Palermo International Airport

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Palermo International Airport (Falcone-Borsellino Airport)
IATA: PMO - ICAO: LICJ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Serves		Palermo
Elevation AMSL		65 ft (20 m)
Coordinates		38°10′33.45″N, 13°05′27.67″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
07/25	10,912	3,326	Asphalt
02/20	6,804	2,074	Asphalt

Palermo International Airport (IATA: PMO, ICAO: LICJ), also known as Falcone-Borsellino Airport and Punta Raisi Airport is located at Punta Raisi, 32km (19 miles) west of Palermo, the capital city of the Italian island of Sicily.

The airport was given the name Falcone-Borsellino in memory of the two leading anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were murdered by the mafia in 1992. A 1.90m diameter plaque featuring their portraits can be found to the right of one the main outside entrance to the departure hall, set into a mosaic of Sicily. Created by the sicilian sculptor Tommaso Geraci, it bears the inscription Giovanni Falcone - Paolo Borsellino - Gli Altri - L'orgoglio della Nuova Sicilia (Giovanni Falcone - Paolo Borsellino - The Others - The Pride of the New Sicily).

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Air Malta (Luqa)
Air One (Milan-Linate, Naples, Rome-Fiumicino)
Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino)
Alpi Eagles (Venice, Naples, Olbia)
Centralwings (Warsaw) [Starts June 2,2007]
easyJet (London-Gatwick [starts 18 June 2007], Milan-Malpensa)
Helvetic Airways (Zürich)
MyAir (Milan-Bergamo)
Meridiana (Bologna, Florence, Lampedusa, Milan-Linate, Olbia, Panterlleria, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Verona)
Mistral Air (Rome-Ciampino) Cargo Only
Ryanair (London-Stansted)
TUIfly (Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart)
Tunisair (Tunis)
Windjet (Barcelona, Forlì, Madrid, Milan-Linate, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pisa, Rome-Fiumicino, Venice, Verona)