Venice Marco Polo Airport (IATA: VCE, ICAO: LIPZ) is Venice’s main international airport, located on the mainland in Tessera, about 8 km (4.9 mi) north of the city. It operates a strong seasonal leisure network to many European cities and offers long-haul routes to North America, the Middle East, and Asia. In 2024, the airport handled 11.59 million passengers, marking a new traffic record.
In the first three months of 2025, Marco Polo saw 1.2 million passengers, a 3.5% increase compared to the same period in 2024. The intercontinental (long-haul) market remains very important: in the first nine months of 2025, more than 950,000 passengers flew between Venice and North America, up 6% on the same period in 2024.
The airport has two parallel asphalt runways: Runway 04R/22L (3,300 m / 10,827 ft) and Runway 04L/22R (2,780 m / 9,121 ft). Its terminal has three levels — arrivals on the ground floor, departures on the second, and airline offices on the third — with around 70 check-in desks and two airside lounges (the “Tintoretto Lounge” for SkyTeam and the “Marco Polo Room” for other carriers).
Infrastructure is also expanding: Terminal 2A is scheduled to open in 2025, bringing 10 new gates and around 900 m² of commercial space. The airport’s longer-term master plan aims to raise capacity to over 20 million passengers by 2037.
As for airlines, it remains a base for easyJet, Volotea, Ryanair, and Wizz Air.
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