Car Rental at 'Comiso - Airport - Vincenzo Magliocco'

Airport location, terminals and transportation

Comiso Airport has two names, which are Pio La Torre and Vincenzo Magliocco Airport. The airport is located 5 kilometres from the town of Comiso, the island of Sicily, Italy. The airfield was built in 1937-1939, but it was opened to commercial and general aviation only in 2013. It was named in honour of Major General Vincenzo Magliocco, the first Sicilian to become a general officer in the Italian Air Force. It was one of the key airfields of Sicily during World War II. After having been used for commercial purposes, the airport was converted into a NATO and Italian Air Force base in 1983. Comiso Airport serves international flights across Europe.

Vincenzo Magliocco Airport can be reached by provincial road 5, or by state roads SS 514 and 115. Buses go from Comiso Airport through the nearest cities and connect it with other airports in Agrigento and Catania. Besides, at the airport, you may take a taxi or rent a car.

Rental offices, how to find them, where to return car

Several local companies provide car rental services at the airport. These are Sicily by Car and Casper Rental, the offices of which are placed in parking lot A. The offices of Sicily by Car are found beside the airport, at the following address: Autonoleggio Aeroporto di Comiso SP5 IT 97013 Comiso RG. Moreover, the offices of the following international vehicle rental companies are situated near the airport: Europcar (Via Generale Vincenzo Magliocco 97013 Comiso RG); Avis (Contrada Bosco Rotondo Villa Orchidea 97013) and Hertz (Strada Provinciale 4 Km 2.200 97013).

You can reserve a car in advance by contacting the companies operating at the airport. For this purpose, you should use the contact information indicated on the website of the airport. Furthermore, the website contains several online services for selecting and booking a vehicle. It allows you to choose the most affordable car of a suitable class.

Not far from the airport there are a few more regional companies that offer their car rental services to the passengers of the airport. They are Morgan Service rent car and Noleggio auto Maggiore (Contrada Bosco Rotondo Villa Orchidea 97019 Ragusa RG).

The customers of the companies operating at the airport collect their leased vehicles in parking lot A (a long-term parking lot). The vehicles are returned to the same parking lot.

In the terminal, the car rental offices are positioned next to the exit of the terminal. In order to get to them, you should leave the baggage claim area, go down the hall and turn right. The car rental offices are located beside the pharmacy booth, across from the bar.

Long-term and short-term parking, hotels nearby

Vincenzo Magliocco Airport has several parking lots, which are short-term parking lot B and long-term parking A. Parking is free of charge for up to 5 minutes (parking lot B) or 15 minutes (parking lot A). In addition, there is a separate designated rental car parking lot.

The nearest hotels to the airfield are nestled within a radius of not more than 1-2 kilometres of the territory of the airport. These include the Villa Orchidea, the Orchidea Resort, the Villa Chiara Aurora, and the Villa Ludovica.