Rome Ciampino Airport
You board on foot across open tarmac at an airfield running since 1916.
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One of the oldest airports still operating. Opened in 1916 and named for WWI airship pilot Giovan Battista Pastine, it was Rome's main gateway until Fiumicino took over in 1960. Allied forces captured it in June 1944, making it a US Army Air Forces field.
What to look for
- No jet bridges: board on foot across the apron or by shuttle bus, through one single-story terminal with 16 gates
- The airport's name, honoring 'G. B. Pastine,' the WWI airship pilot
- DHL cargo planes and Italian Government aircraft sharing the single 2,208 m runway with your Ryanair flight
12 km (7.5 mi) south-southeast of central Rome, just outside the Greater Ring Road.
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More to see in Rome
- Vatican CityThe world's smallest sovereign state fits in 44 hectares — you cross its border by stepping over a white line.
- ColosseumAround 50,000 Romans packed this stone oval to watch spectacles staged over a two-level warren of cages beneath the arena floor.
- St. Peter's BasilicaThe world's largest church, built directly over the grave believed to hold St. Peter's bones.
- Sistine ChapelMichelangelo painted the ceiling standing up, not on his back — and cardinals still elect the pope in this room.
- PantheonA 1,900-year-old concrete dome with a hole punched in the top — when it rains in Rome, it rains inside too.
- Stadio OlimpicoOne 70,634-seat bowl, two cross-town tenants: AS Roma and SS Lazio both play here.