Map - Airolo

Airolo (Airöö in Lombard, in ) is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Airolo is located in Leventina valley and the Lepontine Alps, on the southern flank of the St. Gotthard Pass. Both the Gotthard rail tunnel, on the important Gotthard railway linking northern and southern Europe, and the Gotthard road tunnel, on the A2 motorway, have their southern portal in Airolo. It is the largest municipality in the canton of Ticino, and consists of the village of Airolo and the hamlets of Valle, Madrano, Brugnasco, Nante and Fontana. The municipalities of Airolo and Quinto are considering a merger some time in the future into a new municipality which will be known as Airolo-Quinto.

Airolo has an area,, of 94.37 km2. Of this area, 3.64 km2 or 3.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.48 km2 or 21.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.7 km2 or 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 2.3 km2 or 2.4% is either rivers or lakes and 39.3 km2 or 41.6% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 14.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.2% is used for growing crops. Of the water in the municipality, 1.5% is in lakes and 0.9% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 20.2% is unproductive vegetation and 21.4% is too rocky for vegetation.