BLQ
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (IATA: BLQ, ICAO: LIPE) is a large airport in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It opened in 1931. It has one runway, 2,803 m (9,196 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aeroporto Guglielmo Marconi di Bologna (company). In 2025 it handled 11.2 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1931–19311931
OpenedBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap12/30117° / 297° · LIT
LENGTH2,803 m9,196 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–20256.5M
6.9M
7.7M
8.2M
8.6M
9.5M
2.5M
4.1M
8.6M
10.0M
10.8M
11.2M
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Routes
98 destinations · 35 countriesYear-round77
FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways314 km195 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Air Dolomiti426 km265 miOLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · Ryanair429 km267 miAHOAlghero-Fertilia AirportItaly · Ryanair499 km310 miMRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Ryanair501 km311 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Twin Jet504 km313 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair, Austrian Airlines568 km353 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair584 km363 miCAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Ryanair616 km383 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa644 km400 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair684 km425 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Ryanair695 km432 miBDSBrindisi AirportItaly · Ryanair695 km432 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Serbia714 km444 miPMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air723 km449 miTPSVincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-BirgiItaly · Ryanair743 km462 miSUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Ryanair749 km465 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Ryanair, Wizz Air768 km477 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings, Ryanair769 km478 miCRVCrotone Sant'Anna Pythagoras AirportItaly · Ryanair781 km485 miTSRTimișoara Traian Vuia International AirportRomania · Wizz Air800 km497 miREGReggio Calabria AirportItaly · Ryanair806 km501 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings823 km511 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France830 km516 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Ryanair, Vueling831 km516 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair834 km518 miWROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Ryanair841 km523 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air847 km526 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Nouvelair, Tunisair859 km534 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines871 km541 miBVABeauvais-Tillé airportFrance · Ryanair884 km549 miSKPSkopje International AirportNorth Macedonia · Wizz Air884 km549 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Ryanair885 km550 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Eurowings, Ryanair885 km550 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air888 km552 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM988 km614 miCLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · Wizz Air994 km618 miSOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Ryanair997 km620 miCRACraiova International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,000 km621 miMLAMalta International AirportMalta · Ryanair1,004 km624 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Ryanair, LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air1,108 km688 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Ryanair1,121 km697 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,155 km718 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways1,163 km723 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,172 km728 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,186 km737 miSCVSuceava Ștefan cel Mare International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,211 km752 miSDRSeve Ballesteros-Santander AirportSpain · Ryanair1,213 km754 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Ryanair, Scandinavian Airlines1,236 km768 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Ryanair, Aegean Airlines1,285 km798 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Ryanair, Iberia1,296 km805 miIASIaşi International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,296 km805 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,389 km863 miRMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · FlyOne, Wizz Air, HiSky1,392 km865 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines1,463 km909 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines1,523 km946 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Ryanair1,590 km988 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair1,611 km1,001 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,636 km1,017 miSVQSeville AirportSpain · Ryanair1,641 km1,020 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Ryanair1,663 km1,033 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Ryanair1,739 km1,081 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Ryanair, TAP Air Portugal1,807 km1,123 miFEZFes Saïss International AirportMorocco · Ryanair1,825 km1,134 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Air Arabia Maroc, Royal Air Maroc2,043 km1,269 miRAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · TUI fly Belgium2,210 km1,373 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo2,382 km1,480 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Tus Airways, Bluebird Airways, Israir Airlines2,472 km1,536 miTBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · Georgian Airways2,732 km1,698 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, Neos2,754 km1,711 miACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Ryanair2,796 km1,737 miLXRLuxor International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo2,845 km1,768 miFUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Ryanair2,852 km1,772 miRMFMarsa Alam International AirportEgypt · Neos2,972 km1,847 miLPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Ryanair2,999 km1,863 miTFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Ryanair, Neos3,073 km1,909 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates4,485 km2,787 miSeasonal28
ZADZadar AirportCroatia · Ryanair327 km203 miOLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · Volotea, Neos429 km267 miCAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Aeroitalia, Neos616 km383 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Air Dolomiti644 km400 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Ryanair658 km409 miMAHMenorca AirportSpain · Ryanair, Neos780 km485 miCIYComiso AirportItaly · Aeroitalia884 km549 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Transavia885 km550 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Ryanair897 km557 miCFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · Ryanair898 km558 miPVKAktion National AirportGreece · Ryanair1,003 km623 miIBZIbiza AirportSpain · Ryanair, Neos1,035 km643 miCDTCastellón-Costa Azahar AirportSpain · Ryanair1,038 km645 miSKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Ryanair1,055 km656 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Ryanair1,206 km749 miBCMBacău George Enescu International AirportRomania · Dan Air1,235 km767 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,236 km768 miJMKMykonos Island National AirportGreece · Ryanair, Neos1,417 km880 miCHQChania International AirportGreece · Ryanair1,480 km920 miHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Ryanair, Neos1,561 km970 miKGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"Greece · Ryanair, Neos1,582 km983 miRHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Ryanair, Neos1,679 km1,043 miAOKKarpathos AirportGreece · Neos1,684 km1,046 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Scandinavian Airlines1,739 km1,081 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,741 km1,082 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair1,976 km1,228 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Ryanair2,572 km1,598 miFUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Neos2,852 km1,772 miSeasonal charter1
PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Air Nostrum897 km557 miMost destinationsRyanair 63Wizz Air 13Neos 13Eurowings 3Air Cairo 3Air Dolomiti 2
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BLQ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport” (revision of 8 Sep 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
7 channelsAPP WEST DApproach West Discretional120.100
ATISATIS134.875
GNDGND121.925
TWRTWR120.800
TWR DTower Discretional120.100
APP EASTApproach East118.150
APP WESTApproach West133.775