{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Brindisi Airport","iataCode":"BDS","icaoCode":"LIBR","city":"Brindisi","country":"IT","airportType":"large_airport","cargoCapable":true,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":40.6576,"longitude":17.947001},"elevationMeters":14,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"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 R","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/brindisi-airport-bds","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/brindisi-airport-bds","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Brindisi Airport · (IATA: BDS) · Brindisi, IT · 14 m · Cargo Hub"}