Ciampino Airport

Rome Ciampino Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Roma-Ciampino or Giovan Battista Pastine Airport) (IATA: CIA, ICAO: LIRA) is a joint civilian, commercial and military airport near Rome in Italy. The airport is situated 15 km southeast of central Rome, just outside the Greater Ring Road (Italian: Grande Raccordo Anulare) the circular motorway around the city. Until 1960 Ciampino was the main airport of Rome with a traffic of over 2 million passengers per year, while after the opening of Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport in Fiumicino it handled almost entirely charter and executive flights. After decades of stagnation in scheduled traffic, thanks to the development of low-cost carriers, Ciampino is now one of the busiest and fastest growing airports in Italy. The passenger traffic in 2006 was 4,945,158 (16,75% more than 2005). The terminals were extended at the beginning of 2007.