top ten airports by passenger traffic and serves as the primary aerial gateway to Tuscany, the Cinque Terre, the Ligurian coast, and a catchment that extends north to La Spezia and south toward Livorno. The network comprises 140 routes to 103 destinations operated by 35 airlines, with an unusually high destination count for a regional Italian airport — a signature of the low-cost carrier density that characterizes Tuscany's leisure-tourism market. Ryanair runs its principal Italian operation at PSA, and the airport functions as one of the carrier's most important Mediterranean bases with a substantial stationed fleet and crew operation. Other significant operators include Wizz Air, easyJet, Vueling, Volotea, ITA Airways, British Airways, Lufthansa Group carriers, Transavia, TUI Fly, and scheduled intercontinental service from Emirates' Dubai–Bologna–Pisa-area patterns. The route map concentrates on UK and Irish origins (London Stansted, Luton, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin), Germany, the Benelux, Scandinavia, Iberia, France, and a growing Middle East and Eastern European portfolio. The airfield sits at just 6 ft (2 m) elevation with two parallel asphalt runways, 03R/21L at 9,820 ft (2,993 m) and 03L/21R at 9,160 ft (2,792 m). The runways share the airfield with Pisa's large military airbase — a historic 46th Air Brigade Italian Air Force installation — making PSA one of Italy's principal joint civil–military fields. The single passenger terminal is compact but handles the full range of traffic including Ryanair, Wizz Air, and Ryanair-sized peak-season throughput. Direct rail and tram links into Pisa and onward to Florence Santa Maria Novella via Pisa Centrale make PSA one of the most transit-accessible secondary airports in Italy.