BLQ — Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport

Large airport in Bologna, Italy.
IATA code
BLQ
ICAO code
LIPE
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
11,207,940
2025 · +3.3% on the year before
Nonstop routes
81
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC+1 / UTC+2
Europe/Rome
Elevation
37 m
121 ft
Runways
1
Longest 2,803 m

Jan–May 2026: 4,421,751 passengers, +3.9% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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About BLQ

Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport is a large airport serving Bologna, Italy. It opened in 1931 and is run by Aeroporto Guglielmo Marconi di Bologna (company). 11,207,940 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 81 nonstop routes from BLQ.

Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from BLQ

Route Distance Passengers / year
BLQ → CTA847 km 618,424
BLQ → TIA770 km 475,845
BLQ → BCN833 km 462,133
BLQ → PMO722 km 338,234
BLQ → IST1,467 km 326,193
BLQ → CDG831 km 292,797
BLQ → MAD1,299 km 291,651
BLQ → LHR1,165 km 270,369
BLQ → OTP1,176 km 269,255
BLQ → FRA644 km 246,467
BLQ → BDS695 km 241,779
BLQ → FCO313 km 237,340
BLQ → CAG615 km 231,924
BLQ → AMS989 km 231,466
BLQ → MUC426 km 211,165
BLQ → VIE568 km 207,839
BLQ → CMN2,045 km 201,629
BLQ → STN1,156 km 198,682
BLQ → BRI585 km 197,493
BLQ → VLC1,123 km 182,745
BLQ → ATH1,287 km 179,618
BLQ → SUF749 km 176,462
BLQ → OLB429 km 174,513
BLQ → CRL835 km 172,093
BLQ → LIS1,811 km 167,343
BLQ → DXB4,490 km 162,546
BLQ → CPH1,237 km 159,482
BLQ → BER885 km 145,105
BLQ → AHO498 km 144,776
BLQ → SAW1,527 km 136,623
BLQ → TPS742 km 131,464
BLQ → BVA886 km 119,280
BLQ → EIN886 km 118,900
BLQ → SVQ1,643 km 112,581
BLQ → MLA1,002 km 100,938
BLQ → SOF999 km 98,552
BLQ → CGN769 km 98,523
BLQ → IBZ1,036 km 98,105
BLQ → CLJ997 km 91,300
BLQ → ZRH388 km 91,030

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
FRLForlì-Luigi Ridolfi International Airport73 km
FLRFlorence Airport, Peretola81 km
PMFParma Airport85 km
VRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport101 km
PSAPisa International Airport119 km
RMIFederico Fellini International Airport120 km
VBSBrescia Gabriele d'Annunzio Airport125 km
VCEVenice Marco Polo Airport136 km
TSFTreviso Airport143 km

Distance from BLQ to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
BLQ → LHR1,165 km 270,369
BLQ → DXB4,490 km 162,546
BLQ → CDG831 km 292,797
BLQ → FRA644 km 246,467
BLQ → IST1,467 km 326,193
BLQ → AMS989 km 231,466
BLQ → JFK6,665 km —
BLQ → ATL7,887 km —
BLQ → LAX9,942 km —
BLQ → SIN10,121 km —
BLQ → HND9,732 km —
BLQ → DOH4,200 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
12/302,803 m 45 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy · 44.5354, 11.2887

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport has the IATA code BLQ and the ICAO code LIPE. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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