GOA

Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport

ICAO LIMJ44.4120°N 8.8407°E4 m / 13 ftLarge airport
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Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (IATA: GOA, ICAO: LIMJ) is a large airport in Genova (GE), Liguria, Italy. It opened on 17 Jul 1985. It has one runway, 2,915 m (9,564 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 1.6 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1985–1999
17 JUL 1985
OpenedGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport opens.
25 FEB 1999
DisasterAlitalia Flight 1553.4 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Aeroporto Cristoforo Colombo
10/28105° / 285° · LIT
LENGTH2,915 m9,564 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.3M
1.4M
1.3M
1.2M
1.5M
1.5M
397K
614K
1.2M
1.3M
1.3M
1.6M
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Routes

28 destinations · 12 countries
500 km1,000 km250 mi500 mi750 miTRS · Trieste Airport · 396 km / 246 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 401 km / 249 miMUC · Munich Airport · 493 km / 306 miCAG · Cagliari Elmas Airport · 574 km / 357 miNAP · Naples International Airport · 593 km / 368 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 651 km / 405 miQSR · Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport · 652 km / 405 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 689 km / 428 miBRI · Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · 741 km / 460 miPMO · Falcone–Borsellino Airport · 779 km / 484 miSUF · Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport · 867 km / 539 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 928 km / 577 miCTA · Catania-Fontanarossa Airport · 932 km / 579 miTIA · Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa · 946 km / 588 miSTN · London Stansted Airport · 1,046 km / 650 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 1,106 km / 687 miOLB · Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport · 395 km / 245 miAHO · Alghero-Fertilia Airport · 423 km / 263 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 625 km / 388 miCRL · Brussels South Charleroi Airport · 749 km / 465 miBDS · Brindisi Airport · 854 km / 531 miBUD · Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · 872 km / 542 miKRK · Kraków John Paul II International Airport · 1,037 km / 644 miWAW · Warsaw Chopin Airport · 1,241 km / 771 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 1,281 km / 796 miOTP · Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · 1,367 km / 849 miSZG · Salzburg Airport · 494 km / 307 miVIE · Vienna International Airport · 722 km / 449 miOTPMANWAWMADSTNKRKTIACTAAMSBUDSUFBDSPMOCRLVIEORYQSRBCNFRACAGSZGAHOFCOTRSOLBBRIMUCNAPGOA
Year-round16
TRSTrieste AirportItaly · Airidea396 km246 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Aeroitalia401 km249 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Air Dolomiti493 km306 miCAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Ryanair574 km357 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Volotea, Wizz Air593 km368 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling651 km405 miQSRSalerno Costa d'Amalfi AirportItaly · Aeroitalia652 km405 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Volotea689 km428 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair741 km460 miPMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Ryanair779 km484 miSUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Ryanair867 km539 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM928 km577 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Ryanair932 km579 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Ryanair, Wizz Air946 km588 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,046 km650 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Volotea1,106 km687 mi
Most destinationsRyanair 12Wizz Air 5Aeroitalia 4Volotea 4Airidea 1Air Dolomiti 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GOA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.6M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#660of 3,974 · #171 Europe · #24 ITLongest runway2,915 m9,564 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,489of 29,823 · #234 Europe · #26 ITElevation4 m13 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,021of 43,341 · =5,673 Europe · =517 ITAgeOpened 19852026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=8,834of 15,079 · =1,254 Europe · #97 ITRunways11 · 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
APPAPP119.600
ATISATIS122.825
TWRTWR118.600