| Genoa Airport | |
| Nativename: | Aeroporto di Genova |
| Image2-Width: | 250 |
| Iata: | GOA |
| Icao: | LIMJ |
| Type: | Public |
| Operator: | Aeroporto di Genova S.p.A. |
| City-Served: | Genoa, Italy |
| Elevation-F: | 13 |
| Elevation-M: | 4 |
| Pushpin Map: | Italy Liguria#Italy |
| Pushpin Label: | GOA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Italy |
| Website: | www.airport.genova.it |
| Metric-Rwy: | Y |
| R1-Number: | 10/28 |
| R1-Length-F: | 9,564 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2,916 |
| R1-Surface: | Bitumen |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 1,222,888 |
| Stat2-Data: | 99.0% |
| Stat3-Header: | Movements |
| Stat3-Data: | 16,064 |
| Stat4-Data: | 24.4% |
| Stat5-Header: | Cargo (tons) |
| Stat5-Data: | 1,099 |
| Stat6-Data: | 24.4% |
| Stat-Year: | 2022 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] Statistics from Assaeroporti[2] |
Genoa Airport (Italian: link=no|Aeroporto di Genova) also named Christopher Columbus Airport ("Aeroporto Cristoforo Colombo" in Italian) (pronounced as /it/), and commonly named Aeroporto di Genova-Sestri Ponente (Genoa-Sestri Ponente Airport), after the city district where it is located, is an international airport built on an artificial peninsula, 4NM west[1] of Genoa, Italy.
The airport is the most important in Liguria and it serves the city and Port of Genoa, as well as considerable population in Southern Piedmont (Asti and Alessandria Provinces, Southern areas of Cuneo Province). In 2018, with 1,455,626 passengers having passed through the airport,[3] Genoa is the 21st busiest Italian airport by passenger traffic.
It is currently operated by Aeroporto di Genova S.P.A., which has recently upgraded the airport complex. The airport is named after the notable Genoese navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus, who is recalled in the monument La Vela di Colombo.[4] [5] The airport was the manufacturing base for Piaggio Aerospace, an Italian aircraft design and production company.
In January 2022, Volotea announced to close their Genoa base after five years, leading to the cancellation of 14 routes.[6]
Building an offshore airport was not a strange or unique solution only for Genoa. Among the most conspicuous examples we can mention the infrastructures in New York or those of Nice, Venice, Gibraltar.
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Genoa Airport:
Genoa Airport can be reached by travelling in the city's inner roads and by the A10 Motorway, with the closest exit being 'Genova Aeroporto'.
Taxi stands can be found just outside the airport. For groups of at least 3 people, taxi fares can be fixed between the airport and the city's main railway stations:
The closest railway station to the airport is Genova Sestri Ponente-Aeroporto, served by Trenitalia regional trains to/from Piazza Principe/Brignole, Savona and Ventimiglia.
The station is then connected to the airport by a bus service called Airlink, operated by AMT, which departs with a 15 minutes frequency every day between 6.00 am and 10.00 pm. Fares are €1,50 (AMT single tickets) or €1,60 (AMT+Trenitalia integrated fares). AMT also operates Volabus, a bus service linking the airport with the Genova Piazza Principe and Genova Brignole railway stations.
As of 1 August 2020, regional bus operator ATP resumed its Airport Shuttle service between the airport and the other localities in Genoa's Metropolitan City. A one way fare is €20, while a return journey costs €40. As of now, people wishing to travel on this service must book a seat at least 4 days before their travel date and must await a response from the operator's reservation department.