Kerry Airport, KIR

Kerry Airport – Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland (IATA: KIR, ICAO: 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. The nearest Iarnród Éireann railway station is Farranfore - 500 metres (530 yards) walk. A new airport bus terminal opened in Jan 2006 which has hourly bus service to Cork, Limerick, Tralee and Killarney.

The first aircraft to land at Kerry was flown by Captain Milo Carr of the Department of Transport and Power 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 from New York.

Airlines and destinations

Aer Arann (Dublin, Manchester)
Ryanair (Frankfurt-Hahn, London Stansted)

Airport data
Kerry Airport has a new runway 2,000m x 45m which was opened in May 1994. It developed from a runway of 1,090m x 23m in 1969 to a runway of 1239m x 30m in 1989.

Aerodrome Reference Point: 52.1052° N 09.3153.° W
Elevation: 113ft AMSL
Reference Temperature: 18.6 (July)
Magnetic Variation: 08.22W (1994) Annual Decrease 09.2
Runway: 08/26
Dimensions: 2,000 metre x 45 metre Asphalt Surface
Lighting: Runway Edge Threshold, End, Taxiway, Apron
PAPI: Runway 26 3 degrees. Runway 08 3 degrees
Approach: Runway 26 CAT 1 Calvert 900 m with five crossbars. Runway 08 ILS 420m C/L with one crossbar
Instrument Approaches: Runway 26 ILS. Runway 08 NDB/DME
ILS: CAT 1
Fire Cover: CAT 6
PCN: 44/F/C/W/T

Summary

Kerry Airport (KIR/EIKY)
Tel: +353 (0)66 976 4644,
Fax: +353 (0)66 976 4134,
e-mail: info@kerryairport.ie
website: http://www.kerryairport.ie/