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(Redirected from Elmas Airfield) Airport in Sardinia, Italy

Cagliari Elmas Airport
International "Mario Mameli"
Aeroporto di Cagliari
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
OperatorSo.G.Aer. S.p.A.
ServesCagliari, Sardinia
Focus city for
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
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,804 9,199 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers4,396,594
Passenger change 21-22Increase 59.6%
Aircraft movements37,740
Movements change 21-22Increase 33.4%
Statistics from Assaeroporti

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. 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:

AirlinesDestinations
AeroItalia Milan–Linate, Rome–Fiumicino
Air FranceSeasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle
AlbaStarSeasonal: Bergamo
Austrian AirlinesSeasonal: Vienna
British AirwaysSeasonal: London–Gatwick
easyJetMilan–Malpensa
Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva, Lyon, Naples, Paris–Orly
Edelweiss AirSeasonal: Zürich
EurowingsSeasonal: Düsseldorf, Stuttgart
IberiaSeasonal: Madrid
ITA AirwaysMilan–Linate, Rome–Fiumicino
KLMSeasonal: Amsterdam
LufthansaSeasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
LuxairSeasonal: Luxembourg
Marathon AirlinesSeasonal charter: Innsbruck
NeosSeasonal: Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Verona
RyanairBari, Beauvais, Bergamo, Bologna, Budapest, Catania, Charleroi, Cuneo, Genoa, Kraków, London–Stansted, Malta, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Nuremberg, Palermo, Parma, Pisa, Porto, Rimini, Rome–Ciampino, Seville, Stockholm–Arlanda (begins 4 July 2025), Turin, Valencia, Venice, Verona
Seasonal: Carcassonne, Dublin, Gothenburg, Hahn, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Perugia, Poznań, Trieste, Vienna, Warsaw–Modlin, Weeze
Scandinavian AirlinesSeasonal: Copenhagen (resumes 1 July 2025)
SkyAlpsSeasonal: Bolzano
SmartwingsSeasonal: Prague
TransaviaSeasonal: Paris–Orly
Universal AirSeasonal: Prague
VoloteaFlorence, Turin, Venice, Verona
VuelingBarcelona

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at CAG airport. See Wikidata query.

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

  1. "Statistiche - Assaeroporti". www.assaeroporti.com.
  2. Cagliari-Airport.com. "Cagliari Airport - Cagliari International Airport Elmas (CAG)". www.cagliari-airport.com.
  3. ^ Liu, Jim (18 September 2024). "Aeroitalia NW24 Network Additions". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  4. "British Airways - Information Page".
  5. "BA EuroFlyer April 2023 Network". Aeroroutes.com. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  6. "Iberia Resumes 3 European Routes in 3Q24". AeroRoutes.
  7. "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.
  8. "KLM August 2022 Intra-European Frequency Adjustment - 10JUL22". Aeroroutes.
  9. "Marathon Airlines assumes Idealtours-charter". aviation.direct (in German). 7 December 2022.
  10. "Ryanair NW22 Network Additions Summary – 09DEC22". Aeroroutes.
  11. "Ryanair May – Oct 2023 Italy Frequency Variations – 14MAY23". Aeroroutes.
  12. "Ryanair NS25 Network Additions – 01DEC24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  13. "Ryanair NS23 Network Additions Summary – 26MAR23". Aeroroutes.
  14. "Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23".
  15. "SAS NS25 Intercontinental Network Update; Summer Holidays Addition". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  16. Liu, Jim (8 April 2022). "Sky Alps NS22 Bolzano Network Expansion". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  17. Liu, Jim (30 December 2024). "Smartwings NS25 A220 Network Overview – 29DEC24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  18. Liu, Jim (27 April 2023). "Transavia France NS23 Leased Amelia A320 Operations – 25APR23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  19. "Universal Air unveils expanded summer schedule with four new routes". 16 April 2024.
  20. Liu, Jim (31 October 2024). "Vueling NW24 Frequency Changes – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  21. "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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