Venice Marco Polo Airport (IATA:VCE,ICAO:LIPZ) is theinternational airport ofVenice,Italy. It is located on the mainland near the village of Tessera, afrazione of thecomune ofVenice located about 4.1nautical miles (7.6 kilometres; 4.7 miles) east ofMestre (on the mainland) and around the same distance north of Venice proper. Due to the importance of Venice as a leisure destination, it features flights to many European metropolitan areas as well as some partly seasonal long-haul routes to theUnited States,Canada,South Korea and theMiddle East. The airport handled 11,184,608 passengers in 2018,[4] making it thefourth-busiest airport in Italy. The airport is named afterMarco Polo and serves as a base forVolotea,Ryanair,Wizz Air andeasyJet.[5]
Venice Marco Polo Airport Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo Aeroporto di Venezia-Tessera | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | SAVE S.p.A. | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Venice andPadua,Italy | ||||||||||||||
Location | Tessera | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 7 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°30′19″N012°21′07″E / 45.50528°N 12.35194°E /45.50528; 12.35194 (Venice Marco Polo Airport) | ||||||||||||||
Website | veneziaairport.it | ||||||||||||||
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Another airport located in the Venice area,Treviso Airport, is sometimes unofficially labelledVenice – Treviso and serves low-cost airlinesRyanair andWizz Air.
Overview
editA modern terminal was opened in 2002, but it is already at full capacity.[when?][citation needed] The airport is managed by SAVE S.p.A., a company partially owned by local authorities that also controls the smallerTreviso Airport, dedicated tolow-cost carriers. The airport was named after the Venetian travellerMarco Polo.
Terminal
editTheairport terminal has three floors: the ground floor for arrivals and the second floor for departures. The departure area has 70check-in desks and has two airsidelounges. The "Tintoretto Lounge" is forSkyTeam passengers and the "Marco Polo Room" is for all other passengers. The third floor of the terminal has offices for the operating company and airlines. The departure floor has separate areas forSchengen and non-Schengen flights.
Airlines and destinations
editThe following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Venice:[6]
Statistics
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Ground transportation
editThe mainland airport has scheduled bus connections to the nearby railway stations ofVenice Mestre andPiazzale Roma. The airport is also directly connected to several destinations in the lagoon by public transit Alilaguna water shuttle services (Blue, Red and Orange lines); by the express Gold Line toPiazza San Marco or bywater taxi. From the airport it is possible to reach:
- VenicePiazzale Roma by ATVO (provincial company) buses[86] and by ACTV (city company) buses (route 5aerobus);[87]
- Venice, Lido and Murano by Alilaguna (private company) motorboats;
- Mestre, the mainland andVenice Mestre railway station, providing connections toMilan,Padua,Trieste,Verona and the rest of Italy, by ACTV buses (route 15 and 45)[87] and ATVO buses;
- regional destinations (Treviso, Padua, beaches ...) by ATVO buses and byBusitalia Sita Nord[88] buses (national company).
A rail link which will connect the airport toVenice Mestre via theVenice–Trieste railway is currently under construction and is expected to come into service in 2025.[89]
Accidents and incidents
edit- On 6 March 1967, aShort BrothersSC.7 Skyvan 2–102, operated by Soc. Aeralpi, crashed while attempting to land in bad weather, crashing into the lagoon. All 3 on board survived.[90]
- On 14 September 1993, anItalian Air ForcePiaggio PD.808 crashed while attempting to land in bad weather, killing all 3 on board.[91]
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External links
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