# Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB / LIEO)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lieo

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: OLB / LIEO
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Geasar
- Serves: Olbia (SS), Sardinia, Italy
- Opened: 1974
- Elevation: 11 m / 37 ft
- Coordinates: 40.8990, 9.5185
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,745 m / 9,006 ft
- Passengers: 4,150,363 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Rome
- Website: http://www.geasar.it
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olbia_Costa_Smeralda_Airport (24 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432236
- Weather station: LIEO · WMO 16531
- Ident: LIEO

## Timeline

- 1974: Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,745 m / 9,006 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 053° / 233° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 2,085,763 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 2,212,645 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 2,518,938 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 2,813,517 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 3,002,614 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 2,931,531 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 1,019,145 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 2,071,630 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 3,157,453 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 3,274,745 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 3,874,540 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 4,150,363 | Eurostat |

## Routes

81 destinations in 23 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (9)

- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 249 km / 155 mi · Aeroitalia, Volotea
- [BLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipe.md) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · Italy · 429 km / 267 mi · Ryanair, Volotea
- [TRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limf.md) Turin Airport · Italy · 502 km / 312 mi · Volotea
- [LIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liml.md) Milano Linate Airport · Italy · 506 km / 314 mi · Aeroitalia
- [VRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipx.md) Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · Italy · 512 km / 318 mi · Volotea
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 530 km / 329 mi · easyJet
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 531 km / 330 mi · Ryanair
- [TRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipq.md) Trieste Airport · Italy · 634 km / 394 mi · Ryanair
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 4,552 km / 2,828 mi · flydubai

### Seasonal (74)

- [FSC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfkf.md) Figari Sud-Corse Airport · France · 76 km / 47 mi · Air Corsica
- [CIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lira.md) Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport · Italy · 276 km / 171 mi · Wizz Air
- [PSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirp.md) Pisa International Airport · Italy · 318 km / 198 mi · Volotea
- [PEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirz.md) Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport · Italy · 348 km / 216 mi · Aeroitalia
- [FLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirq.md) Florence Airport, Peretola · Italy · 352 km / 219 mi · Volotea
- [NCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfmn.md) Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · France · 361 km / 224 mi · easyJet
- [GOA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limj.md) Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport · Italy · 395 km / 245 mi · ITA Airways, Aeroitalia
- [NAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirn.md) Naples International Airport · Italy · 401 km / 249 mi · easyJet, Volotea
- [BLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipe.md) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · Italy · 429 km / 267 mi · Neos
- [PMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licj.md) Falcone–Borsellino Airport · Italy · 431 km / 268 mi · Enter Air
- [CUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limz.md) Cuneo International Airport · Italy · 434 km / 270 mi · Aeroitalia
- [AOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipy.md) Marche Airport · Italy · 437 km / 272 mi · Volotea
- [PMF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limp.md) Parma Airport · Italy · 441 km / 274 mi · Aeroitalia
- [MRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfml.md) Marseille Provence Airport · France · 453 km / 281 mi · Volotea
- [TRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limf.md) Turin Airport · Italy · 502 km / 312 mi · ITA Airways
- [VRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipx.md) Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · Italy · 512 km / 318 mi · Neos
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 530 km / 329 mi · Wizz Air, Neos
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 531 km / 330 mi · Volotea
- [VCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipz.md) Venice Marco Polo Airport · Italy · 561 km / 349 mi · Volotea
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 625 km / 388 mi · Volotea, Vueling
- [BZO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipb.md) Bolzano Airport · Italy · 635 km / 395 mi · Sky Alps
- [LYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfll.md) Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · France · 645 km / 401 mi · easyJet, Volotea
- [GVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsgg.md) Geneva International Airport · Switzerland · 654 km / 406 mi · easyJet
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 733 km / 455 mi · easyJet, Edelweiss Air
- [TLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbo.md) Toulouse-Blagnac Airport · France · 736 km / 457 mi · Volotea
- [BSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsb.md) EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · France · 762 km / 473 mi · easyJet
- [SZG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lows.md) Salzburg Airport · Austria · 815 km / 506 mi · Eurowings
- [GRZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lowg.md) Graz Airport · Austria · 826 km / 513 mi · Eurowings
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 848 km / 527 mi · Air Dolomiti, Condor Flugdienst, Lufthansa
- [SXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfst.md) Strasbourg Airport · France · 862 km / 536 mi · Volotea
- [STR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edds.md) Stuttgart Airport · Germany · 867 km / 539 mi · Eurowings
- [BOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbd.md) Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport · France · 941 km / 585 mi · easyJet, Volotea
- [NUE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddn.md) Nuremberg Airport · Germany · 964 km / 599 mi · Marabu Airlines
- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 977 km / 607 mi · Ryanair, Austrian Airlines
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 1,018 km / 633 mi · Condor Flugdienst, Lufthansa
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 1,037 km / 644 mi · easyJet, Volotea, Transavia
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 1,054 km / 655 mi · Air France
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 1,087 km / 675 mi · Smartwings
- [TSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrtr.md) Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport · Romania · 1,099 km / 683 mi · Animawings
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 1,104 km / 686 mi · Iberia, Volotea
- [BVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfob.md) Beauvais-Tillé airport · France · 1,113 km / 692 mi · Ryanair
- [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 1,123 km / 698 mi · Eurowings
- [NTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfrs.md) Nantes Atlantique Airport · France · 1,127 km / 700 mi · easyJet, Volotea
- [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 1,133 km / 704 mi · Ryanair
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 1,174 km / 729 mi · Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst
- [LIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfqq.md) Lille Airport · France · 1,184 km / 736 mi · Volotea
- [DOL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfrg.md) Deauville Normandie airport · France · 1,192 km / 741 mi · Volotea
- [EIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eheh.md) Eindhoven Airport · Netherlands · 1,215 km / 755 mi · Transavia
- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 1,281 km / 796 mi · Aegean Airlines
- [HAJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddv.md) Hannover Airport · Germany · 1,286 km / 799 mi · Eurowings
- [KRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkk.md) Kraków John Paul II International Airport · Poland · 1,294 km / 804 mi · Ryanair
- [CLJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrcl.md) Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport · Romania · 1,308 km / 813 mi · Animawings
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 1,310 km / 814 mi · Eurowings, easyJet
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 1,319 km / 820 mi · easyJet, Transavia
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 1,361 km / 846 mi · TUI Airways, easyJet
- [SVQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lezl.md) Seville Airport · Spain · 1,382 km / 859 mi · Volotea
- [BES](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfrb.md) Brest Bretagne airport · France · 1,382 km / 859 mi · Volotea
- [LCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eglc.md) London City Airport · United Kingdom · 1,384 km / 860 mi · British Airways
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 1,401 km / 871 mi · British Airways
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,411 km / 877 mi · Jet2.com, Ryanair, British Airways
- [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · Germany · 1,416 km / 880 mi · Eurowings
- [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 1,434 km / 891 mi · easyJet
- [BRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggd.md) Bristol Airport · United Kingdom · 1,495 km / 929 mi · easyJet
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 1,525 km / 948 mi · Wizz Air
- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · United Kingdom · 1,542 km / 958 mi · Jet2.com
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 1,642 km / 1,020 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 1,653 km / 1,027 mi · Ryanair, Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle
- [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 1,826 km / 1,135 mi · Ryanair
- [EDI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egph.md) Edinburgh Airport · United Kingdom · 1,918 km / 1,192 mi · easyJet
- [RIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/evra.md) Riga International Airport · Latvia · 2,062 km / 1,281 mi · AirBaltic
- [OSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/engm.md) Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · Norway · 2,148 km / 1,335 mi · Norwegian Air Shuttle
- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 2,165 km / 1,345 mi · Norwegian Air Shuttle
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 6,720 km / 4,176 mi · Delta Air Lines
- [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 6,746 km / 4,192 mi · United Airlines

