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Orio al Serio Airport

Orio al Serio International Airport
Aeroporto di Bergamo-Orio al Serio
Il Caravaggio International Airport, Orio al Serio (BG).jpg
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator SACBO
Serves Bergamo and Milan, Italy
Location Orio al Serio
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 782 ft / 238 m
Coordinates 45°40′08″N 009°42′01″E / 45.66889°N 9.70028°E / 45.66889; 9.70028Coordinates: 45°40′08″N 009°42′01″E / 45.66889°N 9.70028°E / 45.66889; 9.70028
Website www.orioaeroporto.it/en/
Map
BGY is located in Bergamo
BGY
BGY
Location of airport on map of Bergamo
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,934 9,630 Asphalt
12/30 778 2,552 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 10,404,625
Passenger change 14–15 Increase 18.6%
Aircraft movements 76,078
Movements change 14–15 Increase 12.4%
Source: List of the busiest airports in Europe, Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL
Statistics from Assaeroporti
Passengers 10,404,625
Passenger change 14–15 Increase 18.6%
Aircraft movements 76,078
Movements change 14–15 Increase 12.4%

Orio al Serio International Airport (IATA: BGYICAO: LIME), also known as Il Caravaggio International Airport, is an international airport located in the municipal territory of Orio al Serio, 2 nautical miles (3.7 kilometres; 2.3 miles) southeast of Bergamo in Italy. The airport is 45 km (28 mi) north-east of Milan, which it serves together with Malpensa Airport and Linate Airport, the city's two primary airports. The airport served 10,404,625 passengers in 2015 and is the third busiest in Italy. The airport served 11,159,631 passengers in 2016.

Despite being called Milan/Bergamo Airport or similar by some low-cost airlines, neither "Milan" nor "Bergamo" are part of the airports official naming.

The airport is managed by SACBO, a company partially owned by SEA – Aeroporti di Milano, the operator of Linate and Malpensa airports. SEA, the company that runs the latter two airports, also holds a 31% stake in SACBO. It is named "Il Caravaggio" after the Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, who lived as a child at Caravaggio in the Province of Bergamo.

Ground handling services are provided by SACBO and Airport Global Services. Security services were formerly provided by SACBO with the supervision of the Polizia di Frontiera (Border Police), Guardia di Finanza (Italian Customs Police) and Ente Nazionale Aviazione Civile (Italy's Civil Aviation Authority). Due to labour disputes and costs the security services have been outsourced to a private security firm (Fidelitas).

On 5 August 2016, Boeing 737-476 (SF) registered HA-FAX, operated by ASL Airlines Hungary, overshot while landing on runway 28 in Bergamo and came to a stop on the highway, 300 m from the runway end. No one was injured, but some cars were destroyed and the plane sustained substantial damages.


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