# Italy's busiest airports, by 2025 passengers

> Rome Fiumicino handled 51,306,744 passengers in 2025 and the whole country 230,080,945, on Assaeroporti data. ENAC counts 229,740,554 for the same year.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

Rome Fiumicino is Italy's busiest airport with 51,306,744 passengers in 2025, ahead of Milan Malpensa at 31,385,585, Bergamo Orio al Serio at 16,937,976 and Naples Capodichino at 13,271,522, on operator figures collected by Assaeroporti.

## The criterion: passengers counted at the gate, calendar year 2025

The order on this page is one number and nothing else: total passengers handled in 2025, as reported by the airport operators themselves and published by Assaeroporti. No opinion about terminals, lounges or connections enters the ranking.

That total includes general aviation and direct transit passengers, so it is a measure of how busy a runway is, not of how many people started or ended a trip there.

## Two official totals, 340,000 apart

Italy's airports handled 230,080,945 passengers in 2025 according to Assaeroporti, up 5.0% on 2024, and 229,740,554 according to ENAC. Both are official and both are for the same twelve months.

The gap is about 340,000 passengers, 0.15% of the total, and it comes from a different counting perimeter rather than from an error. Any page that quotes one figure as the national total is quietly picking a side, so here are both.

## The top four

Four airports carried more than ten million passengers each in 2025.

| Rank | Airport | Code | 2025 passengers | On 2024 |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|
| 1 | Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci | FCO | 51,306,744 | +4.3% |
| 2 | Milan Malpensa | MXP | 31,385,585 | +8.6% |
| 3 | Bergamo Orio al Serio | BGY | 16,937,976 | -2.4% |
| 4 | Naples Capodichino | NAP | 13,271,522 | +4.9% |

Fiumicino is operated by Aeroporti di Roma, Malpensa by SEA, Bergamo by SACBO and Naples by GESAC. The Fiumicino figure is flagged in the source as coming from Aeroporti2030, and the press has published a number close to 50.9 million citing ENAC instead: same airport, different perimeter again.

## Bergamo is the only big one that shrank

Bergamo lost 2.4% of its traffic in 2025, the single fall among the four largest Italian airports, while Malpensa grew 8.6% in the same year. Two Lombardy airports moved in opposite directions in the same twelve months.

We have no verified explanation for the split, so we are not offering one. What it changes for a traveler is small but real: if a fare looks identical from both, the airport that is filling up is Malpensa, and its transfer times are the ones worth pricing first.

## The three-letter codes that put people on the wrong plane

Two Italian cities have two commercial airports each in the ENAC register: Rome, with FCO at Fiumicino and CIA at Ciampino, and Venice, with VCE at Tessera and TSF at Treviso. Milan has LIN at Linate and MXP at Malpensa.

Bergamo is filed under its own name, BGY, not under Milan, and the same goes for Pisa (PSA) against Florence (FLR), Trapani (TPS) against Palermo (PMO), and Olbia (OLB) and Alghero (AHO) against Cagliari (CAG). Book by code, not by city name, and check the transfer before the fare.

## Leaving the busiest one: 32 minutes to Termini

The Leonardo Express covers Fiumicino to Roma Termini in 32 minutes with no intermediate stops, every 15 minutes, for 14.00 euro one way in 2026. Departures run 4:50 am to 11:05 pm from Termini (04:50 to 23:05 on Italian boards) and 5:38 am to 11:27 pm from the airport.

Under-fours ride free, and each paying adult brings one child aged 4 to 12 free of charge. A carnet of ten rides costs 115.00 euro, which pays off only for repeat trips.

## FAQ

### Which is the busiest airport in Italy?

Rome Fiumicino, with 51,306,744 passengers in 2025 and growth of 4.3% on 2024. Milan Malpensa is second at 31,385,585, which means Fiumicino is bigger than Malpensa and Bergamo put together.

### How many passengers pass through Italian airports in a year?

230,080,945 in 2025, up 5.0% on 2024, on the operator figures collected by Assaeroporti. ENAC publishes 229,740,554 for the same year, a gap of about 340,000 passengers that comes from a slightly different counting perimeter.

### Is Bergamo Orio al Serio a Milan airport?

Not on paper. The ENAC register lists MXP as Milano Malpensa and LIN as Milano Linate, while BGY is filed as Bergamo Orio al Serio, its own city. Bergamo carried 16,937,976 passengers in 2025 and was the only large Italian airport to fall, by 2.4%.

