Naples International Airport (Capodichino)
Naples International Airport sits at Capodichino, on the northern edge of the city, and it is the airport most visitors to the Amalfi Coast use. It handled 13.3 million passengers in 2025, with 41 airlines and 128 destinations from a single terminal. The coast is a drive round the bay and over the mountains, or a hydrofoil from the city's port. What matters is choosing between the fixed-fare taxi, the ferry and the bus or train, and knowing that the terminal closes every night and for all of November 2026.
The 30-second version
For a stay on the coast, the simplest arrival is a taxi or a pre-booked driver: the City of Naples sets fixed fares per car of €145 to Positano, €155 to Amalfi and €160 to Ravello, tolls extra; ask for the fixed fare before you set off. From April to early November, the scenic way is the Alibus (€5) or a €24 taxi to Molo Beverello, then the hydrofoil to Positano or Amalfi for about €32. Flying out, check-in opens two hours before departure, the Fast Track is €9 and the Pearl Lounge €44 (GESAC's price to 31 October 2026). The terminal closes nightly from 22:30 to 03:30, and from 1 to 30 November 2026 the airport is shut for runway works, with some flights moved to Salerno.
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Every flight. Entrance 1: British Airways, flydubai, Iberia, Turkish Airlines, Wizz Air. Entrance 2: Austrian, easyJet, ITA Airways, Lufthansa, SWISS, Volotea. Entrance 3, by arrivals: Air France, KLM, Ryanair
One building. Check-in is on the ground floor, grouped by entrance; security, the Bar Lavazza and left luggage are on the first floor; the gates, shops and restaurants are on both floors beyond security. Arrivals open onto the taxi lane and the Alibus ticket machines.
Flights from the UK, the US and other non-Schengen countries go through passport control. Since 10 April 2026 every non-EU visitor is registered in the EU's Entry/Exit System: on a first entry you give your passport, a photo and fingerprints, free, and the record lasts three years; children under 12 are not fingerprinted. GESAC warns that non-EU passengers may wait longer than before. Travellers aged 14 and over with a chip passport can use the automatic e-gates where the Border Police direct them.
Report a lost or damaged bag to your airline's handling agent before you leave the baggage hall. Arriving from the UK, the US or anywhere else outside the EU, you pass customs on the way out.
For our ten hotels a private transfer is the easy option: a driver who knows the coast road and each hotel's drop-off point saves a lot of navigating. Agree the meeting point in the arrivals hall when you book.
Licensed taxis wait in the lane in front of arrivals, and taxis for trips out of the city have their own lane next to the Pick-Up car park. Ask for the fixed fare (tariffa predeterminata) before the car moves; the driver cannot refuse it and must give you a receipt showing it before you set off: €24 to Molo Beverello for the ferries, €21 to Napoli Centrale, and from Naples €125 to Sorrento, €145 to Positano, €155 to Amalfi and €160 to Ravello, per car. The fixed fares include luggage, night and holiday supplements and the airport supplement; motorway tolls and a €5 supplement for a minivan (more than four passengers, or on request) are extra.
ANM's Alibus reaches Piazza Garibaldi (Napoli Centrale) in about 15 minutes and Molo Beverello, for the ferries, in about 35. Tickets are €5 from the machines on the arrivals ground floor or online. For a euro more, the shared taxi from the Pick-Up area, 100 metres from arrivals, runs to the station and the port for €6 a person with luggage, leaving 15 minutes after the first three passengers arrive.
Curreri Viaggi runs eight coaches a day from the Tourist Bus parking to Sorrento station, via Pompei, Castellammare, Vico Equense and the Sorrento plain, from 09:00 to 19:30, about 75 minutes, for €13 booked online. The bus arrives ten minutes before departure; there is none on 1 January or 25 December. From Sorrento, SITA buses run along the coast road to Positano, Praiano and Amalfi.
