Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport

Genoa Airport (IATA: GOA, ICAO: LIMJ) (Italian: Aeroporto di Genova) also named Christopher Columbus Airport ("Aeroporto Cristoforo Colombo" in Italian) (Italian pronunciation: [kriˈstɔːforo koˈlombo]), and commonly named Aeroporto di Genova-Sestri Ponente (Genoa-Sestri Ponente Airport, after the city district where it is located) is an international airport built on an artificial peninsula, 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) west[1] of Genoa, Italy.

Genoa Airport

Aeroporto di Genova
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAeroporto di Genova S.p.A.
ServesGenoa, Italy
Elevation AMSL13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates44°24′48″N 008°50′15″E
Website
Map
GOA
Location of airport in Italy
GOA
GOA (Italy)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,916 9,564 Bitumen
Statistics (2019)
Passengers1,536,136
Passenger change 18–19 5.5%
Aircraft movements20,645
Movements change 18–19 0.3%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]
Statistics from Assaeroporti[2]

Overview

The airport is the most important one of Liguria and it serves the city and Port of Genoa, as well as considerable population in Southern Piedmont (Asti and Alessandria Provinces, Southern areas of Cuneo Province). In 2018, with 1,455,626 passengers having passed through the airport,[3] Genoa is the 21st busiest Italian airport by passenger traffic. The Spanish low-cost airline Volotea operates one of its four bases in Italy in Genoa Airport.

It is currently operated by Aeroporto di Genova S.P.A., which has recently upgraded the airport complex. The airport is named after the notable Genoese navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus. The airport is also the manufacturing base for Piaggio Aerospace, an Italian aircraft design and production company.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
AlitaliaRome–Fiumicino
Seasonal: Olbia
Blu-express Tirana
British AirwaysLondon–Gatwick
Seasonal charter: Glasgow
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf
Iberia Seasonal: Madrid
Israir Seasonal: Tel Aviv
KLM Amsterdam
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Pobeda Moscow–Vnukovo
Ryanair Bari, London–Stansted
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen
VoloteaCatania, Madrid, Naples, Palermo
Seasonal: Alghero, Athens, Brindisi, Cagliari, Corfu, Heraklion, Ibiza, Lamezia Terme, Lampedusa, Málaga, Menorca, Mykonos, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Pantelleria, Santorini
VuelingSeasonal: Barcelona
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References
  1. "EAD Basic". Ead.eurocontrol.int. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  2. "Traffic Data 2019" (PDF).

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