### Seasonal charter (3)

- [BTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzib.md) M. R. Štefánik Airport · Slovakia · 1,012 km / 629 mi · Smartwings
- [SOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbsf.md) Sofia Airport · Bulgaria · 1,168 km / 726 mi · Bulgaria Air
- [JER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egjj.md) Jersey Airport · Jersey · 1,301 km / 808 mi · British Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from OLB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (34)

- V7 [Volotea](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/volotea) · 23
- U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 16
- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 10
- EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 8 · seasonal
- XZ [Aeroitalia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroitalia) · 6
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 4 · seasonal
- DE [Condor Flugdienst](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/condor-flugdienst) · 3 · seasonal
- LS [Jet2.com](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jet2-com) · 3 · seasonal
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 3 · seasonal
- DY [Norwegian Air Shuttle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/norwegian-air-shuttle) · 3 · seasonal
- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 3 · seasonal
- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 3 · seasonal
- AWG [Animawings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/animawings) · 2 · seasonal
- AZ [ITA Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ita-airways) · 2 · seasonal
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 2 · seasonal
- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 2 · seasonal
- BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 2 · seasonal
- A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- XK [Air Corsica](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-corsica) · 1 · seasonal
- EN [Air Dolomiti](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-dolomiti) · 1 · seasonal
- AF [Air France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-france) · 1 · seasonal
- BT [AirBaltic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airbaltic) · 1 · seasonal
- OS [Austrian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/austrian-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- FB [Bulgaria Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bulgaria-air) · 1 · seasonal charter
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 1 · seasonal
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1 · seasonal
- E4 [Enter Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/enter-air) · 1 · seasonal
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- IB [Iberia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iberia) · 1 · seasonal
- DI [Marabu Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/marabu-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- SK [Scandinavian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scandinavian-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- BQ [Sky Alps](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-alps) · 1 · seasonal
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- VY [Vueling](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vueling) · 1 · seasonal

Former hub of [Air Italy](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-italy-iss), [Alisarda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alisarda), [Meridiana](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/meridiana).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4.2M (2025) | #374 of 3,974 | #104 in Europe | #14 in IT |
| Longest runway | 2,745 m / 9,006 ft | =1,762 of 29,858 | #282 in Europe | #30 in IT |
| Elevation | 11 m / 37 ft | =40,008 of 43,403 | =5,393 in Europe | #474 in IT |
| Age | Opened 1974 | =6,983 of 15,079 | =1,177 in Europe | #95 in IT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =27 in IT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | OLBIA RADAR | 125.950 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 113.900 |
| TWR | OLBIA TWR | 118.975 |

## Nearby airports

- [FSC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfkf.md) Figari Sud-Corse Airport · 76 km / 47 mi
- [AHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liea.md) Alghero-Fertilia Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [LIET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liet.md) Tortolì Airport · 110 km / 68 mi
- [SOZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfks.md) Solenzara (BA 126) Air Base · 114 km / 71 mi
- [AJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfkj.md) Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport · 129 km / 80 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olbia_Costa_Smeralda_Airport&oldid=1376318062), revision of 23 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lieo/data