Venice Marco Polo Airport

Venice Marco Polo Airport (LIPZ) sits 7 miles north of central Venice on the Italian mainland adjacent to the Venetian Lagoon. It is the principal commercial and business-aviation gateway to Venice and the Veneto region. Commercial service is substantial (Lufthansa, Air France, BA, KLM, easyJet) and the airport handles meaningful business-aviation flow, particularly during the Venice Film Festival (late August/early September), the Venice Biennale (alternate years, April through November), Carnevale (February), and the year-round leisure flow into Venice. The two runways (04R/22L 10,827 ft, 04L/22R 9,348 ft) handle every current business jet without restriction. Two FBOs (Sky Services and Universal Aviation Italy) handle private movements. Field elevation is 7 feet, no density-altitude concerns. The dominant operational considerations are winter fog (a serious factor over the Venetian Lagoon — frequent low-visibility procedures), summer afternoon thunderstorms, and the structural slot pressure during major Venice event windows. The unique passenger experience at LIPZ is the water transfer — Alilaguna and private water taxi services run directly from the airport's marina dock into the heart of Venice, bypassing road traffic entirely. Ground time via road to the Tronchetto and Piazzale Roma (the road end of Venice) is 25–35 minutes; the water taxi to St. Mark's Square is 30 minutes; the helicopter transfer is 8–12 minutes.