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 / 39.2514694; 9.0542833 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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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※
The airport opened on 3 May 1937. 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:
Statistics※
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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.
References※
- ^ "Statistiche - Assaeroporti". www.assaeroporti.com.
- ^ Cagliari-Airport.com. "Cagliari Airport - Cagliari International Airport Elmas (CAG)". www.cagliari-airport.com.
- ^ "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
- ^ "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※
Media related to Cagliari Elmas airport at Wikimedia Commons
