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Map showing Cork Airport in relation to the rest of Cork City Map of Cork Airport. Cork Airport (Irish: Aerfort Chorcaí) (IATA: ORK, ICAO: EICK) is the second-largest international airport in Ireland, after Dublin and ahead of Shannon. It is 6.5 km (4.0 mi) south of Cork City centre, [1] in an area known as Farmers Cross. [5]
Oil terminals in Ireland Terminal Location Operator Facilities and operations References Bantry Bay: Reenrour, Bantry, County Cork Zenith Energy Total capacity 1,400,000 m 3, 19 tanks, size 241 to 97,675 m 3, Single point mooring buoy. Gasoline, Diesel, jet fuel. Land area 1,397,843 m 2 [4] [5] Dublin Airport: Dublin Airport, Swords, County Dublin
Most of the industry in Cork is concentrated around the Greater Cork area, taking in Cork city and its hinterland. The immediate Cork city area has a population of almost 209,000 including the suburbs. [2] Around 42,000 workers travel into the city and suburbs to work every day. [3] The majority of those commuters come from Cork County (91% ...
DAA plc (styled "daa") (Irish: Údarás Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath cpt), [1] previously Dublin Airport Authority, is a commercial semi-state airport company in Ireland. The company owns and operates Dublin Airport and Cork Airport. Its other subsidiaries include the travel retail business Aer Rianta International [2] and DAA International. [3]
The low altitude of the city, and moderating influences of the harbour, mean that lying snow very rarely occurs in the city itself. At Cork airport, there are on average 218 "rainy" days a year (over 0.2 millimetres (0.008 in) of rainfall), of which there are 80 days with "heavy rain" (over 5 millimetres (0.2 in)). [33]
Cork Harbour map showing Port of Cork locations at Cork, Tivoli, Ringaskiddy and Cobh. The Port of Cork has berthing facilities at Cork City, Tivoli, Ringaskiddy, and Cobh. Cork City's quays are primarily used for grain and oil transport. The city quays house 10 berths, mostly privately owned. [15]
Tivoli's docks, part of the Port of Cork, provide container handling, facilities for oil, livestock and ore, as well as a roll-on/roll-off ferry ramp. [6] The docks are a significant point of entry for imported motor vehicles. The docks are to be phased out as the Port of Cork moves further downriver to the Ringaskiddy area. [7]
A consortium of oil companies formed the Irish Refining Company Limited to construct and operate a refinery; the participant companies and their interests were Esso (40%), Shell-Mex & BP (40%) and Caltex (20%). The refinery was constructed on a 330-acre (133 ha) site at Whitegate, East Cork, County Cork.