Rome Leonardo da Vinci FCO Airport Overview

Rome Leonardo da Vinci Airport FCO - better known as 'Fiumicino Airport', is Italy's largest Airport and is one of two major Airports seving greater Rome (the other is Ciampino).

The Airport is located 32 km southwest of the 'eternal city' of Rome, Italy, and is accessible via A91 Roma-Fiumicino, a 6-lane motorway, and can easily be reached from Rome's surrounding ring road, taking the Fiumicino (A12) exit and following signs guiding to the Airport. The Airport's railway station is served by the non-stop Leonardo Express train running twice an hour to Rome's Termini station, a trip of 31 minutes.

With four long runways and an estimated 36.3 million passengers a year, Leonardo da Vinci Airport is hub to Alitalia, Air Alps, Blu-Express & EastyJet, and is served by a myriad of international airlines offering direct and connecting flights to all points of the globe.

The on-Airport Hilton Airport Hotel (tel. +39 (0)6 65258) is connected to the passenger terminals and the train station by a skybridge.

The passenger terminal complex at Leonardo da Vinci Airport consists of four passenger terminals - T1, T2, T3 & T5. (For detailed terminal information, click on 'Terminal Map'.)

Parking options at Leonardo da Vinci Airport: (For detailed parking information, click on 'Airport Parking'.)

Rental car counters are located in the pedestrian tunnels linking the air terminal to levels B & D of the multi-story carpark, and are accesasible from the domestic arrivals area (follow sign).

To get from Rome's da Vinci Airport to your destination, you can rent a car at rental car (counters are inside the terminals, or reserve one from EasyTerra); or take the Airport Connection Shuttle running between the Airport & all of Rome's hotels at a fixed price (a private taxi costs at least 70 EU). You can also take a train or a bus:
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1. Trains: The Airport's train station is located in Terminal 3's concourse leading to the H gates.
(a) The Leonardo Express train runs twice an hour, non-stop, to the main train station 'Termini' in Rome, a trip of 30 mins.
(b) Local trains on the Sabina-Fiumicino line FR1 run every 15 mins and you can change trains at the following stations: Tiburtina, Trastevere, Ostiense (Metro Piramide) or Tuscolana.
(b) Buses:  (a) COTRAL buses (tel. 800-174-471) stop in front of Terminal 2, Arrivals. follow 'Regional Bus Station' sign.  In Rome It stops at Piazza dei Cinquecento, in front of the National Museum, at Roma Tiburtina Station, the Cornelia Station of A subway, and at the Eur-Magliana station of the B subway line.  Tickets get be bought onbord the bus. The ll journey takes an hour.
(b) Terravision buses (tel. +39 (0)665 958 646), with counters inside the Arrivals Halls of the terminals, offer a shuttle bus to the city center, stopping also at the Metro station 'Lepanto' and the main railroad station 'Termini'.



Rome Leonardo da Vinci FCO Airport Update History

  • Updated FCO Airports page - Feb 12, 2012
  • Updated FCO Terminal Map page - Feb 8, 2012
  • Updated FCO Direct Flights page - Feb 8, 2012
  • Updated FCO Security page - Jan 8, 2012
  • Updated FCO Airport Intro page - Jan 7, 2012
  • Updated FCO Persons With Disabilities page - Dec 26, 2011
  • Updated FCO Parking On site page - Dec 12, 2011
  • Updated FCO Main Terminals page - Dec 5, 2011
  • Updated FCO Gate Offset page - Nov 29, 2011
  • Updated FCO Food & Stores page - Nov 3, 2011
  • Updated FCO Lost Found page - Sep 21, 2011
  • Updated FCO Buses & Trains page - Sep 19, 2011
  • Updated FCO Baggage Claim page - Sep 15, 2011
  • Updated FCO Official Website Links page - Sep 7, 2011

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