Cagliari Elmas Airport Explained

Cagliari Elmas Airport
Nativename:International "Mario Mameli"
Nativename-R:Aeroporto di Cagliari
Image2-Width:250
Iata:CAG
Icao:LIEE
Pushpin Map:Italy Sardinia#Italy
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Sardinia
Pushpin Label:CAG
Pushpin Label Position:left
Type:Military/Public
Operator:So.G.Aer. S.p.A.
City-Served:Cagliari, Sardinia
Focus City:
Elevation-F:13
Elevation-M:4
Coordinates:39.2515°N 9.0543°W
Metric-Rwy:yes
R1-Number:14/32
R1-Length-F:9,199
R1-Length-M:2,804
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:4,396,594
Stat2-Data: 59.6%
Stat3-Header:Aircraft movements
Stat3-Data:37,740
Stat4-Data: 33.4%
Stat-Year:2022
Footnotes:Statistics from Assaeroporti[1]

Cagliari Elmas Airport is an international airport located in the territory of Elmas, near Cagliari, on the Italian island of Sardinia.

History

The airport opened on 3 May 1937.[2] It was upgraded in 2003 and the terminal was expanded and provided with 6 jetbridges for passenger boarding, with a capacity of 4 million passengers per year. In 2018, the airport handled 4,370,014 passengers. It was named in 1937 after Mario Mameli, a bomber pilot from the fascist-era Italian airforce shot down in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Cagliari Elmas Airport:

Ground transportation

The airport is about 7km (04miles) from Cagliari city centre.A railway station serving the airport enables connections to most Sardinian towns.

Accidents and incidents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistiche - Assaeroporti. www.assaeroporti.com.
  2. Web site: Cagliari Airport - Cagliari International Airport Elmas (CAG). Cagliari-Airport.com. www.cagliari-airport.com.
  3. Web site: ASN Aircraft Accident description of the 14 SEP 1979 accident of a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 I-ATJC at Sarroch . . . February 21, 2006 . 2008-11-23.