Lamezia Terme International Airport

Lamezia Terme International Airport (Italian: Aeroporto Internazionale di Lamezia Terme "Sant'Eufemia") (IATA: SUF, ICAO: LICA) is an airport in the Sant'Eufemia district of Lamezia Terme, Calabria, Italy.^[2] It is the principal airport of Calabria. Additionally, a military helicopter unit, the 2° Reggimento dell'Aria "Sirio", is based near the airport.

Lamezia Terme International Airport Aeroporto Internazionale di Lamezia Terme
IATA: SUF ICAO: LICA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Sacal S.p.A.
Serves	Province of Catanzaro
Location	Lamezia Terme, Italy
Elevation AMSL	46 ft / 14 m
Coordinates	38°54′19″N 16°14′32″E
Map
SUF Show map of Calabria SUF Show map of Italy
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 9,900 3,017 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers 2,622,535 Passenger change 21–22 53.7% Aircraft movements 23,374 Movements change 21–22 23.7% Cargo (tons) 2,227 Cargo change 21-22 17.1%
Statistics from Assaeroporti[1]

History

In 1965, a consortium, CONSAER, was formed to build a new airport near the motorway, the railway and the port of Gioia Tauro; level ground near Lamezia Terme was chosen as the site. The airport opened in June 1976. Its IATA airport code SUF derives from the name Sant'Eufemia. Itavia began scheduled flights to Rome-Fiumicino, Milan-Linate, Catania and Palermo in December of that year. The airport was expanded and modernised in 1982.

Since 1990 it has been managed by SACAL SpA, which is jointly owned by various local government administrations and by private investors.

A contract to extend the runway from the current 2,414 m (7,920 ft) to 3,000 m (9,800 ft) was awarded on 27 December 2007. A design competition for a new passenger terminal to replace the present building was held in November 2008, and was won by Engco.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Lamezia Terme Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
AeroItalia	Rome-Fiumicino[3]
Air Transat	Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson
AlbaStar	Seasonal: Bergamo
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal: Vienna
Condor	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich
Discover Airlines	Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
easyJet	Basel/Mulhouse, Milan–Malpensa Seasonal: Geneva, Nice (begins 23 June 2025),[4] Paris–Orly (begins 21 May 2025)[5]
Edelweiss Air	Zurich[6]
Eurowings	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[7] Düsseldorf,[8] Hannover,[9] Innsbruck,[10][11] Salzburg,[12] Stuttgart[13]
ITA Airways	Milan–Linate,[14] Rome–Fiumicino[14]
Lufthansa	Seasonal: Frankfurt (begins 6 April 2025)[15]
Luxair	Seasonal: Luxembourg
Neos	Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa, Verona
Ryanair	Bergamo, Bologna, Bucharest–Otopeni (begins 31 March 2025),[16] Genoa, Hahn, London–Stansted, Malta, Memmingen, Milan–Malpensa, Pisa, Tirana,[17] Turin, Verona Seasonal: Charleroi,[18] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Kraków, Madrid (resumes 1 April 2025),[19] Nuremberg, Treviso, Trieste (begins 30 March 2025),[20] Valencia,[21] Venice,[22] Vienna,[23] Wrocław (begins 30 March 2025)[19]
SkyAlps	Seasonal: Bolzano[24]
Smartwings	Seasonal: Prague[25] Seasonal charter: Brno,[26] Ostrava,[27] Warsaw-Chopin[28]
Transavia	Seasonal: Paris–Orly[citation needed]
TUI Airways	Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester
TUI fly Belgium	Seasonal: Brussels

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at SUF airport. See Wikidata query.

References

1. "Statistiche 2019".
2. "Lamezia Terme Airport, Italy (SUF)". AirMundo. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
3. Liu, Jim (17 December 2024). "Aeroitalia Adds Marathon Airlines E175 Service in NS25". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
4. "easyJet presenta le basi di Milano Linate e Roma Fiumicino" [Easyjet introduces new bases]. Italiavola.com (in Italian). 11 December 2024.
5. "easyJet NS25 Network Additions – 22DEC24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
6. "Air Canada Begins Edelweiss Air Codeshare in NS24". Aeroroutes. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
7. Liu, Jim (14 February 2023). "Eurowings NS23 Network Update – 12FEB23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
8. Liu, Jim (14 February 2023). "Eurowings NS23 Network Update – 12FEB23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
9. "Eurowings NS24 Hanover / Nuremberg Network Expansion". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
10. Liu, Jim (14 February 2023). "Eurowings NS23 Network Update – 12FEB23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
11. "Sommerflugplan 2022" (PDF). Innsbruck Airport.
12. Liu, Jim (14 February 2023). "Eurowings NS23 Network Update – 12FEB23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
13. Liu, Jim (14 February 2023). "Eurowings NS23 Network Update – 12FEB23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
14. Liu, Jim (30 October 2024). "ITA Airways NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
15. "Lufthansa Adds Frankfurt – Lamezia Terme in NS25". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
16. https://boardingpass.ro/ruta-noua-bucuresti-lamezia-terme-cu-ryanair-din-martie-2025
17. "RYANAIR ANNOUNCES EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH FOR CALABRIA". italiavola. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
18. "Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23".
19. "Ryanair NS25 Network Additions – 01DEC24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
20. "Calabria e Repubblica Ceca più vicine, nuovi voli per Lamezia e Praga". TriestePrima (in Italian). 14 November 2024.
21. "Ryanair NS24 Network Additions Summary – 14JUL24".
22. "Ryanair NS23 Network Additions Summary – 26MAR23". Aeroroutes.
23. "Ryanair NS23 A320 Network Additions – 05FEB23". Aeroroutes.
24. Liu, Jim (8 April 2022). "Sky Alps NS22 Bolzano Network Expansion". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
25. Liu, Jim (30 December 2024). "Smartwings NS25 A220 Network Overview – 29DEC24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
26. Liu, Jim (11 May 2023). "Smartwings NS23 Brno / Ostrava Network Additions". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
27. Liu, Jim (8 January 2024). "Smartwings NS24 Network Additions – 07JAN24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
28. Liu, Jim (28 April 2023). "Smartwings Poland NS23 Charter Network Additions". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 31 December 2024.

External links

Media related to Lamezia Terme International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official Homepage from Società Aeroportuale Calabrese
• Accident history for SUF at Aviation Safety Network