### How do I get from Fiumicino to central Rome?

The Leonardo Express runs Fiumicino to Roma Termini in 32 minutes with no stops, every 15 minutes, at 14.00 euro one way in 2026. First train from Termini 4:50 am, last 11:05 pm; from the airport 5:38 am to 11:27 pm.

### Which airport should I use for Naples and the Amalfi Coast?

Naples Capodichino, code NAP, is the fourth busiest airport in Italy with 13,271,522 passengers in 2025 and the only large one in Campania. It sits inside the city, which is why it is the shortest airport transfer of any major Italian arrival.

## Sources

| Fact | Source | Confidence | Valid until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nel 2025 gli aeroporti italiani hanno movimentato 230.080.945 passeggeri secondo i dati dei gestori raccolti da Assaeroporti (+5,0% sul 2024); ENAC, con un perimetro leggermente diverso, indica 229.740.554 passeggeri per lo stesso anno. | [Assaeroporti](https://data-upload.assaeroporti.com/download-export/2025/12); [doc 2](https://assaeroporti.com/statistiche/); [ENAC](https://www.enac.gov.it/news/enac-pubblica-i-dati-di-traffico-2025-5-rispetto-al-2024-per-oltre-2297-milioni-di-passeggeri-negli-aeroporti-italiani/) | high | 2027-06-30 |
| L'aeroporto di Roma Fiumicino 'Leonardo da Vinci' (codice IATA FCO), che serve Roma, e' il primo scalo italiano con 51.306.744 passeggeri nel 2025 (+4,3% sul 2024). | [Assaeroporti](https://data-upload.assaeroporti.com/download-export/2025/12); [ENAC](https://www.enac.gov.it/app/uploads/2024/04/Dati-_di_traffico_2021_220914.pdf) | medium | 2027-06-30 |
| L'aeroporto di Milano Malpensa (codice IATA MXP) e' il secondo scalo italiano con 31.385.585 passeggeri nel 2025 (+8,6% sul 2024). | [Assaeroporti](https://data-upload.assaeroporti.com/download-export/2025/12); [ENAC](https://www.enac.gov.it/app/uploads/2024/04/Dati-_di_traffico_2021_220914.pdf) | medium | 2027-06-30 |
| L'aeroporto di Bergamo Orio al Serio (codice IATA BGY), terzo scalo italiano e principale base low cost del Paese, ha registrato 16.937.976 passeggeri nel 2025 (-2,4% sul 2024). | [Assaeroporti](https://data-upload.assaeroporti.com/download-export/2025/12); [ENAC](https://www.enac.gov.it/app/uploads/2024/04/Dati-_di_traffico_2021_220914.pdf) | medium | 2027-06-30 |
| L'aeroporto di Napoli Capodichino (codice IATA NAP) ha registrato 13.271.522 passeggeri nel 2025 (+4,9% sul 2024), quarto scalo italiano. | [Assaeroporti](https://data-upload.assaeroporti.com/download-export/2025/12); [ENAC](https://www.enac.gov.it/app/uploads/2024/04/Dati-_di_traffico_2021_220914.pdf) | medium | 2027-06-30 |
| I codici IATA ufficiali dei principali aeroporti italiani, secondo l'elenco ENAC degli scali aperti al traffico civile commerciale, sono: Roma Fiumicino FCO, Roma Ciampino CIA, Milano Malpensa MXP, Milano Linate LIN, Bergamo BGY, Venezia VCE, Treviso TSF, Verona VRN, Bologna BLQ, Firenze FLR, Pisa PSA, Torino TRN, Genova GOA, Napoli NAP, Bari BRI, Brindisi BDS, Lamezia Terme SUF, Palermo PMO, Catania CTA, Trapani TPS, Cagliari CAG, Olbia OLB, Alghero AHO, Trieste TRS. | [ENAC](https://www.enac.gov.it/app/uploads/2024/04/Dati-_di_traffico_2021_220914.pdf) | medium | 2099-12-31 |
| Il Leonardo Express collega Roma Termini all'aeroporto di Fiumicino senza fermate intermedie in 32 minuti, con partenze ogni 15 minuti e un biglietto di corsa semplice da 14,00 euro; le corse vanno dalle 4:50 alle 23:05 da Termini e dalle 5:38 alle 23:27 da Fiumicino (2026). | [Trenitalia](https://www.trenitalia.com/it/regionale/collegamenti-regionale/leonardo-express.html) | medium | 2027-06-30 |

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