# Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport (CIA / LIRA)

**Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport** (IATA: CIA, ICAO: LIRA) is a large airport in Rome, Lazio, Italy. It opened in 1916. It has one runway, 2,203 m (7,226 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aeroporti di Roma SpA. In 2025 it handled 4.0 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CIA / LIRA
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Aeroporti di Roma SpA
- Serves: Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Opened: 1916
- Elevation: 130 m / 427 ft
- Coordinates: 41.7988, 12.5953
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,203 m / 7,226 ft
- Passengers: 3,980,337 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Rome
- Website: http://www.adr.it/ciampino
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Ciampino_Airport (42 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1132616
- Weather station: LIRA · WMO 16239
- Ident: LIRA

## Timeline

- 1916: Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport opens.
- 10 Nov 2008: Ryanair Flight 4102. No deaths.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 2,203 m / 7,226 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Asphalt | 152° / 332° | yes |

- 15/33 slopes 1.2%: threshold 15 at 104 m / 341 ft, threshold 33 at 130 m / 427 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 4,989,388 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 5,802,877 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 5,366,837 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 5,851,077 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 5,812,451 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 5,851,912 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 1,618,209 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 2,321,687 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 3,473,030 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 3,880,503 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 3,857,726 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 3,980,337 | Eurostat |

## Routes

26 destinations in 16 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (19)

- [CAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liee.md) Cagliari Elmas Airport · Italy · 412 km / 256 mi · Ryanair
- [TIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lati.md) Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa · Albania · 594 km / 369 mi · Ryanair
- [BTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzib.md) M. R. Štefánik Airport · Slovakia · 796 km / 495 mi · Ryanair
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 818 km / 508 mi · Ryanair
- [SOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbsf.md) Sofia Airport · Bulgaria · 896 km / 557 mi · Ryanair
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 932 km / 579 mi · Ryanair
- [KRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkk.md) Kraków John Paul II International Airport · Poland · 1,074 km / 667 mi · Ryanair
- [OTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrop.md) Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · Romania · 1,136 km / 706 mi · Ryanair
- [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 1,148 km / 713 mi · Ryanair
- [POZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eppo.md) Poznań-Ławica Airport · Poland · 1,223 km / 760 mi · Ryanair
- [WMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epmo.md) Warsaw Modlin Airport · Poland · 1,330 km / 826 mi · Ryanair
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,459 km / 907 mi · Ryanair
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 1,695 km / 1,053 mi · Ryanair
- [VNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eyvi.md) Vilnius International Airport · Lithuania · 1,703 km / 1,058 mi · Ryanair
- [FEZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmff.md) Fes Saïss International Airport · Morocco · 1,769 km / 1,099 mi · Ryanair
- [RBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmme.md) Rabat-Salé Airport · Morocco · 1,897 km / 1,179 mi · Ryanair
- [EDI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egph.md) Edinburgh Airport · United Kingdom · 1,949 km / 1,211 mi · Ryanair
- [SNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/einn.md) Shannon Airport · Ireland · 2,014 km / 1,251 mi · Ryanair
- [RAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmx.md) Marrakesh Menara Airport · Morocco · 2,152 km / 1,337 mi · Ryanair

### Seasonal (7)

- [OLB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lieo.md) Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport · Italy · 276 km / 171 mi · Wizz Air
- [CFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgkr.md) Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport · Greece · 663 km / 412 mi · Ryanair
- [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · Greece · 1,462 km / 908 mi · Ryanair
- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · United Kingdom · 1,609 km / 1,000 mi · Ryanair
- [LPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggp.md) Liverpool John Lennon Airport · United Kingdom · 1,721 km / 1,069 mi · Ryanair
- [PFO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lcph.md) Paphos International Airport · Cyprus · 1,901 km / 1,181 mi · Ryanair
- [AMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojai.md) Queen Alia International Airport · Jordan · 2,355 km / 1,463 mi · Ryanair

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 25
- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 1 · seasonal

Former hub of [Itavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/itavia).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4.0M (2025) | #387 of 3,974 | #111 in Europe | #16 in IT |
| Longest runway | 2,203 m / 7,226 ft | #3,262 of 29,858 | #642 in Europe | #44 in IT |
| Elevation | 130 m / 427 ft | =28,494 of 43,403 | =3,049 in Europe | #221 in IT |
| Age | Opened 1916 | =108 of 15,079 | =88 in Europe | =18 in IT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =27 in IT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ARR | ROMA ARR | 119.200 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 119.400 |
| DIR | ROMA DIRECTOR | 119.200 |
| GND | GND | 121.750 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.500 |
| ATIS |  | 122.425 |

## Nearby airports

- [LIRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liru.md) Rome Urbe Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [LIRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lire.md) Pratica di Mare Air Base · 20 km / 13 mi
- [LIRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirg.md) Guidonia Air Base · 24 km / 15 mi
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 28 km / 18 mi
- [LIRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirl.md) Latina Air Base · 39 km / 24 mi
- [LIRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirv.md) Viterbo Airport · 83 km / 52 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #65

## 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: “Rome Ciampino Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rome_Ciampino_Airport&oldid=1375945799), revision of 21 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/lira/data