Check-in desks open two hours before European flights and three hours before intercontinental ones, though each airline sets its own times. Curreri tells passengers to take its coach from Sorrento at least five hours before the flight, since summer traffic is slow; give a taxi or driver the same margin.
Check-in is on the ground floor, by entrance number: 1 for British Airways, flydubai, Iberia, Turkish and Wizz Air; 2 for easyJet, ITA, Lufthansa, Austrian, SWISS and Volotea; 3 for Air France, KLM and Ryanair. With hand luggage only and a boarding pass on your phone, go straight up to security on the first floor.
Security is on the first floor; scan your boarding pass to enter. The Fast Track lane costs €9, online or at the kiosk on the first floor before security, from 05:00 to 20:00. Liquids and creamy foods in hand luggage go in containers of 100 ml or less, up to one litre in total.
Flights to the UK, the US and other non-Schengen countries pass passport control after security, where the Entry/Exit System records your exit. Over-14s with a chip passport can use the e-gates. GESAC asks travellers to the UK with children, or with only a non-electronic passport, to arrive early.
The boarding area has the restaurants and the shopping arcade on two floors, and the Pearl Lounge for anyone who pays. The shops close by 21:30 and the terminal at 22:30.
The airport's one lounge for paying passengers: worth it for a long wait, especially with Priority Pass.
Eccellenze della CostieraBoarding area, first floor
A sit-down restaurant upstairs in the boarding area, open from 05:00 to 21:30: the place for a proper last lunch before the flight.
Il BancoBoarding area, ground floor
Neapolitan street food and gourmet deli counter: something proper to take on the plane.
Casa Caldarelli WineBoarding area, ground floor
A wine bar and restaurant in the boarding area: a glass of wine with a plate before the flight.
Chalet CiroCheck-in area, ground floor, before security
A restaurant and bar in the check-in hall: coffee, or a proper meal, before you go through security.
Bar LavazzaFirst floor, before security
The coffee bar before security, open from 04:30: an espresso while you wait for the rest of your party.
FrescoOutside arrivals, ground floor
A traditional Neapolitan pizzeria by the arrivals exit: a real pizza while you wait for someone, or for the coach.
The hotel at Naples Airport
For an early flight, a late landing or a long wait: the one we would book.
The only place to sleep at Naples airport itself, and it is a sleeping pod rather than a hotel room: private cabins with a bed and a desk, open around the clock, and bookable even for an hour on its own site. Since the terminal closes from 22:30 to 03:30, it is the answer for a dawn flight or a late landing when you would rather not drive to the coast in the dark. None of our ten is near the airport: the closest, Monastero Santa Rosa, is about 62 minutes by road, and the rest 66 to 76.
Each cabin is about 4 square metres with a single bed, and the 16 bathrooms, each with a shower, are shared.
Getting to the terminal
Outside the terminal building, by car park P2, about 100 metres on foot
Yes. GESAC closes Naples Airport from 1 to 30 November 2026 to rebuild the runway. Some flights move to Salerno Costa d'Amalfi airport (code QSR), so check the airport code on your booking; during the closure, GESAC and Busitalia Campania run a bus between Piazza Garibaldi (Napoli Centrale) and Salerno airport, eight a day each way, timed to the flights, €12 paid on board by card, about an hour and 15 minutes. In November 2026 those flights use Salerno's new terminal, opened in July 2026. Outside November 2026, remember the terminal is closed every night from 22:30 to 03:30 except for exceptional delays: you cannot wait inside overnight for a dawn flight.
Ask for the fixed fare before you leave the rank. The City of Naples sets them per car, covering luggage, nights, Sundays and holidays and the airport supplement; the driver cannot refuse the fixed fare and must hand you a receipt with the route and price before you set off.
The hydrofoils are seasonal, April to early November, with luggage at €5 a piece. Out of season go by road, or by train to Salerno and the Travelmar ferry, which runs all year.
