CTA
Catania-Fontanarossa Airport
Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (IATA: CTA, ICAO: LICC) is a large airport in Catania, Sicily, Italy. It opened in May 1924. It has one runway, 2,435 m (7,989 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 12.4 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1924–1924MAY 1924
OpenedCatania-Fontanarossa Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap08/26084° / 264° · LIT
LENGTH2,435 m7,989 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–20257.3M
7.1M
7.9M
9.1M
9.9M
10.2M
3.6M
6.1M
10.1M
10.7M
12.3M
12.4M
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Routes
99 destinations · 36 countriesYear-round63
MLAMalta International AirportMalta · Ryanair187 km116 miPNLPantelleria AirportItaly · DAT284 km176 miLMPLampedusa AirportItaly · DAT310 km193 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair, easyJet386 km240 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair434 km270 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways, Aeroitalia, Ryanair +1539 km335 miPSRAbruzzo AirportItaly · Ryanair557 km346 miCAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Ryanair560 km348 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Ryanair, Wizz Air593 km368 miTGDPodgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci AirbaseMontenegro · Wizz Air650 km404 miPEGPerugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International AirportItaly · Ryanair662 km411 miAOIMarche AirportItaly · Ryanair, Volotea699 km434 miRMIFederico Fellini International AirportItaly · Ryanair757 km470 miFLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · Vueling777 km483 miPSAPisa International AirportItaly · Ryanair796 km495 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air847 km526 miSOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Ryanair917 km570 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air922 km573 miGOAGenoa Cristoforo Colombo AirportItaly · Ryanair932 km579 miTRSTrieste AirportItaly · Ryanair939 km583 miVRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Ryanair, Volotea, Wizz Air948 km589 miLINMilano Linate AirportItaly · ITA Airways1,009 km627 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Aeroitalia, Ryanair1,015 km631 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air1,049 km652 miTRNTurin AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,059 km658 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,160 km721 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair1,190 km739 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling1,193 km741 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,215 km755 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet1,224 km761 miFMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,234 km767 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa City Airlines, Lufthansa1,239 km770 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines1,247 km775 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet1,284 km798 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings1,334 km829 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,370 km851 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,373 km853 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,406 km874 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,452 km902 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,481 km920 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa1,490 km926 miIASIaşi International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,490 km926 miHHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · Ryanair1,521 km945 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · easyJet1,631 km1,013 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Ryanair1,643 km1,021 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Ryanair, easyJet1,661 km1,032 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings1,670 km1,038 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair1,672 km1,039 miBVABeauvais-Tillé airportFrance · Ryanair1,689 km1,049 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,698 km1,055 miWMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Ryanair1,722 km1,070 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Ryanair1,731 km1,076 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM1,835 km1,140 miSVQSeville AirportSpain · Ryanair1,847 km1,148 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,898 km1,179 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Wizz Air1,906 km1,184 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,938 km1,204 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,978 km1,229 miVNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · Wizz Air2,060 km1,280 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Ryanair, Wizz Air2,078 km1,291 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Air Arabia, Royal Air Maroc2,098 km1,304 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai4,025 km2,501 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines7,328 km4,553 miSeasonal49
MLAMalta International AirportMalta · KM Malta Airlines187 km116 miQSRSalerno Costa d'Amalfi AirportItaly · Volotea351 km218 miCAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Aeroitalia560 km348 miAHOAlghero-Fertilia AirportItaly · Ryanair683 km424 miFLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · Volotea777 km483 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Ryanair, Aegean Airlines783 km487 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Serbia927 km576 miHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Ryanair935 km581 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Neos1,015 km631 miBZOBolzano AirportItaly · Sky Alps1,046 km650 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Neos1,049 km652 miMRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Ryanair1,065 km662 miRHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Ryanair, Neos1,162 km722 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines1,190 km739 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air1,232 km766 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · easyJet, Transavia1,236 km768 miCLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,255 km780 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings1,406 km874 miLDETarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées AirportFrance · Volotea1,424 km885 miWROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,523 km946 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair1,526 km948 miBODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · easyJet1,550 km963 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings1,616 km1,004 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France1,631 km1,013 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia1,643 km1,021 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines, TUI fly Belgium1,712 km1,064 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea1,738 km1,080 miRTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · Transavia1,813 km1,127 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Transavia1,835 km1,140 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings1,839 km1,143 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Israir Airlines1,906 km1,184 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air, British Airways1,938 km1,204 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,978 km1,229 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, easyJet2,005 km1,246 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Norwegian Air Shuttle2,026 km1,259 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet2,084 km1,295 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, Wizz Air2,087 km1,297 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,117 km1,315 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet2,213 km1,375 miLBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,227 km1,384 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic2,261 km1,405 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Aer Lingus2,414 km1,500 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet2,473 km1,537 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Norwegian Air Shuttle2,475 km1,538 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle2,543 km1,580 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair2,635 km1,637 miZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania · Neos5,466 km3,396 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada7,068 km4,392 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines7,354 km4,570 miMost destinationsRyanair 47Wizz Air 26easyJet 14Volotea 6Jet2.com 5Eurowings 4
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CTA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Catania–Fontanarossa Airport” (revision of 25 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
4 channelsAPPAPP119.250
DIRDIRECTOR120.800
GNDGND129.725
TWRTWR118.700