Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport Aeroporto di Catania-Fontanarossa | |||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||
| Operator | SAC | ||||||||||||
| Location | Catania | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 39 ft / 12 m | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°28′00″N 15°03′50″E / 37.46667°N 15.06389°E | ||||||||||||
| Website | aeroporto.catania.it | ||||||||||||
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Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (IATA: CTA, ICAO: LICC), also known as Vincenzo Bellini Airport (Italian: Aeroporto Internazionale Vincenzo Bellini di Catania-Fontanarossa), is an international airport 2.3 NM (4.3 km; 2.6 mi) southwest of Catania, the second largest city on the Italian island of Sicily. It is named after the opera composer Vincenzo Bellini, who was born in Catania.
According to Assaeroporti, it is the busiest airport in Sicily and the fourth busiest in Italy in 2020. Major airlines such as ITA Airways, Lufthansa and KLM offer services here and connect numerous European destinations such as Rome, Munich, Amsterdam and Berlin, while low-cost airlines such as easyJet and Ryanair offer flights to leisure destinations.
With nearly two million passengers carried in 2016, the Catania/Fontanarossa – Rome/Fiumicino route is Italy's busiest air route, and Europe's second busiest in 2021.