By plane

Travel by plane to Western Sicily thanks to national and international connections.
Seeing Western Sicily from above is a true daydream!
If you’re considering visiting these beautiful places, know that flying is the easiest and fastest way to reach Western Sicily. Numerous airlines have now chosen to include it among their offered routes, making it accessible to major Italian and European cities.
Here are the airports to land in if you wish to visit Western Sicily:
TRAPANI
The Trapani-Birgi Vincenzo Florio Airport is served by low-cost flights from mainland Italy and the rest of Europe. It is the third busiest airport in Sicily and is located in Birgi, 16 km south of Trapani. It has only one passenger terminal and is very easy to navigate.
Here is all the necessary information to travel to and from Trapani Birgi airport:
A29dir/A, 91020 Trapani TP, Italy Tel: +39 0923 610111 info@airgest.it www.airgest.it
Here are the addresses of the bus companies that travel to and from the cities of Trapani and Palermo, which make it easy to reach the airports:
TRAPANI AIRPORT TICKET OFFICE
The airport ticket office is IATA accredited and can issue airline tickets to all destinations.
It is open every day, including holidays, from 5:30 am until the arrival of the last flight of the day.
The service hours may be subject to change for operational reasons.
The ticket office is located on the ground floor – departure area – near the Airport Services offices.
- National Connections (Summer Season) Bergamo (also sold as Milan by Ryanair) – Bologna – Milano (Malpensa) – Pescara – Pisa – Rome Fiumicino – Turin – Treviso – Venice and Pantelleria
- International Connections Charleroi (Belgium) – Bratislava (Slovakia) – Dusseldorf – Baden (Germany) – London Stansted and Manchester (England) – Seville (Spain) – Porto (Portugal) – Katowice (Poland) – and Malta
Connections (Winter Season) Bologna – Milan (Bergamo) – Milan Malpensa – Naples – Pantelleria – Parma – Perugia – Rome Fiumicino – Turin – Trieste
PALERMO
Palermo-Punta Raisi International Airport is located 35 km from the Sicilian capital and is well connected to it thanks to an efficient metropolitan rail service. The airport is named in memory of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, both assassinated by the Mafia in 1992. It has a single passenger terminal and is very easy to navigate. Below is more information to help you choose this airport:
90045 Cinisi PA, Italy | Tel: +39 800 541 880 | www.aeroportodipalermo.it/ | gesap@pec.it
Connections (summer season)
Domestic
Alghero (Ryanair), Ancona (Volotea), Bari (Ryanair), Bergamo (Ryanair, Aeroitalia), Bologna (Ryanair), Brindisi (Ryanair), Cagliari (Ryanair), Cuneo (Ryanair), Florence (Volotea), Forlì (Ryanair), Genoa (Ryanair), Lampedusa (Dat), Milan Linate (Ita Airways), Milan Malpensa (Ryanair, Easyjet), Naples (Ryanair, Easyjet, Volotea), Olbia (Volotea, Enter Air), Pantelleria (Dat), Parma (Ryanair), Perugia (Ryanair), Pisa (Ryanair), Rimini (Ryanair), Rome Fiumicino (Ita Airways, Ryanair, Aeroitalia, Condor New), Turin (Ryanair), Trieste (Ryanair), Venice (Ryanair), Verona (Ryanair, Volotea).
International
Numerous routes to and from: Egypt – France – Germany – Great Britain and Ireland – Poland, Romania and Hungary – Spain – Portugal – Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg – Switzerland – Greece – Bosnia, Serbia and Bulgaria – Norway – Sweden and Denmark – United States – Tunisia
Airlines
- ItaAirways www.ita-airways.com
- AlbaStar www.albastar.es
- Blue Air www.blueairweb.com
- Corendon www.corendon.com
- DAT www.dat.dk
- Ryanair www.ryanair.com
- EasyJet www.easyjet.com
- Tui www.tui.com (Palermo-Bruxelles)
- Volotea www.volotea.com
- Vueling www.vueling.com
- WizzAir www.wizzair.com
- Airport of Palermo www.aeroportodipalermo.it
- Airport of Catania www.aeroporto.catania.it
If you want to take a broader tour and also visit the eastern part of Sicily, choose to land in Catania, at the “Fontanarossa” airport, just 5 km from the city center.
- Airport of Comiso www.aeroportodicomiso.eu
- Airport of Pantelleria www.aeroportodipantelleria.it