# Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR / LIRQ)

**Florence Airport, Peretola** (IATA: FLR, ICAO: LIRQ) is a large airport in Firenze (FI), Tuscany, Italy. It opened on 4 Jun 1931. It has one runway, 1,560 m (5,118 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Toscana Aeroporti. In 2025 it handled 3.8 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FLR / LIRQ
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Toscana Aeroporti
- Serves: Firenze (FI), Tuscany, Italy
- Opened: 4 Jun 1931
- Elevation: 43 m / 142 ft
- Coordinates: 43.8086, 11.2028
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,560 m / 5,118 ft
- Passengers: 3,843,423 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Rome
- Website: https://www.aeroporto.firenze.it
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Airport (31 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707731
- Weather station: LIRQ · WMO 16170
- Ident: LIRQ

## Timeline

- 4 Jun 1931: Florence Airport, Peretola opens.
- 30 Jul 1997: Air Littoral Flight 701. 1 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 1,560 m / 5,118 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 048° / 228° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 2,240,019 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 2,408,191 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 2,503,311 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 2,648,278 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 2,706,409 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 2,861,498 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 667,657 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 834,724 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 2,223,980 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 3,073,950 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 3,512,029 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 3,843,423 | Eurostat |

## Routes

42 destinations in 15 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (26)

- [EBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirj.md) Marina di Campo Airport · Italy · 140 km / 87 mi · Small Fly Airlines
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 239 km / 149 mi · ITA Airways
- [NCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfmn.md) Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · France · 321 km / 199 mi · Air Corsica
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 507 km / 315 mi · Air Dolomiti
- [CAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liee.md) Cagliari Elmas Airport · Italy · 537 km / 334 mi · Volotea
- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 633 km / 393 mi · Austrian Airlines
- [PMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licj.md) Falcone–Borsellino Airport · Italy · 646 km / 401 mi · Volotea
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 720 km / 447 mi · Air Dolomiti
- [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · Serbia · 733 km / 455 mi · Air Serbia
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 737 km / 458 mi · Volotea
- [CTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licc.md) Catania-Fontanarossa Airport · Italy · 777 km / 483 mi · Volotea, Vueling
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 797 km / 495 mi · Vueling
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 872 km / 542 mi · Vueling
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 879 km / 546 mi · Air France
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 936 km / 582 mi · Vueling
- [BOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbd.md) Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport · France · 954 km / 593 mi · Volotea
- [EAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leso.md) San Sebastián Airport · Spain · 1,047 km / 651 mi · Volotea
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 1,058 km / 657 mi · KLM
- [NTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfrs.md) Nantes Atlantique Airport · France · 1,064 km / 661 mi · Volotea
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 1,180 km / 733 mi · Vueling
- [LCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eglc.md) London City Airport · United Kingdom · 1,193 km / 741 mi · British Airways
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,212 km / 753 mi · British Airways
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 1,218 km / 757 mi · British Airways
- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 1,253 km / 779 mi · Aegean Airlines
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 1,271 km / 790 mi · Iberia, Vueling
- [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · Portugal · 1,783 km / 1,108 mi · TAP Air Portugal

### Seasonal (19)

- [OLB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lieo.md) Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport · Italy · 352 km / 219 mi · Volotea
- [AHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liea.md) Alghero-Fertilia Airport · Italy · 427 km / 265 mi · Volotea
- [LYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfll.md) Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · France · 527 km / 327 mi · Volotea
- [CAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liee.md) Cagliari Elmas Airport · Italy · 537 km / 334 mi · Aeroitalia
- [SXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfst.md) Strasbourg Airport · France · 593 km / 368 mi · Volotea
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 720 km / 447 mi · Condor Flugdienst
- [MAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemh.md) Menorca Airport · Spain · 726 km / 451 mi · Vueling
- [LUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ellx.md) Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · Luxembourg · 750 km / 466 mi · Luxair
- [TLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbo.md) Toulouse-Blagnac Airport · France · 790 km / 491 mi · Volotea
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 896 km / 557 mi · Eurowings
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 936 km / 582 mi · Brussels Airlines
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 966 km / 600 mi · Volotea
- [VLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/levc.md) Valencia Airport · Spain · 1,082 km / 672 mi · Volotea
- [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · Germany · 1,096 km / 681 mi · Volotea
- [BIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebb.md) Bilbao Airport · Spain · 1,137 km / 706 mi · Volotea
- [OVD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leas.md) Asturias Airport · Spain · 1,384 km / 860 mi · Volotea
- [SVQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lezl.md) Seville Airport · Spain · 1,604 km / 997 mi · Volotea
- [BGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbr.md) Bergen Airport, Flesland · Norway · 1,876 km / 1,166 mi · Widerøe
- [HEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efhk.md) Helsinki Vantaa Airport · Finland · 2,053 km / 1,276 mi · Finnair

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (21)

- V7 [Volotea](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/volotea) · 18
- VY [Vueling](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vueling) · 7
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 3
- EN [Air Dolomiti](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-dolomiti) · 2
- A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 1
- XZ [Aeroitalia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroitalia) · 1 · seasonal
- XK [Air Corsica](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-corsica) · 1
- AF [Air France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-france) · 1
- JU [Air Serbia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-serbia) · 1
- OS [Austrian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/austrian-airlines) · 1
- SN [Brussels Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/brussels-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- DE [Condor Flugdienst](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/condor-flugdienst) · 1 · seasonal
- EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 1 · seasonal
- AY [Finnair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/finnair) · 1 · seasonal
- IB [Iberia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iberia) · 1
- AZ [ITA Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ita-airways) · 1
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1
- LG [Luxair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/luxair) · 1 · seasonal
- Small Fly Airlines · 1
- TP [TAP Air Portugal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tap-air-portugal) · 1
- WF [Widerøe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wider-e) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3.8M (2025) | #395 of 3,974 | #113 in Europe | #17 in IT |
| Longest runway | 1,560 m / 5,118 ft | =6,089 of 29,858 | =940 in Europe | #57 in IT |
| Elevation | 43 m / 142 ft | =35,542 of 43,403 | =4,665 in Europe | #369 in IT |
| Age | Opened 1931 | =452 of 15,079 | =265 in Europe | =47 in IT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =27 in IT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 126.075 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 129.350 |
| TWR | FIRENZE TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [LIQS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liqs.md) Siena-Ampugnano Airport · 62 km / 38 mi
- [PSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirp.md) Pisa International Airport · 67 km / 41 mi
- [BLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipe.md) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [FRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipk.md) Forlì-Luigi Ridolfi International Airport · 82 km / 51 mi
- [LIPC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipc.md) Cervia Air Base · 100 km / 62 mi
- [LIQW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liqw.md) Sarzana-Luni Bartolomeo Arrigoni Airport · 102 km / 63 mi

## 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: “Florence Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florence_Airport&oldid=1376329961), revision of 23 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/lirq/data