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  IATA FCO
  ICAO LIRF
  Type public
  Run By ADR
  Closest Town Rome
  Elevation Ft 16
  Elevation M 5



  Runway Angle 07/25
  Runway Length F 10,856
  Runway Length M 3,309
  Runway Surface Paved


  Runway Angle 16R/34L
  Runway Length F 12,795
  Runway Length M 3,900
  Runway Surface Paved


  Runway Angle 16L/34R
  Runway Length F 12,795
  Runway Length M 3,900
  Runway Surface Paved



Leonardo da Vinci International Airport , also known as '''Fiumicino International Airport''', is Italy 's largest Airport , with over 29 million passengers in the year 2005 . It was opened in stages between 1956 and 1961 and it has since undergone serveral expansion works. It is located in Fiumicino and serves Rome . The airport, named after Leonardo Da Vinci , is completely non-smoking.
It is one of two hubs of the Italian flag carrier Alitalia along with Milan / Varese 's Malpensa International Airport .



TRANSIT CONNECTIONS

Leonardo da Vinci is quite far from Rome's historic city center, and cab rides can be pricey. Train service is available at the airport terminal. Leonardo Express trains run non-stop to Termini Station in Rome twice an hour; regional trains leave once every 15 minutes, stopping at all train stations between the airport and the city center.


INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS

On December 17 , 1973 Pan Am Flight 110 was attacked by Palestinian Terrorists . 30 passengers were killed when phosphorus bombs were thrown aboard the aircraft as it was preparing for departure.

On December 27 , 1985 , Palestinian Terrorists shot several people dead at this airport, see '' Rome And Vienna Airport Attacks ''.

On April 2 , 1986 , TWA Flight 840 , which was travelling from Fiumicino to Ellinikon International Airport in Athens , Greece was bombed, sucking 4 people out of the plane to their deaths. The plane landed safely.

On October 17 , 1988 , the Uganda Airlines flight 775 that was travelling from London Gatwick to Entebbe with an intermediate stop at Roma Fiumicino impacted at landing outside the runway after two missed approaches. 26 passengers (45 on board) and all the 7 crew members died.


AIRLINES AND TERMINALS


Terminal A

  • Air Alps (Bolzano, Brescia, Parma, Rimini)

  • Air One (Albenga, Alghero, Cagliari, Catania, Genoa, Lamezia Terme, Lampedusa, Milan-Linate, Palermo, Pantelleria, Trapani, Trieste, Turin, Venice)

  • Air Vallée (Aosta, Turin)

  • Alitalia (Ancona, Bari, Bologna, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Lamezia Terme, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Naples, Palermo, Perugia, Pisa, Reggio Calabria, Trieste, Turin, Venice, Verona)

  • Meridiana (Cagliari, Milan-Linate, Olbia, Verona)



Terminal B



Terminal C



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