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Q: How do I get from Catania city centre to Catania airport?

Regional train from Fontanarossa station: €2.20 for one traveler, 17–27 min, boarding at Catania Centrale, any train towards Siracusa, Caltagirone or Gela that calls at Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa. The first one leaves at 05:00 and is at the airport by about 05:20; the last at 22:15.

City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

2 ways to the airport

Catania publishes no single figure for how early to be at the terminal. First departures

Recommended

The cheapest way to the airport. Nothing listed is quicker.

Regional train from Fontanarossa station

Regionale · Trenitalia

17–27 min rideEvery 60 min05:00–22:15

Catania CentraleCatania Fontanarossa

Luggage space

€2.20total for 1 adult€2.20 eachBuy ticket2 places to buy

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Catania Centrale, any train towards Siracusa, Caltagirone or Gela that calls at Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa

EUR 2.20 for the train, children the same. The shuttle from the terminal to the station is EUR 1.40 when sold with the train ticket as "Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa Bus", or EUR 1.00 bought on its own; walk the 600 m footpath and pay nothing extra.

Luggage. An ordinary regional train with racks; no luggage charge.

Hours. About 10 minutes to the airport station, one to three trains an hour. The shuttle from the station to the terminal runs until 22:40; after that walk the 600 m.

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Bus

Alibus to Catania Centrale and Via Etnea

Alibus · AMTS Catania

30 min rideEvery 20 min04:55–00:45

Piazza Giovanni XXIII beside Catania CentraleCatania Fontanarossa

Non-stop

€4total for 1 adult€4 eachBuy ticketOn AMTS Catania

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Piazza Giovanni XXIII beside Catania Centrale, on the Via Sturzo side; also Via Vittorio Emanuele II by the Duomo and Piazza Borsellino, and earlier on the loop Via Etnea and Piazza Stesicoro

EUR 4.00 from the machines at the airport, the AMTS app, a reseller or on board by card; EUR 4.60 if bought on another AMTS bus. No child fare is published. The ticket also covers 90 minutes on the other city buses; ordinary city tickets and day tickets are not valid on the Alibus.

Hours. The bus passes Catania Centrale about 15 minutes after each airport departure, every 18 to 25 minutes, every day. The later stops on the loop follow a few minutes after.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: Pre-booked private transfer, Private transfer to Taormina. Every way from Catania airport into Catania

How do I get from Catania city centre to Catania airport?

For one traveler the Regional train from Fontanarossa station is the way we recommend: €2.20 in total, 17–27 min, boarding at Catania Centrale. The first one leaves at 05:00 and is at the airport by about 05:20; the last leaves at 22:15. Catania publishes no single figure for how early to be at the terminal; it asks you to keep to your airline's deadline. Check-in is on the first floor of Terminal A, 50 desks; the desk number for your flight appears on the monitors at least two hours before departure. With online check-in and hand luggage only, go straight to security.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first

Regional train from Fontanarossa station

First 05:00 from Catania Centrale, at the airport by about 05:20.

Alibus to Catania Centrale and Via Etnea

First 04:55 from Piazza Giovanni XXIII beside Catania Centrale, at the airport by about 05:25.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Early flight?

For a dawn flight the Alibus starts first: the 04:40 from the airport passes Catania Centrale at about 04:55 and the later stops after that. The first train from Catania Centrale calling at the airport station is 05:00. Before that it is a taxi.

Before you leave for Catania Airport

From the centre to each way out

How early to be there

Catania publishes no single figure for how early to be at the terminal; it asks you to keep to your airline's deadline. Check-in is on the first floor of Terminal A, 50 desks; the desk number for your flight appears on the monitors at least two hours before departure. With online check-in and hand luggage only, go straight to security.

Early flights

At the station

From Catania Centrale take any train towards Siracusa, Caltagirone or Gela that calls at Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa, about 10 minutes, from 05:00 to 22:15. At the station the AMTS shuttle to the terminal runs until 22:40; after that it is a 600 m walk.

Where the bus leaves from

The Alibus runs a loop: it passes Catania Centrale about 15 minutes after leaving the airport, then Corso Italia, Via Etnea and Piazza Stesicoro, and heads back to the airport by Corso Sicilia, Piazza Giovanni XXIII, Via Vittorio Emanuele II and Piazza Borsellino. For the airport, board at any of those later stops; from Piazza Giovanni XXIII by the station it is about 30 minutes.

Tickets

Book the train to "Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa Bus" and the shuttle to the terminal is included for EUR 1.40; book it to "Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa" and it is not. The shuttle ticket is also sold on its own.

Questions

When is the first Regional train from Fontanarossa station from Catania Centrale?

05:00. It reaches the airport at about 05:20.

How early should I be at Catania airport?

Where does the Alibus to Catania Centrale and Via Etnea leave from in Catania?

Piazza Giovanni XXIII beside Catania Centrale, on the Via Sturzo side; also Via Vittorio Emanuele II by the Duomo and Piazza Borsellino, and earlier on the loop Via Etnea and Piazza Stesicoro. First departure 04:55, last 00:45.

My flight is early. What runs before the first train?

Arriving instead? Every way from Catania airport into Catania