Rome Fiumicino Airport

Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport
Aeroporto internazionale di Roma-Fiumicino "Leonardo da Vinci"
Satellite view of the airport in 2022
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMinistry of Infrastructure and Transport
OperatorAeroporti di Roma
ServesFiumicino
Rome
Lazio region
Vatican City
LocationFiumicino, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
Opened15 January 1961 (1961-01-15)
Hub forITA Airways
Poste Air Cargo
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates41°48′01″N 012°14′20″E / 41.80028°N 12.23889°E / 41.80028; 12.23889
Websiteadr.it
Maps

Airport map
FCO/LIRF
Location of airport in Italy
FCO/LIRF
FCO/LIRF (Italy)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,190 10,466 Asphalt
16R/34L 3,902 12,802 Asphalt
16L/34R 3,902 12,802 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers49,203,734
Passenger change 23-24 38.1%
Aircraft movement315,597
Movements change 23-24 18.4%
Cargo (tons)271,579.6
Cargo change 23-24 43%
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Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport (Italian: Aeroporto internazionale di Roma-Fiumicino "Leonardo da Vinci") (IATA: FCO, ICAO: LIRF) is an international airport in Fiumicino, Italy, serving Rome, its metropolitan area, Vatican City and the wider Lazio region. It is the busiest airport in the country, the eighth-busiest airport in Europe and the world's 39th-busiest airport with over 51 million passengers served in 2025. It covers an area of 16 km2 (6.2 sq mi).

Fiumicino serves as the main hub for ITA Airways, the Italian flag carrier and the largest airline in the country, and Poste Air Cargo. It was previously the hub for Alitalia, the defunct airline that was Italy's largest and main flag carrier. It is also an operating base for several other airlines, such as AeroItalia, easyJet, Neos, Ryanair, Vueling and Wizz Air. The airport is managed by Aeroporti di Roma (ADR), part of the Italian transport holding company Mundys.

Opened in 1961, it is in Fiumicino, 30 km (19 mi) south of Rome, and is named for Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519). Reproductions of his most famous works and inventions are displayed at the airport.