# Brindisi Airport (BDS)

> Brindisi, IT · IATA: BDS · ICAO: LIBR · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `BDS` |
| ICAO | `LIBR` |
| City | Brindisi |
| Country | IT |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 14 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 40.65760, 17.94700 |

## Description

When disaster strikes somewhere in the world, relief often starts in Brindisi: the airport grounds host the UN Global Service Centre and the World Food Programme's Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD), from which chartered freighters — at times a permanently stationed Ilyushin Il-76 — fly aid into crisis regions. The civilian side operates as Brindisi Airport, also branded Aeroporto del Salento (IATA: BDS, ICAO: LIBR), and handled around 2.5 million passengers in 2024 (down on 2023), chiefly on Ryanair and easyJet. Aeroporti di Puglia, the same region-owned company as in Bari, runs the airport, while the Italian Air Force maintains a military base on the field. Commercial airfreight barely registers — just over 220 tonnes in 2024, essentially courier traffic. Salento shipments therefore truck via Bari or directly to the hubs at Rome Fiumicino and Milan Malpensa. Worth noting for project cargo: the seaport of Brindisi, with ferry links to Greece and Albania, lies only a few kilometres away. The city centre is about ten minutes by road via the coastal expressway.

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*Freight Academy — Airport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/brindisi-airport-bds](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/brindisi-airport-bds)*

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