# Reggio Calabria: a small airport, a big one, a strait

> Reggio's own airport handled 567,898 passengers from January to July 2026, Lamezia 3,049,594 in 2025. Blu Jet crosses the Strait in 20 minutes.

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Last updated: 2026-09-11

Reggio Calabria has its own airport, the Aeroporto dello Stretto, with 567,898 passengers from January to July 2026, but Calabria's main airport is Lamezia Terme (SUF), which handled 3,049,594 passengers in 2025, and from Sicily you cross the Strait to Villa San Giovanni.

## Two airports, very different sizes

Reggio's airport handled 567,898 passengers in the first seven months of 2026, 95,850 of them in July. Over the same months Lamezia Terme passed 1,961,184, more than three times as many.

Lamezia Terme, IATA code SUF, is the main airport of Calabria, with 3,049,594 passengers in 2025, up 12.4% on 2024, twentieth in Italy. It's run by SACAL.

The choice is a trade-off. Reggio's airport is on your doorstep with fewer flights, Lamezia has the flights but a transfer that the data verified for this page doesn't cover, so price the onward leg before you book the cheaper ticket.

## From Sicily: the fast boat to Villa San Giovanni

The Blu Jet fast boat, part of the FS group, crosses from Messina Porto Storico to Villa San Giovanni in 20 minutes, with 16 runs a day in each direction on the timetable in force since December 14, 2025. The first boat leaves Messina at 5:20 am and the last at 11:50 pm, and the first from Villa San Giovanni sails at 5:45 am.

A single costs €2.50 and a same-day return €4.50 (2026), and an ordinary pass for 40 trips within 45 days costs €60. You can buy at the port ticket offices, in the MooneyGo app, or together with a Trenitalia or Italo ticket.

Villa San Giovanni is not Reggio: the port is about 14 km from the city. Blu Jet's site has menu entries for a Messina to Reggio route, but its timetable and fare pages answered 404 on September 1, 2026, so this page doesn't claim a direct boat.

## With a car: Caronte & Tourist

Caronte & Tourist runs the car ferry between Villa San Giovanni and Messina 24 hours a day, every day. In September 2026 a single for a car with up to five people costs €43.20, plus a €2.30 fuel surcharge and €0.60 ETS tax, and each extra passenger adds €2.50.

A same-day return costs €47.20, a return within 3 days €53.40 and a return within 90 days €85.50. There's a night fare of €37.90 between 22:00 and 04:00, available from September 15 to July 15. These rates were valid for September 1 to 30, 2026 and change by season, and the operator treats single departure times as indicative.

## To the Riace bronzes on foot

The National Archaeological Museum, home of the Riace bronzes, is at Piazza De Nava 26, about two minutes on foot from Reggio Calabria Lido station. City buses link it to the airport and the port, but the museum doesn't give line numbers or frequencies, and this page can't either.

The city is at [Reggio Calabria](/towns/reggio-calabria), the museum at [the Reggio archaeological museum](/attractions/museo-archeologico-reggio-calabria), and every Strait crossing compared at [ferries to Sicily](/plan/ferries-to-sicily).

## FAQ

### Which airport should you fly into for Reggio Calabria?

Reggio has its own, the Aeroporto dello Stretto, with 567,898 passengers from January to July 2026. Lamezia Terme (SUF) is Calabria's main airport, with 3,049,594 passengers in 2025, so it has more routes, but the transfer from Lamezia to Reggio isn't in our verified data.

### How long is the ferry from Messina to Villa San Giovanni?

20 minutes on the Blu Jet fast boat, with 16 crossings a day each way on the timetable in force since December 14, 2025. A single costs €2.50 and a same-day return €4.50 (2026). Villa San Giovanni is about 14 km from Reggio city.

### How much is the car ferry across the Strait of Messina?

€43.20 one way for a car with up to five people on Caronte & Tourist in September 2026, plus a €2.30 fuel surcharge and €0.60 ETS tax. The service runs 24 hours a day, every day, and fares change with the season.

### Is there a fast boat from Messina straight to Reggio Calabria?

It can't be confirmed: Blu Jet's timetable and fare pages for a Messina to Reggio route answered 404 on September 1, 2026. The verified crossing is Messina to Villa San Giovanni, 20 minutes, then onward to Reggio by land.

## Sources

| Fact | Source | Confidence | Valid until |
|---|---|---|---|
| L'aeroporto dello Stretto di Reggio Calabria ha registrato 567.898 passeggeri nei primi sette mesi del 2026 (-0,5% sullo stesso periodo 2025), di cui 95.850 nel solo mese di luglio 2026; e molto piu piccolo dell'altro scalo calabrese, Lamezia Terme, che nello stesso periodo ha superato 1,96 milioni di passeggeri. | [Assaeroporti - Associazione italiana gestori aeroporti](https://assaeroporti.com/statistiche/) | medium | 2027-03-31 |
| L'aeroporto di Lamezia Terme (codice IATA SUF), principale scalo della Calabria, ha registrato 3.049.594 passeggeri nel 2025 (+12,4% 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 |
| La nave veloce Blu Jet (gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato) collega Messina Porto Storico e Villa San Giovanni in 20 minuti con 16 corse al giorno per senso, orario in vigore dal 14 dicembre 2025; il biglietto di sola andata costa 2,50 euro e l'andata e ritorno in giornata 4,50 euro (2026), con abbonamento ordinario da 40 corse in 45 giorni a 60 euro. | [Blu Jet S.r.l. - Gruppo FS Italiane](https://www.blujetlines.it/oraripasseggeri-villa14122025.html); [doc 2](https://www.blujetlines.it/tariffepasseggeri-villa.html); [Trenitalia](https://www.trenitalia.com/it/servizi/blu-jet.html) | high | 2027-06-30 |
| Con l'auto lo Stretto si attraversa da Villa San Giovanni a Messina con Caronte & Tourist, che opera 24 ore su 24 tutti i giorni: nel settembre 2026 la corsa semplice per un'auto con fino a cinque passeggeri costa 43,20 euro, piu 2,30 euro di supplemento carburante e 0,60 euro di tassa ETS. | [Caronte & Tourist S.p.A.](https://www.carontetourist.it/it/stretto-messina/tariffe-auto); [doc 2](https://www.carontetourist.it/it/stretto-messina/orari) | medium | 2026-12-31 |
| Il Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria si trova in Piazza De Nava 26 e dista circa due minuti a piedi dalla stazione ferroviaria di Reggio Calabria Lido; dall'aeroporto e dal porto e collegato da bus urbani (verificato settembre 2026). | [Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria - Ministero della Cultura](https://museoarcheologicoreggiocalabria.cultura.gov.it/pianifica-visita/) | medium | 2027-08-31 |

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