Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Bologna-Guglielmo Marconi) (IATA: BLQ, ICAO: LIPE) is an international airport serving the city of Bologna in Italy. It is approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) northwest of the city centre in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The airport is named after Bologna native Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937), an Italian electrical engineer and Nobel laureate.
Location
44.535°N, 11.289°E · 37 m s. n. m. (123 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 6
Tower
Ground
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
The original Bologna airport was opened in 1933 some 500 metres to the west of the present building. This airport was used until the 1970s, by which time it had become impractically small for passenger numbers and was replaced by the present airport.
In June 2005, Eurofly began a nonstop flight from Bologna to New York City. It operated the route on a seasonal basis with Airbus A330s. The link lasted until 2008. In June 2019, American Airlines introduced seasonal service to Philadelphia on a Boeing 767. Given Bologna's proximity to Tuscany, the company anticipated that tourists bound for the region would take the flight. However, it had difficulty attracting them and discontinued the route in September 2019.
Airlines operating here · 44
Other airlines with direct routes
List taken from the airport’s own website (September 2026).
Photo: Ex13 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · view original
Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Cite
To cite this page in academic work, an article or Wikipedia, choose the style and copy the reference. The access date is today.
This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BLQ
MLA
“Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BLQ. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BLQ.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BLQ (Accessed: 16 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_blq,
author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BLQ},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BLQ}},
urldate = {2026-10-16},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}Wikipedia
{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BLQ |title=Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-16 |language=en}}