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Olbia-Costa Smeralda-Prince Karim Aga Khan IV Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Olbia-Costa Smeralda) (IATA: OLB, ICAO: LIEO) is an airport in Olbia, Sardinia, Italy. It was the primary operating base for Italian airline Air Italy whose headquarters were located at the airport. It mostly handles seasonal holiday flights from destinations in Europe and is managed by Geasar S.p.A.

Olbia-Costa Smeralda-Prince Karim Aga Khan IV Airport
Olbia-Costa Smeralda-Prince Karim Aga Khan IV Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorGeasar S.p.A.
ServesOlbia
LocationOlbia, Italy
Elevation AMSL37 ft / 11 m
Coordinates40°53′09″N 09°31′01″E / 40.88583°N 9.51694°E / 40.88583; 9.51694
Websitegeasar.it
Map
OLB is located in Sardinia
OLB
OLB
Location of airport in Sardinia
OLB is located in Italy
OLB
OLB
OLB (Italy)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,745 9,006 Concrete / asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers3,883,235
Passenger change 23-24Increase 18.3%
Aircraft movements42,313
Movements change 23-24Increase 10.3%
Cargo (tons)1,322.4
Cargo change 23-24Increase 46.4%
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]
Statistics from Assaeroporti[2]

Originally "Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport", was renamed in 2025 to Olbia-Costa Smeralda-Prince Karim Aga Khan IV Airport after the death of Karim Aga Khan IV on 4 February 2025.

History

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Terminal building and control tower
Airport check-in
General aviation apron

A military airfield was opened at Olbia (then Terranova Pausania) in 1921, and a seaplane base was inaugurated close to the Isola Bianca harbour in 1927, although poor loads from the island on the flights to Ostia and Cagliari led to the service's stop in Terranova being discontinued in 1929.[citation needed] The airfield and seaplane base were targeted by Allied bombing in World War II, and the Germans opened Venafiorita airfield 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) south of the town. It was renamed Olbia in 1945.[citation needed]

Commercial flights gradually returned, and in 1963, the Olbia-based airline Alisarda was formed. It successfully expanded its route network, introducing jet flights in 1972, and it was renamed Meridiana in 1991.[citation needed] However, the introduction of jet aircraft necessitated the building of a larger airport nearer the city; the current airport was completed in 1974.[citation needed]

Following three years of work, a new terminal covering 42,000 square metres and capable of handling 4.5 million passengers per year, was unveiled on 6 June 2004. Costing a total of €81 million, the structure was designed by Willem Brouwer Architects and incorporated the original terminal building, which was developed into a 3000-square metre retail area.[citation needed] The new building has 40 check-in desks and fifteen boarding gates: five are equipped with jet bridges (Gates A1-A5) for Schengen passengers on full service carriers like Lufthansa or Air France, and occasionally by low cost airlines like Volotea or Vueling; one walking gate A6; and three non-Schengen bus gates (A7-A10) used by airlines like British Airways or Easyjet. Five further bus gates (B1-B6) exist on the lower floor for Schengen departures; these are used by ultra low cost carriers like Ryanair. The terminal contains a wide variety of shops and restaurants, a wine bar, a small art gallery, and indoor garden areas featuring local flora.

The airport also is home to the Tourist Management department of the University of Sassari.

From 3 February to 14 March 2020, the airport closed to passenger air traffic for the refurbishment and extension of the taxiways and runway. During this period, all flights arriving and departing were cancelled.[3] The airport building remained in this period open to events of various kinds. The airport, which was initially scheduled to reopen on March 14, 2020, remained closed until June 2, as a result of the measures taken by the Italian authorities due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[citation needed] The airport reopened on June 3.[citation needed]

