Venice Marco Polo Airport
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 and Padua, Italy | ||||||||||||||
Location | Tessera | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 7 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°30′19″N 012°21′07″E / 45.50528°N 12.35194°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | veneziaairport.it | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Assaeroporti |
Venice Marco Polo Airport (IATA: VCE, ICAO: LIPZ) 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 4.1 nautical miles (7.6 kilometres; 4.7 miles) 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
[edit]A 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 smaller Treviso Airport, dedicated to low-cost carriers. The airport was named after the Venetian traveller Marco Polo.
Terminal
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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
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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Venice:[6]
Statistics
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Ground transportation
[edit]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:
- Venice Piazzale Roma by ATVO (provincial company) buses[31] and by ACTV (city company) buses (route 5 aerobus);[32]
- Venice, Lido and Murano by Alilaguna (private company) motorboats;
- Mestre, the mainland and Venice Mestre railway station, providing connections to Milan, Padua, Trieste, Verona and the rest of Italy, by ACTV buses (route 15 and 45)[32] and ATVO buses;
- regional destinations (Treviso, Padua, beaches ...) by ATVO buses and by Busitalia Sita Nord[33] buses (national company).
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- On 6 March 1967, a Short Brothers SC.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.[34]
- On 14 September 1993, an Italian Air Force Piaggio PD.808 crashed while attempting to land in bad weather, killing all 3 on board.[35]
References
[edit]- ^ "Easyjet launches Venice base". Business Traveller.
- ^ "New Ryanair Base At Venice Marco Polo Airport". ryanair.com. 7 October 2021.
- ^ "WIZZ AIR CONTINUES ITS EXPANSION IN ITALY WITH THE OPENING OF ITS 7TH BASE IN VENICE". wizzair.com. 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Statistiche Dicembre 2017". 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Easyjet opens Venice base". February 2016.
- ^ veniceairport.it – Seasonal schedule retrieved 30 October 2016
- ^ "Air Cairo apre la Venezia – Sharm el Sheikh". 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Air Europa Returns to Venice this Summer". Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
- ^ "American Airlines Announces New Routes for Summer 2024". Travel Pulse. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Orario stagionale".
- ^ "Venezia si prepara ad accogliere il nuovo volo diretto per Shanghai". www.ttgitalia.com.
- ^ "Delta NS25 Europe Network Changes – 04AUG24". AeroRoutes.
- ^ "easyJet apre 7 rotte per l'estate 2024". 16 January 2024.
- ^ "EASYJET NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 11DEC22". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Flights from Venice Marco Polo to Kefalonia: VCE to EFL Flights + Flight Schedule".
- ^ "Jet2 NS25 A321neo Network Expansion – 14JUL24". AeroRoutes.
- ^ "PLAY Adds Seasonal Venice Service in NS23". AeroRoutes. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Qatar Airways Adds Hamburg; Resumes Venice in NS24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
- ^ "Ryanair announces it is leaving Bordeaux airport". 15 May 2024.
- ^ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
- ^ "Ryanair NS24 Network Additions Summary – 14JUL24". AeroRoutes.
- ^ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
- ^ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
- ^ "Reggio Calabria è base Ryanair. 8 rotte e primo volo per Bologna". 15 February 2024.
- ^ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
- ^ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
- ^ a b c d "Ryanair Removes 1 Aircraft & Closes 6 Routes at Venice Marco Polo Airport Due to Venice Municipality's Excessive Tax Increase – Ryanair's Corporate Website". 28 June 2023.
- ^ "SAS NS23 EUROPEAN NETWORK ADDITIONS". AeroRoutes. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Volotea cresce a Venezia e annuncia nuova rotta verso Tolosa" [Volotea grews in venice and announces ner route to Tolouse]. ansa.it (in Italian). 28 November 2023.
- ^ "Venice Airport bus service". www.atvo.it.
- ^ a b "linee urbane | ACTV".
- ^ "Information" (PDF). www.fsbusitalia.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 2–102 I-TORE Venezia". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 10 March 2008.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Piaggio PD.808TP MM61953 Venezia". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 10 March 2008.
External links
[edit] Media related to Venice Marco Polo Airport at Wikimedia Commons