| Genoa Christopher Columbus Airport | |
| Nativename-A: | Genoa-Sestri Ponente Airport |
| Image2-Width: | 250 |
| Iata: | GOA |
| Icao: | LIMJ |
| Type: | Public |
| Operator: | Aeroporto di Genova S.p.A. |
| City-Served: | Genoa |
| Location: | Sestri Ponente, Liguria, Italy |
| Elevation-F: | 13 |
| Elevation-M: | 4 |
| Metric-Elev: | yes |
| Pushpin Map: | Italy Liguria#Italy |
| Pushpin Label: | GOA/LIMJ |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Italy |
| Coordinates: | 44.4133°N 8.8375°W |
| R1-Number: | 10/28 |
| R1-Length-F: | 9,564 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2,916 |
| R1-Surface: | Bitumen |
| Metric-Rwy: | yes |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 1,222,888 |
| Stat2-Header: | Aircraft Movements |
| Stat2-Data: | 16,064 |
| Stat3-Header: | Cargo (tons) |
| Stat3-Data: | 1,099 |
| Stat-Year: | 2022 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] Statistics from Assaeroporti[2] |
Genoa Christopher Columbus Airport — commonly Genoa-Sestri Ponente Airport after the city district where it is located — is an international airport built on an artificial peninsula, 4NM west[1] of Genoa, Italy.
The airport began construction in 1954 and opened in 1962, at a cost of 12.8 billion lira. Building an offshore airport was not a strange or unique solution only for Genoa. Among the most conspicuous examples are other airports in Nice, Venice, Gibraltar, or Hong Kong.
The current terminal building was opened in 1986. It is the most important airport in Liguria and it serves the city and Port of Genoa, as well as a considerable population in Southern Piedmont (Asti and Alessandria Provinces, southern areas of Cuneo Province). In 2018, with 1,455,626 passengers having passed through the airport,[3] Genoa is the 21st busiest Italian airport by passenger traffic.
It is currently operated by Aeroporto di Genova S.P.A., which has recently upgraded the airport complex. The airport is named after the notable Genoese navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus, who is recalled in the monument La Vela di Colombo.[4] [5] The airport was the manufacturing base for Piaggio Aerospace, an Italian aircraft design and production company.
In January 2022, Volotea announced to close their Genoa base after five years, leading to the cancellation of 14 routes.[6]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Genoa Airport:
Genoa Airport can be reached by travelling in the city's inner roads and by the A10 Motorway, with the closest exit being 'Genova Aeroporto'. Taxi stands can be found just outside the airport. For groups of at least 3 people, taxi fares can be fixed between the airport and the city's main railway stations.
The closest railway station to the airport is Genova Sestri Ponente-Aeroporto, served by Trenitalia regional trains to/from Piazza Principe/Brignole, Savona and Ventimiglia. The station is then connected to the airport by a bus service called Airlink, operated by AMT Genova.
AMT also operates Volabus, a bus service linking the airport with the Genova Piazza Principe and Genova Brignole railway stations. As of 1 August 2020, regional bus operator ATP resumed its Airport Shuttle service between the airport and the other localities in Genoa's Metropolitan City.