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Venice Marco Polo Airport

Venezia (VE), Italy

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Venice Marco Polo Airport

Venezia (VE), Italy

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Gateway to Venice, serving millions above the lagoon.

Opened

1960

Location

Venice, Italy

Venice Marco Polo Airport is the primary international airport serving Venice and the surrounding Veneto region of northeastern Italy. Located on the mainland shore of the Venetian Lagoon near the town of Tessera, approximately 8 kilometres north of Venice, it handles a significant volume of leisure and business traffic drawn by Venice's status as a major global tourist destination. The airport is named after the famous Venetian explorer Marco Polo and is operated by SAVE S.p.A. It serves as an important hub for connections throughout Europe and offers intercontinental routes, particularly during peak tourist seasons. Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air, ITA Airways, and Lufthansa are among the carriers with notable presence. Marco Polo Airport is one of Italy's busiest airports, typically handling around 11–12 million passengers per year in pre-pandemic figures. Its unique setting adjacent to the lagoon means travellers can access Venice not only by road but also by water taxi and ferry, making the arrival experience distinctly Venetian.

Terminals

The airport operates a single main passenger terminal building divided into domestic and international departure areas.

Getting to & from

Passengers can reach Venice via ATVO or ACTV bus to Piazzale Roma, by water taxi or Alilaguna ferry boat across the lagoon, or by private road transfer.

Airlines here

Major carriers serving Marco Polo include ITA Airways, Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air, Lufthansa, and several other European and intercontinental airlines.

Notable facts

›Named after Venetian explorer Marco Polo, born in Venice around 1254.
›One of the few major airports in the world with direct water transport access to the city centre.
›Operated by SAVE S.p.A., a publicly listed Italian airport management company.
›Ranked among Italy's top five busiest airports by passenger traffic.
›A planned people-mover tram link between the airport and Venezia Mestre railway station has been under long-term development discussion.

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Airlines serving this airport

Blue Panorama Airlines

Cathay Pacific

Delta Air Lines

Norwegian Air Shuttle

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Lufthansa

Lufthansa Cargo

Jet2.com

Swiss International Air Lines

El Al Israel Airlines

Austrian Airlines

Croatia Airlines

Qatar Airways

Scandinavian Airlines System

Brussels Airlines

Aeroflot Russian Airlines

United Feeder Service

Transaero Airlines

US Airways

Carpatair

Air Senegal International

Routes

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VCE → FCOAZ · E90 32S E75 319 320

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VCE → LEDAZ · 320

VCE → LISAZ · 319

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VCE → NCEAZ · 320

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VCE → PMOAZ · 320

VCE → PRGAZ · 320

VCE → RIXAZ · 73C 735

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VCE → TIAAZ · 320

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VCE → RIXBT · 73C 735

VCE → TIABV · 737

VCE → DOHCX · 320

VCE → JFKDL · 764

VCE → ARNDY · 73H

VCE → CPHDY · 73H

VCE → OSLDY · 733

VCE → DUBEI · 320

VCE → DXBEK · 77W

VCE → MUCEN · E95

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Aircraft operating here

Airbus A32058 routes Airbus A31934 routes Boeing 71711 routes Airbus A3219 routes 73H8 routes Boeing 737-8006 routes Boeing 737-3006 routes 32A4 routes Boeing 7374 routes Embraer 1903 routes Boeing 737-7003 routes 73C3 routes

Stay, Eat & Explore: Venice

The floating city

•St. Mark's Basilica & Square — Golden mosaics over Europe's drawing room.
•Doge's Palace & Bridge of Sighs — The Republic's Gothic seat of power.
•Grand Canal by vaporetto — Line 1 is the world's most beautiful bus ride.
•Rialto Bridge & Market — Cicchetti and spritz by the fish market.
•Murano & Burano — Glass furnaces and rainbow fishermen's houses.

Getting around: Walk plus vaporetto water buses; Alilaguna boats and the people-mover link Marco Polo airport. Beware acqua alta in late autumn.

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Encyclopaedia

Venice Marco Polo Airport 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 7.5 kilometres northeast of Venice city centre. 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, 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.

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