Cagliari Elmas Airport International "Mario Mameli" Aeroporto di Cagliari | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
Operator | So.G.Aer. S.p.A. | ||||||||||
Serves | Cagliari, Sardinia | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°15′05.29″N 09°03′15.42″E / 39.2514694°N 9.0542833°E | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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Statistics from Assaeroporti[1] |
Cagliari Elmas Airport (IATA: CAG, ICAO: LIEE) is an international airport located in the territory of Elmas, near Cagliari, on the Italian island of Sardinia.
History
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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
[edit]The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Cagliari Elmas Airport:
Statistics
[edit]Ground transportation
[edit]The airport is about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Cagliari city centre. A railway station serving the airport enables connections to most Sardinian towns.
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- On September 14, 1979, Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 12, a DC-9-32 crashed in the mountains near Cagliari, Italy while approaching Cagliari-Elmas Airport. All 27 passengers and 4 crew members died in the crash and ensuing fire.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Statistiche - Assaeroporti". www.assaeroporti.com.
- ^ Cagliari-Airport.com. "Cagliari Airport - Cagliari International Airport Elmas (CAG)". www.cagliari-airport.com.
- ^ a b "ECCO I VOLI DELLA SUMMER 2023 A CAGLIARI" [Here's the services for Summer 23 from/to Cagliari] (PDF). sogaer.com (in Italian). 14 March 2023.
- ^ https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/destinations/sardinia/flights-to-sardinia [bare URL]
- ^ "Iberia Resumes 3 European Routes in 3Q24". AeroRoutes.
- ^ "Marathon Airlines assumes Idealtours-charter". aviation.direct (in German). 7 December 2022.
- ^ "Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23".
- ^ "Universal Air unveils expanded summer schedule with four new routes". 16 April 2024.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft Accident description of the 14 SEP 1979 accident of a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 I-ATJC at Sarroch". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. 21 February 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
External links
[edit] Media related to Cagliari Elmas airport at Wikimedia Commons