Ireland has quite a lot of airports and one of them is at Farranfore in County Kerry. Kerry Airport is a small facility, which is fairly close to both Tralee and Killarney.
It has the distinction of being the only airport in the Republic of Ireland with a railway station close by. Since only locals would really use the facility, here’s a look at what it is like.
KERRY AIRPORT
Those used to large capital city airports will be in for a surprise as Kerry Airport is rather compact. As soon as you walk in, immediately in front of you is an information desk.
WAITING AROUND
Since I had arrived two hours before the flight, I passed the time checking out the terminal. This consisted of looking at the two vending machines (both empty) and the photographs on the wall.
THE BAR AND CAFE
I asked the lady manning the podium at the entrance door if she knew when the cafe would open. She said it would be about 12:30 or so, which would make it tight to get food before boarding. Another passenger, clearly irritated, emphatically spoke to her shortly after so she went into the cafe and returned to say it would open “in about 10 minutes”. That was just before 12 midday and by that time, many people were waiting for the Dublin flight.
OVERALL THOUGHTS
Interestingly for such a small facility, they have a brand new security scanner negating the requirement to remove your liquids and so on from your bag. The lady at the podium I had seen earlier ended up being the person doing the scanning and she asked if I had a nice lunch.
There are very friendly staff at Kerry Airport, and there sure seem to be a lot of them knocking around. Anyway, it’s a perfectly pleasant place, though I wouldn’t arrive early for your flight if you don’t have to, especially with everything being closed until just before flight time.
Have you been to Kerry Airport before? What do you think of it? Thank you for reading and if you have any comments or questions, please leave them below.