Genoa Airport (IATA: GOA, ICAO: LIMJ) (Italian: Aeroporto di Genova) also named Christopher Columbus Airport ("Aeroporto Cristoforo Colombo" in Italian) (Italian pronunciation: [kriˈstɔːforo koˈlombo]), and commonly named Aeroporto di Genova-Sestri Ponente (Genoa-Sestri Ponente Airport), after the city district where it is located, is an international airport built on an artificial peninsula, 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) west^[1] of Genoa, Italy.

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Genoa Airport Aeroporto di Genova
IATA: GOA ICAO: LIMJ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aeroporto di Genova S.p.A.
Serves	Genoa, Italy
Elevation AMSL	13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	44°24′48″N 008°50′15″E
Website	www.airport.genova.it
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 2,916 9,564 Bitumen
Statistics (2022)
Passengers 1,222,888 Passenger change 21-22 99.0% Movements 16,064 Movements change 21-22 24.4% Cargo (tons) 1,099 Cargo change 21-22 24.4%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] Statistics from Assaeroporti[2]

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The airport is the most important in Liguria and it serves the city and Port of Genoa, as well as considerable population in Southern Piedmont (Asti and Alessandria Provinces, Southern areas of Cuneo Province). In 2018, with 1,455,626 passengers having passed through the airport,^[3] Genoa is the 21st busiest Italian airport by passenger traffic.^{[citation needed]}

It is currently operated by Aeroporto di Genova S.P.A., which has recently upgraded the airport complex. The airport is named after the notable Genoese navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus, who is recalled in the monument La Vela di Colombo.^[4][5] The airport was the manufacturing base for Piaggio Aerospace, an Italian aircraft design and production company.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2022, Volotea announced to close their Genoa base after five years, leading to the cancellation of 14 routes.^[6]

Building an offshore airport was not a strange or unique solution only for Genoa. Among the most conspicuous examples we can mention the infrastructures in New York or those of Nice, Venice, Gibraltar.

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Genoa Airport:

• On 25 February 1999, Alitalia Flight 1553, a Dornier 328, operated by Minerva Airlines, operated a flight from Cagliari-Elmas Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport. On landing on runway 29, the aircraft overshot the end of the runway and crashed into the sea, due to excessive tailwind and late touchdown. Four of the 31 passengers and crew died in the accident.