Rome Airport Fiumicino
Leonardo da Vinci Airport is generally called Fiumicino Airport and is the most important airport in Rome. The other airport (Ciampino) is especially used by budget airlines, charter companies, and military traffic. The airport is named after Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci, who first designed a proto helicopter and a flying machine with wings.
Fiumicino Airport is around 30km/19 miles southwest of central Rome and is sited within the small fishing town of Fiumicino, alongside the shoreline of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Fiumicino Airport is also relatively close to the suburban areas of Dragoncello, Focene, Isola Sacra and Maccarese, and has become a prominent base for the city's very own airline, Alitalia.
The airport has four terminals: Terminal A is for domestic flights, Terminal B is for flights inside the Schengen territory, and Terminal C and the Satellite Terminal are for all other international flights. A shuttle bus goes every 20 minutes between the terminals, which also goes to the long-term parking area.
The airport incorporates 3 passenger stations and offers services of a great variety, such as convention facilities, conference rooms, banks, coffee shops, restaurants and shops selling both local Italian products and international goods.
Rome airport Fiumicino officially opened on January 15, 1961 with two runways, replacing the small Rome Ciampino Airport, which has remained in service for domestic and charter operations.
In 2007 ADR total traffic in Rome airports Fiumicino and Ciampino hit about 38 million passengers: 150 destinations worldwide may be reached from Rome city, by the 160 airlines operating in the two airports.
Italy's most famous city, Rome is sited within the Lasio region and is home to endless ancient monuments and Roman remains. This stunning capital city is a haven for tourism and contains many quality hotels, Rome has many world-class attractions, such as the Vatican City, the Colosseum (Colosseo), the Forum (Foro Romano) and the Pantheon, which dates back some 1,000 years and has become an iconic landmark.