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Rome Ciampino Airport (Italian:
Aeroporto di Roma-Ciampino or Giovan Battista Pastine Airport) (IATA:
CIA, ICAO: LIRA) is a joint civilian, commercial and military airport
near Rome in Italy. The airport is situated 15 km southeast of central
Rome in the town of Ciampino, just outside the Greater Ring Road (Italian:
Grande Raccordo Anulare or GRA) the circular motorway around the city.
Ciampino airport was opened in 1916. Until 1960 it was the main airport
of Rome, with traffic amounting to over 2 million passengers per year.
Since the opening of Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport in
Fiumicino, Ciampino has been handling almost exclusively charter and
executive flights. After decades of stagnation in scheduled traffic,
low-cost carriers have now boosted Ciampino; it is now one of the
busiest and fastest growing airports in Italy. Passenger traffic in 2007
was 5,402,032 (9,24% up from 2006; 2006 itself had seen an increase of
16,75% compared to 2005).[1] In fact, traffic has grown so much that
noise complaints are now forcing the Italian Ministry of Transport to
look for a third airport for Rome, which could take over part of the
excess traffic of Ciampino. In November 2007, it was decided that
Viterbo Airport will become Rome's third commercial airport. The
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