Trieste Airport

Not Verified | The best thing about Trieste airport is the train link to the city. The airport seems to have been newly renovated but there is no air conditioning and with a very clinical holding area before boarding the flight, it was a very long and clammy wait (2hrs) which was as uncomfortable as it sounds. There is no water fountain so you are forced to buy drinks from the bar as you can’t bring liquids through security. It reminds me of the bad old days with Ryanair where you were interrogated about bags and made to put your bag in the holder, despite the fact that the person in front of you had a bigger bag, and you always traveled with the same bags without issue. I had to explain twice before getting to security that the extra bag I had was a change of clothes I needed before boarding the plane given that we were going from 29 degrees to 18 degrees.

✅ Trip Verified | A small airport near the city of Monfalcone and Trieste. The airport is quite basic and has bus boarding only. Arrivals is equally tiny which means from plane to the exit in less than 5 min. The interior looks rather dated and not always well maintained. They've some shopping and food & beverages but it's all nothing to rave about. There's a train station with connections to Trieste and Venezia which is very convenient.

✅ Trip Verified | Surreal. A bit like traveling in Belarus. Queues that recall Soviet times. Non existent customer service that makes you wish automatization of work would go faster so that humans at this airport could be replaced with machines. Horrendous luggage service, my luggage lost on the way in took some heroic efforts to recover. Shops are sad and deserted. Absolutely a nightmare. Avoid at all cost. Apparently they are struggling to sell the airport - no surprise there.

✅ Trip Verified | Arrived TRS on 15 March Airport under a great deal of construction. Departed on 19 March and most of the construction apparatus and scaffolding has disappeared. Airport seems newly refurbished. Small, pleasant airport. I used the new airport train station. Bit of a hike from the terminal, but still got through security 15 minutes after departing the train. (There were two people in line for security). One restaurant/bar post security and a small, comfortable, not-well-stocked lounge. Train station a welcome addition as the bus to Trieste takes an hour and the taxi journey is expensive.

A very small airport that mainly serves Trieste, Udine, Gorizia and the western part of Slovenia. More similar to a train station, as it often happens for small airports. A few shops that mainly sell local food and wine, a very small duty free and a couple of bars. It also features a small but comfortable lounge.

Two years after my last comment still no improvements and I use this airport on regular basis. If catching first morning flight no way one could have an easy cup of coffee. Bars open at 6am - queue too long to get your coffee on time. Toilets were worn out 2 years ago so one can only imagine how they look now after traffic increase. At 5h30am toilets were impossibly dirty which means they weren't cleaned the night before. People were sleeping all over airport in corners. It all remembered to some 3rd class railway station rather than an airport. Personnel not bursting with kindness.

Nice pleasant airport. Check-in usually fast security queue depends on the number of flights departing at the same time. Airport gives you everything you need for a quick departure and arrival. Before security check: one cafe on 1st floor that opens too late in the morning and closes too early in the evening. After security check: one cafe no shops. Toilet cleanliness depend on the time of the day but worn out.

Very small airport although recently refurbished. The departure area has just one tiny bar before the security check. Once you go through the security check there is no chance to get a bottle of water. Few metal detectors. When I left I didn't wait on line more than 10 minutes but the area wasn't crowded at all. I guess the waiting time would increase dramatically when more flights depart simultaneously.

For being a small fairly provincial airport traditionally muscled out by its big brother Venice Marco Polo Trieste is actually a very decent airport. Don't expect masses of shops (as you wouldn't in one this size) but really this place has everything you need and provides a nice comfortable modern and welcoming environment in which to travel. Good cafes and bars are around as are enough souvenir/newsagent shops to keep me happy. Upstairs you get good views of planes leaving/arriving too. The running of the airport itself seems very efficient probably due in large part to its manageable size. Baggage reclaim is extremely quick in fact your baggage will often be on the carousel before you are (what a comparison with the good half hour or so you generally have as a minimum waiting time in any London airport baggage reclaim area!)

I have been in the old Trieste airport and the new one. I must say the new one is a huge improvement over the old one. The upstairs bar & restaurant is reasonable and of good quality. You don't have to ride the airport bus local buses (a little slower) call into the airport for Trieste and other locals. Bus service on Sundays is poor.