Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport). Official site.

Bologna International Airport (Guglielmo Marconi Airport) is one of the largest air harbors in Italy, serving 2017 million passengers in 8,198.

History of Bologna International Airport

In 1917, a military airfield was located on the territory of the modern air harbor, which was used mainly for servicing military aircraft, while the military airfield played a not unimportant role during World War II, when bombers sent from there to destroy the positions of the Allies and bombing cities of Western Europe.

After the end of World War II, the military airfield was converted into a civilian air harbor, however, initially, only transport planes carrying out cargo and mail transportation were served here.

In the 60-ies, the airport of Bologna was actively used for passenger transportation, which was facilitated by the construction of a terminal here.

In 70-ies of the last century, the airport underwent a number of improvements and upgrades, in private, the runways were improved, the infrastructure was expanded, etc., which led to interest among air carriers, so the route network of the air harbor began to expand rapidly.

In the 80-ies, the air harbor was given the status of an international airport, which was facilitated by flights to France, Spain, the United Kingdom and a number of other European countries.

In 2000, the volume of passenger traffic of the International Airport of Bologna was more than 3,5 million passengers, in 2010, this figure increased to 5,5 million passengers, and by the end of 2017 year, the air harbor served more than 8,198 million passengers.

Runways of the International Airport Barcelona

The international airport of Bologna has one asphalt airstrip with the length of 2800 meters and a width of 45 meters, which allows receiving and servicing aircraft 2-4 class.

Among other things, helicopter platforms are also available on the territory of the air harbor, allowing all types of helicopters to be accepted without exception.

Infrastructure of Bologna International Airport

Bologna International Airport has a well-developed infrastructure, which is facilitated by the growing volume of passenger traffic, in particular, passengers can find in the territory of the air harbor:

• Banks, ATMs, payment terminals;
• Cafes, restaurants and places of public catering;
• Retail shops and shopping centers;
• Souvenir shops;
• Duty free shops;
• Pharmacy;
• Room mother and child;
• Places for packing and storing luggage;
• Post office;
• Ticket offices and representative offices of air carriers;
• Parking of motor transport;
• Parking of public transport;
• Car rental;
• Railway station.

There is no hotel on the territory of the International Airport, however, because the air harbor is located near the city, there are no problems with finding temporary accommodation.

How to get to Bologna International Airport. Guglielmo Marconi?

Bologna International Airport has excellent transport connections to Bologna and other cities. In particular. Passengers of the air harbor can take advantage not only of taxi services, but also of public transport (buses, railways, etc.).

Basic data of the airport Bologna Guglielmo Marconi:

• Airport Country: Italy .
• The international airport of Bologna in central Italy.
• GMT time zone (summer / winter): + 2 / + 1.
• Latitude geographical 44.54, 11.29 geographical longitude.
• The geographical location of the airport: on 6 kilometers towards the northeast of the city of Bologna.
• The number of airport terminals: 1.

Bologna Guglielmo Marconi (Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport). Official site: www.bologna-airport.it

The main airport codes:

• IATA airport code: BLQ.
• ICAO airport code: LIPE.

Contact details:

• The mailing address of the airport: SABAeroportoG.MarconidiBolognaS.pA, ViaTriumvirato84, 40132BolognaBO, Italy.
• City Airport Help Phone: + 390516479615.
• Airport Fax: + 390516479719.
• Base airport are airlines: Neos (Neos).

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