Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (Fiumicino)
Fiumicino is Rome's main airport and Italy's busiest, 32 km south-west of the city, with 51.3 million passengers in 2025. It works better than its size suggests: one terminal for Schengen flights, one for everything else, a train station inside the airport and a fixed taxi fare into town. Here is what to know, checked against the operators.
The 30-second version
Check which terminal your airline uses before you leave the hotel: Schengen flights go from Terminal 1 and the A gates, most others from Terminal 3 and the E gates. Buy the €10 Fast Track or book a free QPass security slot online, and if you fly ITA Airways direct to the US, pack liquids to the old 100 ml rule. On arrival, follow the train signs for the Leonardo Express to Termini (32 minutes, €14), or walk out to the white taxis for the fixed €55 fare to the centre.
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ITA Airways, Lufthansa, Swiss, Air France, KLM, Iberia, TAP, easyJet, Ryanair, Volotea
Domestic and Schengen flights from the A gates. ITA Airways checks in here for every flight; for one outside Schengen you carry on through passport control to the E gates.
British Airways, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines, Delta, United, American Airlines, Jet2, Vueling, Wizz Air
Non-Schengen and long-haul flights from the E gates and the Tax Free Mall. Left luggage and the coach station are on its arrivals level.
Schengen flights arrive into Terminal 1 with no passport check; everything else comes through Terminal 3 and passport control. More than 700 free courtesy pushchairs wait at the aircraft exits if yours went in the hold.
Non-EU visitors are now registered in the EU Entry/Exit System, live at Fiumicino since 12 October 2025 and in full since 10 April 2026, replacing the passport stamp: fingerprints and a photograph the first time, with self-service kiosks for biometric passports over 12. The 77 e-gates take EU passports from age 12 and chip passports from the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and several other countries.
Trolleys are free. Pushchairs come off by belt 26 in Terminal 1, and by belt 9 or 11 in Terminal 3. For a missing bag, the screen beside the belt names the handling agent's desk.
Cash machines are in Terminals 1 and 3, with a currency exchange in Terminal 3. AIRPORT FREE WIFI is free and needs no account, and the airport sells an eSIM on its website.
Official taxis are white, with a TAXI roof sign and the licence number on the doors. The ranks are on the arrivals road in front of Terminals 1 and 3 and in front of the railway station, and the fare to anywhere inside the Aurelian Walls is a fixed €55 per car. Ignore offers of a ride inside the terminal.
The station is inside the airport: follow the train signs, not the taxi signs. The Leonardo Express runs non-stop to Termini in 32 minutes, every 15 minutes, 05:38–23:27, for €14. The €8 FL1 stops at Trastevere, Ostiense and Tiburtina.
Coaches to Termini leave from the Bus Station on the Terminal 3 arrivals level; follow the Bus Station signs. A pre-booked driver waits in the arrivals hall, the easiest arrival after a late flight.
The airport sets no single arrival time and says security queues vary through the day, so work back from your airline's check-in deadline and allow for passport control outside Schengen. Ryanair, easyJet and ITA Airways use Terminal 1; British Airways, Jet2, Vueling and the long-haul airlines use Terminal 3. The taxi back is the same €55, and the first Leonardo Express leaves Termini at 04:50.
Checked in online with hand luggage only? Go straight to security. Claiming a VAT refund on goods in your hold bag? Do it at the customs office before check-in.
Fast Track costs €10 online, children up to 12 free with a paying adult, 05:00–23:00 in Terminal 1 and Terminal 3 East. QPass is free: book a security time slot online and use a reserved entrance. Families and pregnant travellers can use the Family Lane.
New scanners allow liquids in containers up to 2 litres, with laptops left in the bag. Direct flights to the US or Israel with airlines that check in at Terminal 1 still use the old rules: 100 ml containers in a 1-litre clear bag, electronics out.
Flights outside Schengen, including the UK, pass border control before the E gates, where non-EU travellers are recorded leaving under the Entry/Exit System. Use the e-gates if your passport qualifies.
Schengen passengers wait in the A gates, with the food court and most lounges. Non-Schengen passengers wait in the E gates and the Tax Free Mall, where shops take off Italy's 22% VAT for every nationality. Restaurants in both take free table bookings.
The furthest gates are E51–E61. The airport's club car runs there from passport control for €10, and from the A gates to the E gates for €20, 06:00–23:00. Free assistance for reduced mobility is booked through your airline.
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Every lounge in detailThe early opener for a 6am flight to Europe, with showers.
The best room in Terminal 1 for families: children's room, nursery and showers included.
The cheapest way into a lounge here; showers cost extra.
The one with an open-air terrace.
The dependable choice before a UK or long-haul flight, with showers and draught beer.
Book a passThe pick if you board from E51 onwards.
An airline lounge that sells day entry, with a bartender and showers.
Open later than the paid lounges in Terminal 1.
Boarding straight from the lounge, for Emirates flights only.
For the London flights if you have the status.
BerlucchiTerminal 1, gates A food court, airside
Franciacorta and a starred chef's Italian menu with table service: the smartest seat in Terminal 1. 07:00–23:00.
Eataly Wine BarTerminal 1, gates A food court, airside
Italian wine by the glass with pizza and street food, 05:30–23:00.
CieloTerminal 1, gates A food court, airside
A calm, sit-down room for local cooking and American-bar cocktails, 10:00–23:00.
