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Punta Raisi Airport
Airport Directory » Italy » Palermo » Punta Raisi AirportPalermo International Airport (IATA: PMO, ICAO: LICJ), also known as Falcone-Borsellino Airport and Punta Raisi Airport is turn up at Punta Raisi, approximately 35 kilometre (20 land mile) due west of Palermo, the capital town of the Italian island of Sicily. The airport is 1 of the busiest in Italy, with 4.446.142 riders in 2008.
The airport was given the name Falcone-Borsellino in memory of the 2 guiding anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were assassination by the maffia in 1992. A 1.90m (six human foot 2.8 ins) diam plaque characteristic their portrayals is able to be constitute to the right wing of 1 the independent outside gate to the going hallway, put into a mosaic of Sicily. Created by the sicilian sculpturer Tommaso Geraci, it bears the letter Giovanni Falcone - Paolo Borsellino - Gli Altri - L'orgoglio della Nuova Sicilia (Giovanni Falcone - Paolo Borsellino - The Others - The Pride of the New Sicily).
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