Rome Ciampino G. B. Pastine International Airport
Ciampino is Rome's second airport, 15 km south-east of the city and closer to the centre than Fiumicino. It is small, with a single passenger terminal, and used mostly by low-cost airlines: Ryanair runs 21 routes from it this winter. It welcomed about 4 million passengers in 2025. Being small is the point: short walks and a fixed €40 taxi fare into town. This is what to know before you land and before you fly home, checked against the airport operator and the transport operators.
The 30-second version
Ciampino is a small one-terminal airport, so you are at the kerb quickly: take a white taxi from the rank outside arrivals for the fixed €40 fare to anywhere inside the Aurelian Walls. Flying out, buy the €10 Fast Track online if you are travelling at a busy time and check in online so you can go straight to security. There is no lounge, so eat at the cafés in departures, and note that the airport takes no commercial flights between 23:00 and 06:00.
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Mostly low-cost European airlines, led by Ryanair
One building for departures and arrivals, Schengen and non-Schengen, plus a separate General Aviation terminal for private flights. Check-in, security and the cafés are all a few minutes apart.
Flights from Schengen countries need no passport check. From the UK and the rest of the world you go through passport control, where non-EU visitors on a short stay are now registered in the EU Entry/Exit System: fingerprints and a photograph the first time, in place of the old stamp, which ended on 10 April 2026. Ciampino has 12 e-gates for travellers aged 14 and over with chip passports from the EU and from countries including the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea.
Two handling companies, Aviation Services and Consulta, deliver the bags, and the screen beside each belt says which one to see if yours is missing. Pushchairs come back at the collection point next to belt 4, and free courtesy pushchairs wait near the terminal access ramp to get you there.
The City of Rome's tourist information point in arrivals is open 09:00–18:00 and sells ATAC Metro and bus tickets and the Rome tourist pass, so you can sort the city's transport before you reach the kerb. The currency exchange in arrivals opens 08:00–21:00; the cash machines are in the departures area. The free AIRPORT FREE WIFI network needs only a browser.
Taxis wait outside arrivals. Take only the white cars with a TAXI sign on the roof and the licence number on the doors and inside. The fixed fare, all supplements included, is €40 to anywhere inside the Aurelian Walls and to Ostiense or Tiburtina station, and €55 to Fiumicino. Ignore anyone offering a ride inside the terminal.
The Ciampino Airlink bus leaves from the square opposite the airport every 20 minutes for Ciampino station, where you change to a train to Termini; one ticket covers both for €2.70. It is the cheapest way in, with one change at Ciampino station.
All the bus stops are opposite international departures. Terravision, SIT and Rome Airport Bus run direct to Termini, with tickets online, from agents in arrivals or on board. City bus 720 runs to Laurentina on Metro line B and bus 520 to Cinecittà and Subaugusta on line A, useful for the Colosseum side of the city.
A pre-booked driver meets you in the arrivals hall with your name. It is worth it after a late landing, because the arrivals terminal closes at midnight.
Ciampino takes no commercial flights between 23:00 and 06:00. At night the departures terminal stays open only for passengers with a flight within the next 24 hours, so for a first-wave departure you can wait inside, and the Lavazza and Pick cafés open at 04:30. The fixed €40 taxi works in this direction too.
Check-in rules and deadlines are your airline's, so read them on the booking. Checked in online with hand luggage only? Go straight to security. Ciampino's own advice is that hand baggage must not exceed 115 cm in total; your airline's size and weight limits may be tighter.
Fast Track is €10 online, with children up to 12 free with a paying adult, and gets you a dedicated lane through security. ADR Security staff run the checkpoints and say timings vary through the day. Bring liquids in a resealable clear plastic bag, as the airport advises; the information desks have a few if you forget. Parents and pregnant travellers can ask staff for the priority lane.
Flights to the UK and other non-Schengen countries pass border control, where non-EU travellers are recorded leaving under the Entry/Exit System and the 12 e-gates serve eligible chip passports.
There is no lounge for scheduled passengers, so the cafés in departures are the waiting room: coffee from 04:00 at Panella, pizza and piadina from 07:00. The nursery and the 24-hour first aid post are beyond security. Free courtesy pushchairs wait just after security if you checked your own.
