Palermo Airport

For the airport in Palermo, Argentina, see Aeroparque Jorge Newbery.

Falcone Borsellino Airport
Aeroporto Falcone Borsellino
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesPalermo, Italy
LocationCinisi, Palermo, Italy
Opened1960
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL65 ft / 20 m
Coordinates38°10′55″N 013°05′58″E / 38.18194°N 13.09944°E / 38.18194; 13.09944
Websitegesap.it
Map
PMO is located in Sicily
PMO
PMO
Location in Italy
PMO is located in Italy
PMO
PMO
PMO (Italy)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,326 10,912 Bitumen
02/20 2,068 6,784 Bitumen
Statistics (2024)
Passengers8,921,601
Passenger change 23–24Increase 10.1%
Movements65,091
Movements change 23–24Increase 8.9%
Cargo (tons)1,445
Cargo change 23–24Decrease -15.1%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]
Statistics from Assaeroporti[2]

Falcone Borsellino Airport (IATA: PMO, ICAO: LICJ) (Italian: Aeroporto Falcone Borsellino) or simply Palermo Airport, formerly Punta Raisi Airport, is an international airport located at Cinisi, 19 NM (35 km; 22 mi) west-northwest[1] of Palermo, the capital city of the Italian island of Sicily. It is the second biggest airport in Sicily in terms of passengers after Catania-Fontanarossa Airport, with 8,921,601 passengers handled in 2024.

History

The airport was given the name Falcone Borsellino in memory of the two leading anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were murdered by the Sicilian Mafia in 1992. A 1.90-metre-diameter (6.2 ft) plaque featuring their portraits can be found to the right of one of the main outside entrances to the departure hall, set into a mosaic of Sicily. Created by the Sicilian sculptor Tommaso Geraci, it bears the inscription Giovanni Falcone–Paolo Borsellino–Gli Altri–L'orgoglio della Nuova Sicilia (Giovanni Falcone–Paolo Borsellino–The Others–The Pride of the New Sicily).

In 1994, GESAP was charged with the partial management of the airport through a convention that granted the company a 20-year mandate to run land-side activities (the airport buildings and surrounding areas). In April 1999, GESAP obtained an anticipated mandate to manage the airport's air-side activities, and, more specifically, the flight infrastructure (runways, links, taxiways and aprons).

In June 2005, Eurofly launched seasonal flights from Palermo to New York City using Airbus A330s.[3][4][5] The company merged with Meridiana in 2010 to create Meridiana Fly, which continued the service.[6] As a result of Meridiana Fly's decision to rebrand as Air Italy, the route ended in October 2017.[7][8] Neos commenced a summer-seasonal route in June 2024 with Boeing 787 Dreamliners, reconnecting Palermo to New York–JFK.[9] In May 2025 United Airlines also commenced a new summer-seasonal service between the two cities, connecting the Sicilian city to Newark, near New York, using Boeing 767-400s.[10]

