Venezia Unica
Nicelli Airport
Lido of Venice
- Location: Nicelli Airport
- Address: Via Morandi, 9
- E-Mail: nicelli@aeroportonicelli.it
- Phone#: 041 770300
- Transportation: Lines 5.1, 5.2, 20 (stop Lido S.M.E., dock A)
Lines 5.1, 5.2, 6 (stop Lido S.M.E., dock B)
Lines 14, N (stop Lido S.M.E., dock C)
Lines 1, 10, N (stop Lido S.M.E., dock D)
Lines 10 (stop Lido S.M.E., dock E)
Line 14 (stop Lido S. Nicolò M/N)
Line 17 (stop Lido S. Nicolò N/T)
Bus line A
Nicelli Airport, originally the Venice-San Nicolò airport, is located in the north-eastern part of the Lido island.
Built in 1909, it was broadly used during the First World War, when fighter airplanes protecting the city of Venice were transferred from the mainland to a location which would ensure a prompter response to enemy attacks.
In the 1930s it was the second largest airport of Italy after Rome’s, and from its grass runway personalities like the Prince of Wales, writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline and Gabriele d’Annunzio, who had moved to Lido, took off. After a period of neglect, the facility was re-opened around the 1990s and now is mainly used for general and leisure aviation.
Built in 1909, it was broadly used during the First World War, when fighter airplanes protecting the city of Venice were transferred from the mainland to a location which would ensure a prompter response to enemy attacks.
In the 1930s it was the second largest airport of Italy after Rome’s, and from its grass runway personalities like the Prince of Wales, writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline and Gabriele d’Annunzio, who had moved to Lido, took off. After a period of neglect, the facility was re-opened around the 1990s and now is mainly used for general and leisure aviation.
