Palermo Airport
Palermo-Punta Raisi Airport2 (Italian: Aeroporto di Palermo-Punta Raisi) (IATA: PMO, ICAO: LICJ), also known as Falcone-Borsellino Airport and Punta Raisi Airport is located in Punta Raisi, about 35 km west of Palermo, capital of the Italian island of Sicily. The airport is one of the busiest in Italy, with 4,446,142 passengers in 2008.
Palermo airport was named Falcone-Borsellino in memory of the two anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed by the mafia in 1992. A 1.90 m diameter plaque featuring their portraits is located outside one of the main entrances to the departures area, inside a mosaic of Sicily. Created by 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).
Telephone: +39(0)917 020 111
Fax: +39(0)917 020 394
Email: gesap@gesap.it
Airport codes
IATA airport code: PMO
ICAO airport code: LICJ
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