Cagliari Elmas Airport

Cagliari Elmas Airport
International "Mario Mameli"
Aeroporto di Cagliari
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
OperatorSo.G.Aer. S.p.A.
ServesCagliari, Sardinia
Focus city forRyanair
Elevation AMSL13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates39°15′05.29″N 09°03′15.42″E / 39.2514694°N 9.0542833°E / 39.2514694; 9.0542833
WebsiteOfficial website
Map
CAG is located in Sardinia
CAG
CAG
Location of the airport in Sardinia
CAG is located in Italy
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CAG
CAG (Italy)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,804 9,199 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers5,161,212
Passenger change 23-24Increase 6.3%
Aircraft movements39,940
Movements change 23-24Increase 4.9%
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

Check-in hall

The airport opened on 3 May 1937.[2] 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. The airport 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.[citation needed]

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
AeroItalia Cuneo,[3]Milan–Linate,[4] Rome–Fiumicino[4]
Seasonal: Catania[5]
Air FranceSeasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[6]
AlbaStarSeasonal: Bergamo
Austrian AirlinesSeasonal: Vienna[7]
British AirwaysSeasonal: London–Gatwick[8]
easyJetBasel/Mulhouse,[9] Milan–Malpensa[10]
Seasonal: Bordeaux (begins 23 June 2026),[11] Geneva,[12] Lyon,[13] Naples,[14] Nice (begins 23 June 2026),[11] Paris–Orly[12]
Edelweiss AirSeasonal: Zürich[15]
EurowingsSeasonal: Düsseldorf,[16] Hamburg,[16] Stuttgart[16]
IberiaSeasonal: Madrid[17]
ITA AirwaysMilan–Linate, Rome–Fiumicino[18]
KLMSeasonal: Amsterdam[19]
LufthansaSeasonal: Frankfurt,[20] Munich[20]
LuxairSeasonal: Luxembourg[21]
Marathon AirlinesSeasonal charter: Innsbruck[22]
NeosSeasonal: Bologna,[12] Milan–Malpensa,[12] Verona[12]
RyanairBari,[12] Beauvais,[12] Bergamo,[12] Bologna,[12] Budapest,[12] Catania,[12] Charleroi,[12] Cuneo,[12] Genoa,[23] Kraków,[12] London–Stansted,[24] Malta,[12] Milan–Malpensa,[25] Naples,[12] Nuremberg, Palermo,[12] Parma,[12] Pisa,[12] Porto,[12] Rimini,[12] Rome–Ciampino,[12] Seville,[12] Stockholm–Arlanda,[26] Turin,[12] Valencia,[12] Venice,[12] Verona[12]
Seasonal: Carcassonne,[12] Dublin,[12] Forlì (begins 1 June 2026),[27] Gothenburg,[28] Hahn,[12] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden,[12] Madrid,[12] Palma de Mallorca,[12] Perugia,[12] Pescara,[29] Poznań,[12] Trieste,[30] Vienna,[12] Weeze[12]
Scandinavian AirlinesSeasonal: Copenhagen[31]
SkyAlpsSeasonal: Bolzano[32]
SmartwingsSeasonal: Prague[33]
Sundor Seasonal: Tel Aviv (begins 24 May 2026)[34]
TransaviaSeasonal: Paris–Orly[35]
VoloteaFlorence,[36] Venice,[36] Verona
VuelingBarcelona[37]

Statistics

PassengersYear1,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,0003,500,0004,000,0004,500,0005,000,0001995200020052010201520202025PassengersAnnual passenger traffic

Ground transportation

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

  • 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.[38]

References

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  38. ^ "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.

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