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Venice Marco Polo Airport

ICAO LIPZ45.5053°N 12.3519°E2 m / 7 ftLarge airport

Venice Marco Polo Airport (IATA: VCE, ICAO: LIPZ) is a large airport in Venezia (VE), Veneto, Italy. It opened in 1960. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,300 m (10,827 ft). In 2025 it handled 11.8 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1960–1960

1960

OpenedVenice Marco Polo Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

04R/22L042° / 222° · LIT

LENGTH3,300 m10,827 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

04L/22R042° / 222° · LIT

LENGTH2,780 m9,121 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

8.5M

8.7M

9.6M

10.3M

11.2M

11.5M

2.8M

3.4M

9.3M

11.3M

11.6M

11.8M

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Routes

102 destinations · 40 countries

Year-round73

MUCMunich AirportGermany · Air Dolomiti320 km199 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways412 km256 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines432 km268 mi BSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet437 km272 mi NCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · easyJet456 km283 mi GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet490 km304 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings530 km329 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Volotea, Wizz Air537 km334 mi LYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea565 km351 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Ryanair, Wizz Air571 km355 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst, Lufthansa577 km359 mi BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair602 km374 mi MRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Volotea611 km380 mi BEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Serbia628 km390 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair649 km403 mi BDSBrindisi AirportItaly · Ryanair705 km438 mi CAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Wizz Air746 km464 mi KRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air752 km467 mi DUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings763 km474 mi BERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Ryanair, easyJet767 km477 mi PMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air817 km508 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, easyJet835 km519 mi BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines836 km519 mi ORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · easyJet, Transavia836 km519 mi SKPSkopje International AirportNorth Macedonia · Wizz Air842 km523 mi TPSVincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-BirgiItaly · Ryanair844 km524 mi REGReggio Calabria AirportItaly · Ryanair871 km541 mi TLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · Volotea894 km556 mi CFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · Volotea902 km560 mi CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air922 km573 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM, easyJet937 km582 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air, Vueling952 km592 mi WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air971 km603 mi TUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Tunisair979 km608 mi BODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · Volotea, Wizz Air1,026 km638 mi NTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Volotea1,086 km675 mi ZTHZakynthos International Airport Dionysios SolomosGreece · Volotea1,115 km693 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,117 km694 mi CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines1,125 km699 mi STNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,135 km705 mi LHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways1,151 km715 mi LTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,169 km726 mi BIOBilbao AirportSpain · Volotea, Wizz Air, Vueling1,235 km767 mi VLCValencia AirportSpain · Wizz Air1,244 km773 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Ryanair, Volotea, Wizz Air +11,276 km793 mi RMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · Wizz Air, HiSky1,283 km797 mi BRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, easyJet1,286 km799 mi ALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,334 km829 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, easyJet1,367 km849 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines1,402 km871 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia, Air Europa, Wizz Air1,407 km874 mi SAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines1,463 km909 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,597 km992 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair1,601 km995 mi ORKCork International AirportIreland · Ryanair1,677 km1,042 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,714 km1,065 mi TLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · Wizz Air1,756 km1,091 mi SVQSeville AirportSpain · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,760 km1,094 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Jet Time1,844 km1,146 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal1,915 km1,190 mi LCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Wizz Air2,149 km1,335 mi CMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Air Arabia, Royal Air Maroc2,170 km1,348 mi CAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir2,382 km1,480 mi KUTDavid the Builder Kutaisi International AirportGeorgia · Wizz Air2,430 km1,510 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Wizz Air2,449 km1,522 mi EVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · Wizz Air2,661 km1,653 mi SSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, Wizz Air2,749 km1,708 mi TFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Wizz Air3,196 km1,986 mi DOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways4,150 km2,579 mi DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates4,431 km2,753 mi JFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines6,668 km4,143 mi PEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China7,883 km4,898 mi PVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines8,925 km5,546 mi

Seasonal39

STRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings426 km265 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair432 km268 mi NCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Twin Jet456 km283 mi OLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · Volotea561 km349 mi AHOAlghero-Fertilia AirportItaly · Ryanair, Wizz Air634 km394 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings710 km441 mi CAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Volotea746 km464 mi SUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Ryanair801 km498 mi HAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings919 km571 mi PNLPantelleria AirportItaly · Volotea967 km601 mi LMPLampedusa AirportItaly · Volotea1,113 km692 mi CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,125 km699 mi JSISkiathos Island National AirportGreece · Volotea1,154 km717 mi BHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,283 km797 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,367 km849 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Ryanair1,407 km874 mi RMURegion of Murcia International AirportSpain · Volotea1,407 km874 mi ADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress1,461 km908 mi OVDAsturias AirportSpain · Volotea1,470 km913 mi JTRSantorini International AirportGreece · Volotea1,493 km928 mi RIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic1,501 km933 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,597 km992 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · Aer Lingus1,601 km995 mi ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,616 km1,004 mi OSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle1,635 km1,016 mi RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Volotea1,659 km1,031 mi AOKKarpathos AirportGreece · Volotea1,675 km1,041 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Ryanair, Finnair1,844 km1,146 mi LCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Cyprus Airways2,149 km1,335 mi KEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Icelandair2,975 km1,849 mi JEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia3,597 km2,235 mi RUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia3,820 km2,374 mi YULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada6,358 km3,951 mi EWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines6,692 km4,158 mi PHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Airlines6,819 km4,237 mi YYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada, Air Transat6,854 km4,259 mi IADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines7,032 km4,369 mi ATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines7,890 km4,903 mi DFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines8,776 km5,453 mi

Most destinationsRyanair 27Wizz Air 27Volotea 20easyJet 12Eurowings 4Norwegian Air Shuttle 3

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

Records & rankings

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

Passengers11.8M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#183of 3,974 · #48 Europe · #6 IT Longest runway3,300 m10,827 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=713of 29,823 · =97 Europe · =4 IT Elevation2 m7 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,749of 43,341 · =5,770 Europe · =532 IT AgeOpened 19602026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,584of 15,079 · =929 Europe · =81 IT Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =4 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

4 channels

APPAPP118.900

ATISATIS122.225

GNDGND121.700

TWRTWR120.200