Rome Fiumicino is the busiest airport in Italy and the hub of ITA Airways, sitting on the Tyrrhenian coast near the ruins of Portus, the ancient harbor built to supply imperial Rome — so the site has been a gateway to the city for two thousand years. The current schedule feed lists 271 airports in 84 countries connected to Rome.
It is named after Leonardo da Vinci, who filled his notebooks with flying machines four centuries before anyone managed it.
Leonardo Da Vinci (Fiumicino) International Airport is the 40th busiest airport in the world — it handled 50,872,356 passengers in 2025, according to ACI World's annual ranking.
The most frequently served routes for Leonardo Da Vinci (Fiumicino) International Airport connect to Madrid (MAD), Torino (TRN) and Catania (CTA).
The longest connected route for Leonardo Da Vinci (Fiumicino) International Airport reaches Sydney (SYD). This flight covers a distance of 10,155 miles (16,343 km).