Management

GESAP S.p.a. is the airport management company of the airport. It has a fully paid-up share capital of €15,912,332 divided between the Regional Province of Palermo, the Comune of Palermo, the Chamber of Commerce, the Comune of Cinisi and other minor partners.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Palermo Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens[11]
AeroItalia Rome–Fiumicino[12]
Air Serbia Seasonal: Belgrade[13]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna[14]
British Airways Seasonal: London–Heathrow[15]
DAT Lampedusa,[16] Pantelleria[16]
easyJet Amsterdam,[17] Basel/Mulhouse,[17] Milan–Malpensa,[18] Naples,[17]
Seasonal: Bordeaux (begins 27 June 2026),[19] Bristol,[20] Geneva,[17] Lisbon,[21] London–Gatwick,[22] London–Luton,[23] Lyon,[17] Nice,[24] Palma de Mallorca,[25] Paris–Orly,[17] Porto[26]
Egyptair Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh[27]
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[28] Düsseldorf,[29] Stuttgart[30]
Iberia Seasonal: Madrid[31]
ITA Airways Milan–Linate,[32] Rome–Fiumicino[32]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham,[33] Manchester,[34] Newcastle upon Tyne (begins 26 May 2026)[35]
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin[36]
Lufthansa Frankfurt,[37] Munich[37]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[38]
Neos Seasonal: New York–JFK[39]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen,[40] Oslo (begins 20 June 2026),[41] Stockholm–Arlanda[42]
Ryanair Barcelona,[17] Bari,[17] Beauvais,[17] Bergamo,[17] Berlin,[17] Bologna,[17] Bratislava,[43] Budapest,[17] Cagliari,[17] Charleroi,[17] Cologne/Bonn,[17] Forlì,[17] Genoa,[17] Hahn,[17] Kraków,[17] London–Stansted,[44] Madrid,[17] Marseille,[17] Memmingen,[17] Milan–Malpensa,[17] Naples,[17] Nuremberg, Perugia,[17] Pisa,[17] Poznań,[45] Rome–Fiumicino,[46] Trieste,[17] Turin,[17] Valencia,[17] Venice,[17] Verona,[17] Warsaw–Modlin,[47] Wrocław,[17]
Seasonal: Alghero,[17] Brindisi,[17] Bucharest–Otopeni,[48] Cuneo,[48] Dublin,[49] Edinburgh,[17] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden,[17] Gdańsk (begins 2 June 2026),[50] Parma,[51] Rimini,[17] Vienna,[17] Zagreb[52]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen,[53] Oslo,[54] Stockholm–Arlanda[54]
Sky Alps Mostar[55]
Smartwings Seasonal charter: Prague,[56] Warsaw–Chopin[57]
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich[58]
Transavia Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Amsterdam (begins 2 April 2026),[59] Nantes,[60] Rotterdam/The Hague[61]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels[62]
Tunisair Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[63]
United Airlines Seasonal: Newark[64]
Volotea Ancona, Florence,[65] Naples,[66] Verona[67]
Seasonal: Athens,[67] Bilbao,[67][68] Bordeaux,[67][69] Brest,[67][70] Heraklion,[71] Lille,[72] Lourdes,[73] Lyon,[74] Nantes,[75] Paris–Orly (begins 3 April 2026),[76] Strasbourg,[67] Toulouse[67]
Vueling Barcelona[77]
Wizz Air Bologna (begins 1 August 2026),[78] Bratislava,[79] Milan–Malpensa (begins 1 August 2026),[80] Sharm El Sheikh (begins 2 August 2026),[81] Sofia (begins 4 July 2026),[82] Tel Aviv (begins 1 August 2026),[83] Turin (begins 4 May 2026),[84] Venice (begins 1 August 2026),[85] Warsaw–Modlin[86]
Seasonal: Belgrade (begins 31 March 2026),[87] Skopje (begins 15 July 2026)[88]

Statistics

Apron view
Aerial view
PassengersYear2,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,0006,000,0007,000,0008,000,0001995200020052010201520202025PassengersAnnual passenger traffic

Accidents and incidents

  • On 5 May 1972, Alitalia Flight 112 flew into Mt. Longa on approach to Palermo Airport. All 115 aboard were killed.
  • On 23 December 1978, Alitalia Flight 4128 crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea while on approach to Palermo Airport.
  • On 6 August 2005, Tuninter Flight 1153, an ATR 72–500, ran out of fuel while en route and ditched about 29 kilometres (18 mi) from the city of Palermo. 16 of the 39 people on board died.
  • On 24 September 2010, Wind Jet Flight 243, operated by Airbus A319-132 EI-EDM,[89] landed short of the runway after encountering a thunderstorm and windshear on approach. The aircraft was substantially damaged when it impacted the localiser. Both main undercarriage sets collapsed and the aircraft was evacuated by the emergency slides.[90] Around 20 passengers were injured in the evacuation.[89]

Ground transport

Train

The airport's railway facility, Punta Raisi railway station, is the northwestern terminus of Palermo metropolitan railway service. It links the airport with Palermo Centrale railway station. A typical timetable on work days is a train every 30 minutes in each direction between early morning and around 10.00 pm.

Bus

There are several private bus companies, which stop at the bus station outside the terminal building and connect the airport with nearby Palermo city.[91] There are further connections to/from Palermo, Catania, Messina and rest of Sicily.

See also

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