Kerry Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Kerry Airport
nativename = Aerphort Chiarraí
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IATA = KIR
ICAO = EIKY
type = Public
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operator = Kerry Airport Plc
city-served = Killarney/Tralee
location = Farranfore
elevation-f = 112
elevation-m = 34
coordinates = Coord|52|10|51|N|009|31|26|W|type:airport
website = [http://www.kerryairport.ie www.kerryairport.ie]
metric-rwy = Yes
r1-number = 08/26
r1-length-f = 6,562
r1-length-m = 2,000
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 07/25
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r2-length-f = 6,562
r2-length-m = 1,230
r2-surface = Asphalt
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footnotes = Irish AIP at EUROCONTROL [ [http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/publicuser/protect/pu/main.jsp EAD Basic] ]

Kerry Airport Airport codes|KIR|EIKY, or Aerphort Chiarraí in Irish, often called Farranfore Airport, is an airport in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. It is 15 minutes from Killarney and the Ring of Kerry, and 20 minutes from Tralee. It is just over one hour from both Cork and Limerick cities using the newly constructed bypass roads. It is the only airport in the Republic of Ireland to be within walking distance of a train station, with Iarnród Éireann's Farranfore station half a kilometre away. A new airport bus terminal opened in January 2006 which has hourly bus service to Cork, Limerick, Tralee and Killarney. Over two million passengers have traveled through Kerry Airport since its first scheduled flight in 1989. Aer Arann and Ryanair are the scheduled airlines operating from the airport.

The first aircraft to land at Kerry was flown by Captain Milo Carr of the Department of Transport and Power (now the Department of Transport and the Marine on 25 August 1969. The first scheduled flight from Kerry Airport was on 22 May 1989 to Dublin by Aer Lingus, followed the next day by Ryanair to London Luton. The first large passenger jet to use the new facility was a Boeing 757. The first transatlantic charter flight was operated by American Trans Air (now ATA Airlines from New York City).

The airport is a public limited company (PLC) but not quoted on any stock exchange. It had a profit of €385,000 in 2004 on a turnover of €6.4 million. The main shareholders in Kerry Airport are the Kerry Group, bin Mahfouz family, Kerry County Council, Electricity Supply Board (ESB) and Denis Kelleher.

Kerry Airport employs 49 people and is reported to offer some of the lowest costs to airlines in Europe. In 2006 there were 185,000 passengers.

Airlines and destinations

cheduled flights

* Aer Arann (Lorient [seasonal] , Manchester)
* Ryanair (Dublin, Frankfurt-Hahn, Grenoble Lyon [begins 20 December] , London-Luton, London-Stansted)

Charter flights

TUI AG (Palma)

Government support

The Irish Government subvents regional services under a Public Service Obligation programme. A tender is offered for airlines to provide a minimum level of service in return for subsidy and a monopoly of the route. The tender is published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Aer Arann were re-awarded the PSO for the 2005 offer programme but in 2008 it was awarded to Ryanair. [ [http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0515/ryanair.html RTÉ Business: Ryanair will take up Kerrry offer ] ]

On 21 February 2007, the Irish Government announced that Kerry Airport would receive almost €17.7 million in capital grant money.

Ground transportation

A Shuttle Bus operates in conjunction with the Ryanair Frankfurt service to Farranfore and Killarney with transfers to Tralee and Dingle.

Kerry Airport has a new bus terminal, opened in January 2006, which has scheduled bus service throughout Ireland.

The airport is 500 metres (530 yards) from Farranfore village via a lit footpath which has an Iarnród Éireann railway station.

Car hire and taxi services are available.

Airport data

Kerry Airport has a new runway 2,000 m x 45 m which was opened in May 1994. It developed from a runway of 1,090 m x 23 m in 1969 to a runway of 1239 m x 30 m in 1989.
*Elevation: 112 ft AMSL
*Reference Temperature: 18.6 °C (July)
*Magnetic Variation: 06° 39'W (1994) Annual decrease 11'
*Runway: 08/26
*Dimensions: 2,000 metre x 45 metre asphalt surface
*Lighting: Runway Edge Threshold, End, Taxiway, Apron
*Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI): Runway 26 3°. Runway 08 3°
*Approach: Runway 26 CAT 1 Calvert 900 m with five crossbars. Runway 08 ILS 420 m C/L with one crossbar
*Instrument Approaches: Runway 26 ILS. Runway 08 Non-directional beacon (NDB)/Distance measuring equipment (DME)
*Instrument landing system (ILS): CAT 1
*Fire Cover: CAT 6
*Pavement Classification Number (PCN): 44/F/C/W/T

References

External links

* [http://www.kerryairport.ie Kerry Airport]