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Kerry AirportKerry Airport (IATA Airport Code: KIR), often called Farranfore Airport, is an airport in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. It is only 15 minutes from Killarney and the Ring of Kerry, and 20 minutes from Tralee. The nearest Iarnrd ireann railway station is Farranfore. Over one million passengers have traveled through Kerry Airport since its first scheduled flight in 1989. Aer Arann and Ryanair are the only 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 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. Ryanair introduced their Kerry to Frankfurt (Main) service on 1 April 2003. Airlines and Destinations The following scheduled airlines use Kerry Airport (at January 2005): - Aer Arann to Dublin and Manchester
- Ryanair to Frankfurt (Hahn) and London Stansted
Airport Data Kerry Airport has developed from a runway of 1,090m x 23m in 1969 to a runway of 1239m x 30m in 1989 and a new runway 2,000m x 45m was opened in May 1994. - Aerodrome Reference Point:
- Elevation: 113ft AMSL
- Reference Temperature: 18.6 (July)
- Magnetic Variation: 08.22W (1994) Annual Decrease 09.2
- Runway: 26/08
- 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
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