Falcone Borsellino Airport (IATA: PMO, ICAO: LICJ) (Italian: Aeroporto Falcone Borsellino) or simply Palermo Airport, formerly Punta Raisi Airport, is an international airport located at Cinisi, 19 NM (35 km; 22 mi) west-northwest^[1] of Palermo, the capital city of the Italian island of Sicily. It is the second biggest airport in Sicily in terms of passengers after Catania-Fontanarossa Airport, with 7,118,087 passengers handled in 2022.

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IATA: PMO ICAO: LICJ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Serves	Palermo, Italy
Location	Cinisi, Palermo, Italy
Opened	1960
Focus city for	Ryanair Volotea
Elevation AMSL	65 ft / 20 m
Coordinates	38°10′55″N 013°05′58″E
Website	gesap.it
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PMO Location in Italy
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 3,326 10,912 Bitumen 02/20 2,068 6,784 Bitumen
Statistics (2022)
Passengers 7,118,057 Passenger change 21–22 55.54% Movements 52,008 Movements change 21–22 20.6% Cargo (tons) 3,077 Cargo change 20–21 21.4%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] Statistics from Assaeroporti[2]

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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 Sicilian Mafia in 1992. A 1.90-metre-diameter (6.2 ft) plaque featuring their portraits can be found to the right of one of the main outside entrances 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).

In 1994, GESAP was charged with the partial management of the airport through a convention which granted the company a 20-year mandate to run land-side activities (the airport buildings and surrounding areas). In April 1999, GESAP obtained an anticipated mandate to manage the airport's air side activities, and, more specifically, the flight infrastructure (runways, links, taxiways and aprons).

In June 2005, Eurofly launched seasonal flights from Palermo to New York City using Airbus A330s.^[3][4][5] The company merged with Meridiana in 2010 to create Meridiana Fly, which continued the service.^[6] As a result of Meridiana Fly's decision to rebrand as Air Italy, the route ended in October 2017.^[7][8]

GESAP S.p.a. is the airport management company of the airport. It has a fully paid-up share capital of €15,912,332 divided between the Regional Province of Palermo, the Comune of Palermo, the Chamber of Commerce, the Comune of Cinisi and other minor partners.

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

• On 5 May 1972, Alitalia Flight 112 flew into Mt. Longa on approach to Palermo Airport. All 115 aboard were killed.
• On 23 December 1978, Alitalia Flight 4128 crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea while on approach to Palermo Airport.
• On 6 August 2005, Tuninter Flight 1153, an ATR 72–500, ran out of fuel while en route and ditched about 18 miles from the city of Palermo. 16 of the 39 people on board died.
• On 24 September 2010, Wind Jet Flight 243, operated by Airbus A319-132 EI-EDM,^[39] landed short of the runway after encountering a thunderstorm and windshear on approach. The aircraft was substantially damaged when it impacted the localiser. Both main undercarriage sets collapsed and the aircraft was evacuated by the emergency slides.^[40] Around 20 passengers were injured in the evacuation.^[39]

• Catania Fontanarossa Airport Vincenzo Bellini – Sicily's major international airport
• Trapani Birgi Airport Vincenzo Florio – another of Sicily's international airports
• Comiso Airport Vincenzo Magliocco – another of Sicily's international airports
• List of airports in Italy