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Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport

ICAO LIPX45.3950°N 10.8873°E73 m / 239 ftLarge airport

Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (IATA: VRN, ICAO: LIPX) is a large airport in Caselle (VR), Veneto, Italy. It opened in 1916. It has one runway, 3,068 m (10,064 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Italian Air Force. In 2025 it handled 4.0 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1916–1995

1916

OpenedVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport opens.

13 DEC 1995

DisasterBanat Air Flight 166.49 killed

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

04/22046° / 226° · LIT

LENGTH3,068 m10,064 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

2.7M

2.6M

2.8M

3.1M

3.4M

3.6M

1.0M

1.5M

3.0M

3.4M

3.7M

4.0M

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Routes

94 destinations · 33 countries

Year-round33

MUCMunich AirportGermany · Air Dolomiti336 km209 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways414 km257 mi OLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · Volotea512 km318 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Air Dolomiti544 km338 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair572 km355 mi BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair671 km417 mi CAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Ryanair, Volotea699 km434 mi CRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair739 km459 mi ORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Volotea744 km462 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Neos746 km464 mi BDSBrindisi AirportItaly · Ryanair778 km483 mi PMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Ryanair, Volotea823 km511 mi TIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Ryanair, Wizz Air839 km521 mi KRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Wizz Air844 km524 mi SUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Ryanair846 km526 mi CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Ryanair, Volotea, Wizz Air948 km589 mi CIYComiso AirportItaly · Volotea984 km611 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet, British Airways1,038 km645 mi STNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,063 km661 mi VLCValencia AirportSpain · Ryanair1,139 km708 mi BRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,202 km747 mi BHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,209 km751 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Ryanair, Volotea1,295 km805 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet1,297 km806 mi RMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · FlyOne, Wizz Air1,397 km868 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair1,522 km946 mi SVQSeville AirportSpain · Volotea1,652 km1,027 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Neos2,543 km1,580 mi SSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Neos2,834 km1,761 mi FUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Neos2,875 km1,786 mi KEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Icelandair2,922 km1,816 mi RMFMarsa Alam International AirportEgypt · Neos3,055 km1,898 mi LRMCasa De Campo International AirportDominican Republic · Neos7,775 km4,831 mi

Seasonal75

MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Neos170 km106 mi TRNTurin AirportItaly · Neos254 km158 mi ZADZadar AirportCroatia · Sky Alps381 km237 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Neos414 km257 mi OLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · Neos512 km318 mi BWKBrač AirportCroatia · Sky Alps517 km321 mi AHOAlghero-Fertilia AirportItaly · Volotea570 km354 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Volotea581 km361 mi OMOMostar International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · Sky Alps601 km373 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings669 km416 mi CAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Neos699 km434 mi DUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings722 km449 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France746 km464 mi MAHMenorca AirportSpain · Volotea, Neos822 km511 mi TPSVincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-BirgiItaly · Ryanair843 km524 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Volotea845 km525 mi SUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Neos846 km526 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Transavia889 km552 mi POZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Wizz Air893 km555 mi HAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings918 km570 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Ryanair, Neos931 km578 mi CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Neos948 km589 mi PNLPantelleria AirportItaly · Volotea958 km595 mi CFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · Ryanair980 km609 mi CIYComiso AirportItaly · Neos984 km611 mi NBEEnfidha - Hammamet International AirportTunisia · Neos1,037 km644 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways1,038 km645 mi STNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways1,063 km661 mi IBZIbiza AirportSpain · Neos1,067 km663 mi MIRMonastir Habib Bourguiba International AirportTunisia · Neos1,072 km666 mi LTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,095 km680 mi LMPLampedusa AirportItaly · Volotea1,110 km690 mi BIOBilbao AirportSpain · Volotea1,120 km696 mi GDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,135 km705 mi ZTHZakynthos International Airport Dionysios SolomosGreece · Volotea1,187 km738 mi BRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways1,202 km747 mi BHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways1,209 km751 mi EMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,211 km752 mi DJEDjerba Zarzis International AirportTunisia · Neos1,281 km796 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Neos1,295 km805 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways1,297 km806 mi LBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,302 km809 mi AALAalborg AirportDenmark · Volotea1,303 km810 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Volotea1,362 km846 mi NCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways1,392 km865 mi JMKMykonos Island National AirportGreece · Neos1,492 km927 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,539 km956 mi RIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic1,567 km974 mi JTRSantorini International AirportGreece · Neos1,578 km981 mi GLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways1,582 km983 mi BFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,591 km989 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Volotea1,610 km1,000 mi HERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Volotea, Neos1,644 km1,022 mi OPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Ryanair1,644 km1,022 mi KGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"Greece · Neos1,656 km1,029 mi RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Neos1,752 km1,089 mi AOKKarpathos AirportGreece · Volotea, Neos1,762 km1,095 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair1,901 km1,181 mi CMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc2,067 km1,284 mi MUHMersa Matruh International AirportEgypt · Neos2,108 km1,310 mi CAICairo International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo2,464 km1,531 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Sun d'Or International Airlines, Arkia, Israir Airlines2,543 km1,580 mi KEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Neos2,922 km1,816 mi LXRLuxor International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo2,932 km1,822 mi LPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Neos3,019 km1,876 mi TFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Neos3,090 km1,920 mi DSSBlaise Diagne International AirportSenegal · Neos4,304 km2,674 mi SIDAmílcar Cabral International AirportCape Verde · Neos4,472 km2,779 mi BVCAristides Pereira International AirportCape Verde · Neos4,521 km2,809 mi ATQSri Guru Ram Das Ji International AirportIndia · Neos5,608 km3,485 mi MBAMoi International AirportKenya · Neos6,188 km3,845 mi ZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania · Neos6,394 km3,973 mi MLEVelana International AirportMaldives · Neos7,566 km4,701 mi MBJSangster International AirportJamaica · Neos8,464 km5,259 mi CUNCancún International AirportMexico · Neos8,938 km5,554 mi

Seasonal charter1

CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Eurowings1,144 km711 mi

Most destinationsNeos 40Volotea 21Ryanair 19Jet2.com 12TUI Airways 7Wizz Air 6

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VRN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Verona Villafranca Airport” (revision of 19 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

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

Passengers4.0M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#385of 3,974 · #110 Europe · #15 IT Longest runway3,068 m10,064 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#976of 29,823 · #134 Europe · #7 IT Elevation73 m239 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,922of 43,341 · =4,136 Europe · =310 IT AgeOpened 19162026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=108of 15,079 · =88 Europe · =18 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

5 channels

APPGARDA APP124.450

APPGARDA APP36.230

GNDGND121.750

INFOPADOVA INFO123.250

TWRTWR118.650