Venice Marco Polo Airport is the international airport of Venice, Italy. It is located on the mainland north of the city in Tessera, a Frazione of the Comune of Venice nearest to Mestre. Due to the importance of Venice as a leisure destination it features flights to European metropolitan areas as well as some partly seasonal long-haul routes to the United States and the Middle East. With 8,751,028 passengers having passed through the airport in 2015, it remains the fifth busiest airport in Italy. The airport is christened after Marco Polo and serves as a base for Volotea.