Venice Marco Polo Airport
International airport serving Venice, Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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 | ||||||||||||||
Website | veneziaairport.it | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Assaeroporti |
Another airport located in the Venice area, Treviso Airport, is sometimes unofficially labelled Venice – Treviso and serves low-cost airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air.