ABOUT CIAMPINO AIRPORT

Rome Ciampino Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Roma-Ciampino or Giovan Battista Pastine Airport) (IATA: CIA) 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 the circular motorway around the city. Until 1960 Ciampino was the main airport of Rome, before the construction of the Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport in Fiumicino.

Ciampino is quite small, due to the short distance from the city suburbs, but is one of the busiest airports in Italy. The total passenger traffic in 2006 rose to 4,945,158 (16,75% more than 2005).

The total area of the terminals was extended at the beginning of 2007.