# Taranto-Grottaglie Marcello Arlotta Airport (TAR / LIBG)

**Taranto-Grottaglie Marcello Arlotta Airport** (IATA: TAR, ICAO: LIBG) is a medium airport in Grottaglie, Apulia, Italy. It opened in 1916. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aeroporti di Puglia. In 2023 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/libg

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TAR / LIBG
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Aeroporti di Puglia
- Serves: Grottaglie, Apulia, Italy
- Opened: 1916
- Elevation: 66 m / 215 ft
- Coordinates: 40.5175, 17.4032
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,499 ft
- Passengers: 1,080 (2023)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Rome
- Website: https://grottaglie.airports.aeroportidipuglia.it/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranto-Grottaglie_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1056589
- Weather station: LIBG · WMO 16324
- Ident: LIBG

## Timeline

- 1916: Taranto-Grottaglie Marcello Arlotta Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 169° / 349° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 507 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 345 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 885 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 348 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 34 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 164 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 365 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 899 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 278 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 984 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,083 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 1,080 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1K (2023) | #3,289 of 3,974 | #677 in Europe | #46 in IT |
| Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | =818 of 29,858 | =111 in Europe | #6 in IT |
| Elevation | 66 m / 215 ft | =33,528 of 43,403 | =4,254 in Europe | #322 in IT |
| Age | Opened 1916 | =108 of 15,079 | =88 in Europe | =18 in IT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =27 in IT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 118.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [LIBV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libv.md) Gioia del Colle Antonio Ramirez Air Base · 48 km / 30 mi
- [BDS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libr.md) Brindisi Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [LCC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libn.md) Lecce Galatina Air Base / Galatina Fortunato Cesari Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [BRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libd.md) Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · 88 km / 55 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #73

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/libg/data