The mozzarella rule: GESAC applies the 100 ml liquids limit to creamy substances as well as liquids, so pack fresh buffalo mozzarella, which travels in its own liquid, in the hold.
Left luggage: from €10 a bag a day; the desk on the first floor beside security is open from 04:30 to 22:00, handy for a last day in Naples before an evening flight.
From April to early November, yes. NLG sails from the new Beverello terminal to Positano and Amalfi several times a day, from 08:35 to mid-afternoon; some sailings change boats at Capri. One way costs €32 to Positano and €32.50 to Amalfi; to Positano, children aged 2 to 12 pay €18.50 and under-twos travel free.
Yes, via Salerno, and this route works all year. Take the Alibus to Napoli Centrale (about 15 minutes), then a fast train to Salerno: Italo runs ten a day in 36 minutes from €8.90, and Trenitalia's Frecciarossa also calls. From the square by Salerno station, Travelmar's ferries reach Amalfi in 35 minutes (€12), Minori in 40 (€10) and Positano in 70 (€17), and SITA buses climb the coast road to Maiori, Minori and Amalfi.
Assistance at EU airports is free: ask your airline at least 48 hours before you fly and say exactly what you need. GESAC publishes a guide for passengers with reduced mobility and a service for travellers with autism. Naples taxis carry wheelchairs, pushchairs and guide dogs free.
Flights from Naples fall under EU rules. Arrive three hours or more late and you can claim €250 on flights up to 1,500 km, €400 on flights of 1,500 to 3,500 km and longer flights within the EU, and €600 beyond, unless the airline proves extraordinary circumstances. After a long delay the airline also owes you meals, and a hotel if you are moved to the next day.
The terminal closes from 22:30 to 03:30, so for a dawn flight sleep close by: the Benbo Capsule Hotel is just outside the terminal by car park P2, and the Capodichino International Hotel is 500 metres away. Landing late, the last Curreri coach to Sorrento leaves at 19:30 and the hydrofoils stop in mid-afternoon, so book a driver.
For Le Sirenuse, Palazzo Murat and Il San Pietro in Positano, and Hotel Tramonto d'Oro in Praiano, the €145 fixed taxi fare to Positano or the hydrofoil are the obvious routes. For Hotel Marina Riviera in Amalfi, Borgo Santandrea and Monastero Santa Rosa towards Conca dei Marini, and Hotel Santa Lucia in Minori, take the taxi to Amalfi (€155) or the train to Salerno and the Travelmar ferry. Caruso and Palazzo Pascal, up in Ravello and Scala, are €160 by fixed-fare taxi. Our transfers page will have the timed and priced way to each hotel.
Questions people ask
A taxi at the fixed fare of €145 per car, tolls extra, or a pre-booked driver. From April to early November you can also take the Alibus or a €24 taxi to Molo Beverello and the NLG hydrofoil to Positano for €32.
The City of Naples fixed fare is €155 per car, including luggage, night and holiday supplements; motorway tolls and a €5 minivan supplement (more than four passengers) are extra. Ask for the fixed fare before you set off.
Not directly to Positano or Amalfi. Curreri's coach runs eight times a day to Sorrento for €13, about 75 minutes, and SITA buses continue from Sorrento along the coast road; or take the Alibus to the station and the train to Salerno.
Yes, from April to early November: NLG sails from Molo Beverello to Amalfi for €32.50 and to Positano for €32. Out of season, go via Salerno, where Travelmar runs all year.
No. The terminal closes every night from 22:30 to 03:30, except for exceptional delays, and the whole airport is closed from 1 to 30 November 2026 for runway works.
Yes, the Pearl Lounge after security, open from 05:00 to 21:00. Anyone can pay €44 at the reception (GESAC's price to 31 October 2026), and Priority Pass members get in.
Check-in opens two hours before European flights and three hours before intercontinental ones. From the coast, allow generously for the road: the Sorrento coach operator advises leaving five hours before your flight.