Venice Marco Polo Airport Explained

Venice Marco Polo Airport
Image2-Width:250
Focus City:
Iata:VCE
Icao:LIPZ
Pushpin Map:Italy Veneto#Italy
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Italy
Pushpin Label:VCE
Pushpin Label Position:left
Type:Public
Owner-Oper:SAVE S.p.A.
City-Served:Venice and Padua, Italy
Location:Tessera
Elevation-F:7
Elevation-M:2
Website:veneziaairport.it
Metric-Rwy:yes
R1-Number:04R/22L
R1-Length-F:10,827
R1-Length-M:3,300
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:04L/22R
R2-Length-F:9,121
R2-Length-M:2,780
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:9,319,156
Stat2-Data: 171.1%
Stat3-Header:Movements
Stat3-Data:79,171
Stat4-Header:Movements change 21-22
Stat4-Data: 102.1%
Stat5-Header:Cargo
Stat5-Data:47,585
Stat6-Data: 7.6%
Stat-Year:2022
Footnotes:Source: Assaeroporti

Venice Marco Polo Airport is the international airport of Venice, Italy. It is located on the mainland near the village of Tessera, a frazione of the comune of Venice located about 4.1NM east of Mestre (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 the United States, Canada, South Korea and the Middle East. The airport handled 11,184,608 passengers in 2018,[4] making it the fourth-busiest airport in Italy. The airport is named after Marco Polo and serves as a base for Volotea, Ryanair, Wizz Air and easyJet.[5]

Another airport located in the Venice area, Treviso Airport, is sometimes unofficially labelled Venice – Treviso and serves low-cost airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air.

Overview

A modern terminal was opened in 2002, but it is already at full capacity. The airport is managed by SAVE S.p.A., a company partially owned by local authorities that also controls the smaller Treviso Airport, dedicated to low-cost carriers. The airport was named after the Venetian traveller Marco Polo.

Terminal

The airport terminal has three floors: the ground floor for arrivals and the second floor for departures. The departure area has 70 check-in desks and has two airside lounges. The "Tintoretto Lounge" is for SkyTeam 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 for Schengen and non-Schengen flights.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Venice:[6]

Ground transportation

The mainland airport has scheduled bus connections to the nearby railway stations of Venice Mestre and Piazzale 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 to Piazza San Marco or by water taxi. From the airport it is possible to reach:

Accidents and incidents

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Easyjet launches Venice base. Business Traveller.
  2. Web site: New Ryanair Base At Venice Marco Polo Airport . ryanair.com . 7 October 2021.
  3. Web site: WIZZ AIR CONTINUES ITS EXPANSION IN ITALY WITH THE OPENING OF ITS 7TH BASE IN VENICE . wizzair.com . 6 October 2021.
  4. Web site: Statistiche Dicembre 2017. 24 January 2018.
  5. Web site: Easyjet opens Venice base. February 2016 .
  6. http://www.veniceairport.it/en/flights/seasonal-schedule.html veniceairport.it – Seasonal schedule
  7. Web site: Venice Airport bus service. www.atvo.it.
  8. Web site: linee urbane | ACTV.
  9. Web site: Information . www.fsbusitalia.it . 28 February 2012 . 16 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160416071331/http://www.fsbusitalia.it/cms-instance/documenti/fsbusitalia/Montegrotto-AeropMarcoPolo.pdf . dead .
  10. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 2–102 I-TORE Venezia . Aviation Safety Network . 10 March 2008.
  11. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Piaggio PD.808TP MM61953 Venezia . Aviation Safety Network . 10 March 2008.