Doppio MaltoTerminal 1, gates A food court, airside
A brewery and grill with its own craft beer, for a proper meal before an evening flight.
FarinellaTerminal 3, gates E common area, airside (also at gates A)
Neapolitan pizza with table service; the E gates branch opens at 03:00 for the first long-haul departures.
AmoreTerminal 3, gates E common area, airside
Regional Italian cooking, 05:00–23:00: the last Italian lunch before a flight home.
RossopomodoroTerminal 1, landside
Neapolitan pizza before security, so it works for whoever came to see you off. 09:00–22:00.
Caffè NapoliTerminal 3, landside
Neapolitan espresso and snacks around the clock, for a very early or very late arrival.
The hotel at Rome Fiumicino
For an early flight, a late landing or a long wait: the one we would book.
The only full-service hotel you can walk to from Fiumicino without stepping outside. Rooms are soundproofed, there is a proper pool and gym to undo a long flight, and the covered walkway means no taxi queue at either end of the night.
The walk is covered but close to 10 minutes, so leave a little time for it with heavy bags.
Getting to the terminal
Linked to the terminals by a covered pedestrian tunnel with a moving walkway, under 10 minutes on foot
Fiumicino's new scanners allow liquids in containers of up to 2 litres and let laptops stay in the bag. Not on every flight: on a direct flight to the US or Israel with an airline that checks in at Terminal 1, which includes ITA Airways, the old screening applies, with 100 ml containers in one clear 1-litre bag and electronics out. The same goes for some transfer passengers from outside Schengen. If you are changing planes elsewhere, check that airport's rules too.
Pick Up on Return lets you buy in the Tax Free Mall on the way out and collect when you land back. Restaurants in the A and E gates take free bookings, so a table at Berlucchi or Farinella can be waiting. The premium shower at the Prima Vista Portus lounge is bookable on its own.
More than 700 free courtesy pushchairs wait at the aircraft exits and near gates A31, A61 and E1–E4, so you can check your own. The Family Lane at security is for parents and pregnant travellers. There are four nurseries with cots (behind check-in desks 312–327 in Terminal 3, before gates A61–A83, and near gates E11 and E44), play corners in both terminals and family toilets at gates A31–A52. Children up to 12 use Fast Track free, and the Plaza Premium First Lounge has a children's room.
ADR Assistance, the airport's own team, looks after travellers with reduced mobility and hidden disabilities from the kerb to the aircraft seat, free of charge. Request it through your airline at least 48 hours ahead. Both terminals have accessible desks and priority routes at security and passport control.
Yes, in Terminal 3 international arrivals next to the bus station, 07:00–23:00, at €10 per bag per 24 hours, paid on collection with no booking. Porters cost €9 per bag (€12 oversized) and can be booked online up to 24 hours ahead.
Flights from Fiumicino, and EU airlines' flights into it from outside the EU, are covered by EU Regulation 261/2004. Arrive 3 hours or more late, or be cancelled at short notice, and compensation is €250 up to 1,500 km, €400 for longer flights within the EU and others up to 3,500 km, and €600 beyond (€300 if you arrive three to four hours late), unless the cause was extraordinary; the airline must also provide meals and refreshments while you wait.
The Hilton Rome Airport is joined to the terminals by a covered walkway, under 10 minutes on foot, with 517 soundproofed rooms and an indoor pool. The Hilton Garden Inn Rome Airport is the other on-airport hotel, and HelloSky's Arrival Lounge and Air Rooms, landside by the terminals, rent rooms by the hour. Overnight, Caffè Napoli in Terminal 3 and Caffè Vergnano in Terminal 1 are open 24 hours before security, as are Alemagna at the A gates and Caffè Kimbo at the E gates after it. Taxis run around the clock.
All ten hotels in our Rome edit sit inside the Aurelian Walls, so the taxi is a fixed €55 to every one, about 30–45 minutes. The Leonardo Express suits light travellers bound for the Colosseum and Monti. Our Rome transfers page has the timed and priced way to each hotel.
Questions people ask
The airport gives no fixed time and says security queues vary, so work back from your airline's check-in deadline and add time for passport control outside Schengen. A €10 Fast Track or a free QPass slot helps.
Terminal 1 for domestic and Schengen flights, including ITA Airways, Ryanair and easyJet; Terminal 3 for non-Schengen and long-haul flights, including British Airways, Jet2, Emirates and Delta.
€10 per person online, with children up to 12 free with a paying adult. It runs 05:00–23:00 in Terminal 1 and at Terminal 3 East; the free QPass lets you book a security time slot instead.
Yes: Primeclass from €25, Plaza Premium from €29 in Terminal 1 and €30 in Terminal 3, the Prima Vista lounges at €40 and ITA's lounges from €49.
Yes. Fiumicino's 77 e-gates take chip passports from the EU, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and several other countries; non-EU visitors also register once in the EU Entry/Exit System.
Yes, in Terminal 3 international arrivals by the bus station, 07:00–23:00. It is €10 per bag for 24 hours, paid on collection, with no booking needed.
About 32 km. The Leonardo Express takes 32 minutes to Termini for €14, and a white taxi costs a fixed €55 to anywhere inside the Aurelian Walls.
The Hilton Rome Airport is linked to the terminals by a covered walkway, under 10 minutes on foot.
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