Lamezia Terme International Airport

Lamezia Terme International Airport Aeroporto Internazionale di Lamezia Terme
IATA: SUF ICAO: LICA SUF Location of airport in Italy
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Sacal S.p.A.
Serves	Lamezia Terme
Location	Lamezia Terme, Italy
Elevation AMSL	46 ft / 14 m
Coordinates	38°54′19″N 16°14′32″E / 38.90528°N 16.24222°E / 38.90528; 16.24222
Website	www.sacal.it
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 9,900 3,017 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 2,342,406 Passenger change 14–15 -2.8% Aircraft movements 21,524 Movements change 14–15 -5.9%
Statistics from Assaeroporti

Passengers	2,342,406
Passenger change 14–15	-2.8%
Aircraft movements	21,524
Movements change 14–15	-5.9%

Lamezia Terme International Airport (Italian: Aeroporto Internazionale di Lamezia Terme "Sant'Eufemia") (IATA: SUF, ICAO: LICA) is an airport in the Sant'Eufemia district of Lamezia Terme, Calabria, Italy. It is the principal airport of Calabria. Additionally, a military helicopter unit, the 2° Reggimento dell'Aria "Sirio", is based near the airport.

In 1965 a consortium, CONSAER, was formed to build a new airport near the motorway, the railway and the port of Gioia Tauro; level ground near Lamezia Terme was chosen as the site. The airport opened in June 1976. Its IATA airport code SUF derives from the name Sant'Eufemia. Itavia began scheduled flights to Rome-Fiumicino, Milan-Linate, Catania and Palermo in December of that year. The airport was expanded and modernised in 1982.

Since 1990 it has been managed by SACAL SpA, which is jointly owned by various local government administrations and by private investors.

A contract to extend the runway from the current 2414 metres to 3000 m was awarded on 27 December 2007. A design competition for a new passenger terminal to replace the present building was held in November 2008, and was won by Engco.