Marco Polo VCE
Cheap flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport start with knowing which airport you actually want. Marco Polo, coded VCE, sits on the mainland edge of the lagoon, closer to Mestre than to the historic centre, and it handles most of the international traffic into Venice. Treviso, the city's second airport, takes a slice of the low-cost routes. From Marco Polo you can fly to Naples, Palermo, Catania, Lamezia Terme, Barcelona, Valencia, Alicante and Bordeaux, with onward connections through larger hubs.
Marco Polo at a glance
- Passengers per year
- 11.9 M (2025)
- Elevation
- 7 m
- Opened
- 1960
- Official website
- veniceairport.it
- Population of Venice
- 250 k (2023)
Country facts: Wikidata
Getting to the city
Venice is reached by water, and Marco Polo sits on the mainland, so your transfer depends on where you're staying. Boats and water buses serve the historic centre; buses and taxis make more sense for Mestre and the mainland road towards Treviso. Allow extra time in the morning and evening peaks, when the causeway into the city fills up. If you land late, arrange your onward transport before you fly rather than at the airport. Travellers heading for Treviso should check which airport their ticket names, since the two are separate.