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Olbia:[4][5]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens[6]
Aeroitalia Milan–Linate,[7] Rome–Fiumicino[7]
Seasonal: Cuneo (begins 16 June 2026),[8] Genoa,[9] Parma,[10] Perugia[11]
Air Corsica Seasonal: Figari[12]
Air Dolomiti Seasonal: Munich[13]
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[14]
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga[15]
Animawings Seasonal: Cluj-Napoca,[16] Timișoara[16]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna[17]
British Airways Seasonal: London–City,[18] London–Heathrow,[19] London–Stansted[20]
Bulgaria Air Seasonal charter: Sofia[21]
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf,[22] Frankfurt,[23] Munich[24]
Delta Air Lines Seasonal: New York–JFK[25]
easyJet Milan–Malpensa[26]
Seasonal: Amsterdam,[27] Basel/Mulhouse,[28] Berlin,[29] Bordeaux,[30] Bristol,[31] Edinburgh,[32] Geneva, London–Gatwick,[29] London–Luton,[29] Lyon,[33] Nantes,[29] Naples,[29] Nice,[29] Paris–Orly,[29] Zürich[34]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich[35]
Enter Air Seasonal: Palermo[36]
Eurowings Seasonal: Berlin (begins 28 June 2026),[37] Cologne/Bonn,[38] Düsseldorf,[39] Graz,[40] Hamburg,[41] Hannover,[42] Salzburg,[43] Stuttgart[44]
flydubai Dubai[45]
Iberia Seasonal: Madrid[46]
ITA Airways Seasonal: Genoa[47],Turin[47]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham,[48] London–Stansted,[49] Manchester[50]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt,[51] Munich[52]
Marabu Seasonal: Nuremberg[53]
Neos Seasonal: Bologna,[54] Milan–Malpensa,[45] Verona[45]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen,[45] Oslo,[45] Stockholm–Arlanda[45]
Ryanair Bologna,[45] Milan-Bergamo,[45] Trieste[45]
Seasonal: Brussels-Charleroi,[45] Copenhagen,[55] Dublin,[45] Kraków,[45] London–Stansted,[45] Paris-Beauvais,[45] Vienna[45]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen[45]
SkyAlps Seasonal: Bolzano[45]
Smartwings Seasonal: Prague[45]
Seasonal charter: Bratislava[56]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva[45]
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam,[45] Eindhoven,[57] Paris–Orly[45]
TUI Airways Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[58] Manchester[59]
Volotea Bologna,[45] Rome–Fiumicino,[45] Turin,[45] Verona[45]
Seasonal: Ancona,[45] Barcelona,[45] Bordeaux,[45] Brest,[60] Deauville,[45] Florence,[45] Lille,[45] Lyon,[45] Madrid,[45] Marseille,[45] Milan-Bergamo,[45] Nantes,[45] Naples,[45] Paris–Orly,[45] Pisa,[45] Seville,[61] Strasbourg,[45] Toulouse,[45] Venice[45]
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona[45]
Wizz Air Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa,[62] Rome–Ciampino,[62] Warsaw-Chopin[45]

Statistics

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PassengersYear1,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,0003,500,0001995200020052010201520202025PassengersAnnual passenger traffic

Ground transportation

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By car

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The airport is connected to local motorways SS125 and SS729.

By bus

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The following bus services operate to/from the airport.

Local buses

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Local operator ASPO Olbia operates two routes to/from the airport:

  • 2 Airport-Sa Minda Noa
  • 10 Airport-Town Centre-Airport

Regional and long distance buses

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  • 514 Olbia-Olbia Airport-Siniscola-Nuoro
  • 601 Santa Teresa di Gallura-Palau-Arzachena-San Pantaleo-Olbia-Olbia Airport
  • Cala Gonone-Dorgali-Orosei-La Caletta-Olbia Airport
  • Nuoro-Siniscola-Budoni-San Teodoro-Olbia Airport
  • 20 Olbia Airport-Olbia-Porto Cervo-Baja Sardinia-Hotel Stelle Marine (Costa Smeralda Shuttle)
  • 30 Olbia Airport-Olbia-Calangius-Castelsardo-Porto Torres
  • 90 Alghero-Alghero Fertilia Airport-Sassari-Olbia Airport-Olbia
  • Olbia Airport-Olbia-Arzachena-Palau-Santa Teresa di Gallura
  • Olbia-Telti
  • Cagliari-Oristano-Abbasanta-Nuoro-Siniscola-San Teodoro-Olbia Airport-Olbia-Arzachena-Palau-Santa Teresa di Gallura

References

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