Marco Polo International Airport

Venice Marco Polo Airport (IATA: VCE, ICAO: LIPZ) is an airport located on the Italian mainland 4.3 NM (8.0 km; 4.9 mi) north of Venice, Italy, in Tessera, a frazione of the comune of Venice nearest to Mestre. The airport was named after the Venetian traveller Marco Polo, whose book introduced Central Asia and China to Europeans. With 6,868,968 passengers having passed through the airport in 2010, it is the fifth Italian airport in terms of air traffic. A modern terminal, opened in 2002 but is already at full capacity, hosting all scheduled and charter flights, including some long-haul flights to the Middle East and North America. The airport is managed by SAVE S.p.A., a company partially owned by local authorities which also controls...