Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport Aeroporto di Bologna-Guglielmo Marconi | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Aeroporto di Bologna S.p.A. | ||||||||||
Serves | Bologna, Italy | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 123 ft / 37 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°32′07.6″N 11°17′19.2″E / 44.535444°N 11.288667°ECoordinates: 44°32′07.6″N 11°17′19.2″E / 44.535444°N 11.288667°E | ||||||||||
Website | www.bologna-airport.it | ||||||||||
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BLQ Location of the airport in Italy | |||||||||||
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Source: Assaeroporti [1] |
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Bologna-Guglielmo Marconi) (IATA: BLQ, ICAO: LIPE) is an international airport serving the city of Bologna in Italy. It is approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) northwest of the city center in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, about 200 km (124 mi) south-east of Milan. The airport is named after Bologna native Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian electrical engineer and Nobel laureate. With 7,680,992 passengers handled in 2016, it was the seventh-busiest airport in Italy that year.
Facilities
Terminal
There is one terminal, which underwent an expansion during 2011-2013. It now covers a total surface 36,100m2, of which 5,500m2 are shopping areas. A new baggage handling system was installed and there are now 24 departure gates, of which five are piers with two aerobridges.[2]
Runway
Bologna airport has one runway, 12/30, made of asphalt; its dimensions are 2,800 by 45 metres (9,186 by 148 ft).[3]
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Year | Passengers Handled | Change % | Aircraft Movements | Change % | Cargo (tonnes) | Change % |
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2000 | 3,524,789 | 61,909 | 25,034 | |||
2001 | 3,440,051 | 56,746 | 26,197 | |||
2002 | 3,414,475 | 54,956 | 24,959 | |||
2003 | 3,562,010 | 56,738 | 28,211 | |||
2004 | 2,908,271 | 44,804 | 21,106 | |||
2005 | 3,690,953 | 54,157 | 25,469 | |||
2006 | 4,001,436 | 63,585 | 32,465 | |||
2007 | 4,361,951 | 66,698 | 18,700 | |||
2008 | 4,225,446 | 62,042 | 26,497 | |||
2009 | 4,782,284 | 64,925 | 27,329 | |||
2010 | 5,511,669 | 70,269 | 37,800 | |||
2011 | 5,885,884 | 69,153 | 43,788 | |||
2012 | 5,958,648 | 67,529 | 40,645 | |||
2013 | 6,193,783 | 65,392 | 44,150 | |||
2014 | 6,580,481 | 65,058 | 41,789 | |||
2015 | 6,889,742 | 64,571 | 40,999 | |||
2016 | 7,680,992 | 69,697 | 47,709 |
Position | City | Passengers |
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1 | Catania | 179,683 |
2 | Palermo | 134,413 |
3 | Rome | 117,504 |
4 | Brindisi | 87,998 |
5 | Bari | 86,117 |
6 | Lamezia Terme | 84,655 |
7 | Cagliari | 84,650 |
8 | Trapani | 72,483 |
8 | Alghero | 54,702 |
Ground transportation
By car
Motorway:
By bus and train
The airport is about 6 kilometres (4 mi) from Bologna Centrale railway station. A shuttle bus service runs between the station and the airport.[16]
Once completed, the Marconi Express monorail will connect the airport to Bologna Centrale railway station with a travel time of seven minutes.[17]
The airport has daily direct bus connections with Ferrara, Florence, Modena, Cervia and Ravenna; and three times a week with Ascoli Piceno.
See also
References
- 1 2 "Statistiche - Assaeroporti". www.assaeroporti.com.
- ↑ Terminal restyling and expansion Archived 28 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Telepass - Car Parks - Bologna Airport G. Marconi".
- ↑ "Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt". bologna-airport.it. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ↑ "Alitalia S17 Short-Haul routes additions as of 01JAN17". Routesonline. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Alitalia schedules additional Palermo routes in S18".
- ↑ "American Airlines Expands European Footprint and Modifies Asia Service". American Airlines. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- 1 2 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Blu Express adds new seasonal routes in S17".
- ↑ "Data".
- ↑ "Ryanair Announces $200m Investment in London Luton with 2 New Based Aircraft - Ryanair's Corporate Website". corporate.ryanair.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Liu, Jim (19 April 2018). "Ural Airlines adds Bologna scheduled charters in S18". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- 1 2 Liu, Jim (22 December 2017). "Ural Airlines filed 3 new scheduled charter routes in S18". Routesonline. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ↑ "2017 traffic statistics" (PDF). enac.gov.
- ↑ "Driving directions to & from Bologna Airport G. Marconi".
- ↑ "Linea Aerobus: Aeroporto - Stazione Centrale".
- ↑ "Il tracciato".