Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport

ICAO LIEO40.8990°N 9.5185°E11 m / 37 ftLarge airport

Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (IATA: OLB, ICAO: LIEO) is a large airport in Olbia (SS), Sardinia, Italy. It opened in 1974. It has one runway, 2,745 m (9,006 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Geasar. In 2025 it handled 4.2 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1974–1974

1974

OpenedOlbia Costa Smeralda Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

05/23053° / 233° · LIT

LENGTH2,745 m9,006 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

2.1M

2.2M

2.5M

2.8M

3.0M

2.9M

1.0M

2.1M

3.2M

3.3M

3.9M

4.2M

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Routes

81 destinations · 23 countries

Year-round9

FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Aeroitalia, Volotea249 km155 mi BLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Ryanair, Volotea429 km267 mi TRNTurin AirportItaly · Volotea502 km312 mi LINMilano Linate AirportItaly · Aeroitalia506 km314 mi VRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Volotea512 km318 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · easyJet530 km329 mi BGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair531 km330 mi TRSTrieste AirportItaly · Ryanair634 km394 mi DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai4,552 km2,828 mi

Seasonal74

Seasonal charter3

BTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Smartwings1,012 km629 mi SOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Bulgaria Air1,168 km726 mi JERJersey AirportJersey · British Airways1,301 km808 mi

Most destinationsVolotea 23easyJet 16Ryanair 10Eurowings 8Aeroitalia 6British Airways 4

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from OLB. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers4.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#374of 3,974 · #104 Europe · #14 IT Longest runway2,745 m9,006 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,762of 29,823 · #280 Europe · #30 IT Elevation11 m37 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,949of 43,341 · =5,382 Europe · #474 IT AgeOpened 19742026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,986of 15,079 · =1,175 Europe · #95 IT Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =26 IT

Scale: 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

3 channels

APPOLBIA RADAR125.950

ATISATIS113.900

TWROLBIA TWR118.975