Caio Antica Pizza RomanaDepartures
Thin, crisp Roman pizza from long-fermented dough, the best last taste of the city before a short flight. Open 07:00–21:00.
PanellaDepartures
The airport branch of a traditional Roman bakery: coffee, pastries and fresh bread from 04:00, with gluten-free options.
LavazzaDepartures
A proper espresso from 04:30 until 22:00, with gluten-free snacks.
Piadina di Casa MaioliDepartures
Romagna flatbreads filled to order, quick and better than a sandwich. Open 07:00–21:00.
Just PokeDepartures
Poke bowls for something light before the flight, with gluten-free options. Open 07:00–21:00.
PickDepartures
Fresh grab-and-go food from 04:30, the answer for the 6am departures.
Ciampino is closed to commercial take-offs and landings from 23:00 to 06:00 under Italy's noise rules. The arrivals terminal closes from midnight to 06:00, and the departures terminal stays open overnight only for passengers holding a travel document for a flight within the next 24 hours. For a first-wave flight, the comfortable answer is a night in Rome and a €40 taxi at dawn; the drive to our hotels takes about 31–39 minutes.
No. The airport lists no lounge for scheduled passengers and Priority Pass has none at Ciampino. The Business Lounge on the airport's website is a pair of meeting rooms in the General Aviation terminal for private flights. With a short walk from check-in to gate, the cafés in departures do the job, and Panella and Lavazza are better than most lounge coffee.
Buy your Metro tickets at the tourist information point in arrivals before you leave the building. City buses 720 and 520 link the airport to Metro lines B and A, so a light traveller can reach the Colosseum without going via Termini. The Airlink has no size limit on luggage. Changing to a long-haul flight at Fiumicino? The fixed taxi fare between the two airports is €55. Check the airport code on every Rome booking: CIA is Ciampino, FCO is Fiumicino.
Free courtesy pushchairs wait just after security and near the arrivals access ramp. There is a nursery with a changing table and a breastfeeding chair after security, family toilets, and three play corners: outside the main entrance, in the check-in area and by belt 1 in arrivals. Ask security staff for the priority lane, and note children up to 12 go through Fast Track free. The ADR information point before security gives out a Little Traveller Certificate for a child's first flight.
ADR Assistance looks after travellers with reduced mobility and hidden disabilities at Ciampino as at Fiumicino, from the kerb to the aircraft seat, free of charge. Request it through your airline at least 48 hours before you fly. The terminal is on a compact plan, which makes the distances short.
Flights from Ciampino are covered by EU Regulation 261/2004. Arrive 3 hours or more late, or be cancelled at short notice, and compensation is €250 for flights up to 1,500 km and €400 for longer flights within the EU, unless the cause was extraordinary, with meals and refreshments while you wait.
Ciampino is the closer of Rome's two airports to most of our hotels: the fixed €40 taxi reaches every one of the ten, all inside the Aurelian Walls, in about 31–39 minutes. Our Rome transfers page has the timed and priced way to each hotel, including the Airlink and coaches for light travellers.
Questions people ask
No. Ciampino has no lounge for scheduled passengers and Priority Pass lists none; the cafés in departures open from 04:00.
No. There are no commercial flights from 23:00 to 06:00, arrivals closes from midnight to 06:00, and departures stays open overnight only for passengers with a flight in the next 24 hours.
€40 per car to anywhere inside the Aurelian Walls, a fixed fare with all supplements included. It is also €40 to Ostiense or Tiburtina station and €55 to Fiumicino.
Yes, €10 per person online, with children up to 12 free with a paying adult. It gives you a dedicated lane through security.
Yes, if you are 14 or over with a chip passport. Ciampino's 12 e-gates also take US, Canadian, Australian and EU passports, among others.
About 15 km. The taxi takes about 31–39 minutes to our hotels, and the Airlink bus and train reaches Termini for €2.70.
Yes. Select AIRPORT FREE WIFI, open a browser and follow the welcome page; you repeat this each visit.
Mostly low-cost European airlines, with Ryanair the largest at 21 routes in its winter 2026 schedule. Long-haul flights use Fiumicino.
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