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 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
CAG
Location of the airport in Sardinia
CAG
CAG (Italy)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,804 9,199 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers4,396,594
Passenger change 21-22 59.6%
Aircraft movements37,740
Movements change 21-22 33.4%
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

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.

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
AeroItalia Milan–Linate,[3] Rome–Fiumicino[3]
Seasonal: Catania[4]
Air FranceSeasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[5]
AlbaStarSeasonal: Bergamo
Austrian AirlinesSeasonal: Vienna[6]
British AirwaysSeasonal: London–Gatwick[7]
easyJetBasel/Mulhouse,[8] Milan–Malpensa[9]
Seasonal: Geneva,[10] Lyon,[11] Naples,[12] Paris–Orly[10]
Edelweiss AirSeasonal: Zürich[13]
EurowingsSeasonal: Düsseldorf,[14] Hamburg,[14] Stuttgart[14]
IberiaSeasonal: Madrid[15]
ITA AirwaysMilan–Linate, Rome–Fiumicino[16]
KLMSeasonal: Amsterdam[17]
LufthansaSeasonal: Frankfurt,[18] Munich[18]
LuxairSeasonal: Luxembourg[19]
Marathon AirlinesSeasonal charter: Innsbruck[20]
NeosSeasonal: Bologna,[10] Milan–Malpensa,[10] Verona[10]
RyanairBari,[10] Beauvais,[10] Bergamo,[10] Bologna,[10] Budapest,[10] Catania,[10] Charleroi,[10] Cuneo,[10] Genoa,[21] Kraków,[10] London–Stansted,[22] Malta,[10] Milan–Malpensa,[23] Naples,[10] Nuremberg, Palermo,[10] Parma,[10] Pisa,[10] Porto,[10] Rimini,[10] Rome–Ciampino,[10] Seville,[10] Stockholm–Arlanda (begins 4 July 2025),[24] Turin,[10] Valencia,[10] Venice,[10] Verona[10]
Seasonal: Carcassonne,[10] Dublin,[10] Gothenburg,[25] Hahn,[10] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden,[10] Madrid,[10] Palma de Mallorca,[10] Perugia,[10] Pescara,[26] Poznań,[10] Trieste,[27] Vienna,[10] Warsaw–Modlin,[10] Weeze[10]
Scandinavian AirlinesSeasonal: Copenhagen[28]
SkyAlpsSeasonal: Bolzano[29]
SmartwingsSeasonal: Prague[30]
TransaviaSeasonal: Paris–Orly[31]
VoloteaFlorence,[32] Venice,[32] Verona
VuelingBarcelona[33]

Statistics

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.[34]

References

  1. ^ "Statistiche - Assaeroporti". www.assaeroporti.com.
  2. ^ Cagliari-Airport.com. "Cagliari Airport - Cagliari International Airport Elmas (CAG)". www.cagliari-airport.com.
  3. ^ a b Liu, Jim (18 September 2024). "Aeroitalia NW24 Network Additions". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  4. ^ Liu, Jim. "Aeroitalia Adds Cagliari – Catania Seasonal Service in NS25". aeroroutes.com. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Paris, France". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 827–841. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  6. ^ "Vienna, Austria". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 1117–1123. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  7. ^ "British Airways - Information Page".
  8. ^ "easyJet offre molti sviluppi". Italiavola.com (in Italian). 11 June 2025.
  9. ^ Liu, Jim (4 July 2022). "easyJet July 2022 Italy / Spain Operation Update - 03JUL22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
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  11. ^ Liu, Jim (30 March 2023). "easyJet NS23 Network Changes – 30MAR23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  12. ^ Liu, Jim (4 July 2022). "easyJet July 2022 Italy / Spain Operation Update - 03JUL22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  13. ^ "Zurich, Switzerland". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 1178–1184. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  14. ^ a b c Liu, Jim (14 February 2023). "Eurowings NS23 Network Update – 12FEB23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  15. ^ "Iberia Resumes 3 European Routes in 3Q24". AeroRoutes.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "KLM August 2022 Intra-European Frequency Adjustment - 10JUL22". Aeroroutes.
  18. ^ a b Liu, Jim (22 January 2024). "Lufthansa / Air Dolomiti NS24 European Network/Frequency Changes – 21JAN24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  19. ^ "Luxembourg, Luxembourg". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 616–617. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  20. ^ "Marathon Airlines assumes Idealtours-charter". aviation.direct (in German). 7 December 2022.
  21. ^ "Ryanair NW22 Network Additions Summary – 09DEC22". Aeroroutes.
  22. ^ Liu, Jim (22 September 2022). "Ryanair NW22 London Stansted A320 Network Additions". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  23. ^ "Ryanair May – Oct 2023 Italy Frequency Variations – 14MAY23". Aeroroutes.
  24. ^ "Ryanair NS25 Network Additions – 01DEC24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  25. ^ "Ryanair NS23 Network Additions Summary – 26MAR23". Aeroroutes.
  26. ^ "Ryanair investe su Pescara. 5 nuove rotte" [Ryanair invests on Pescara: 5 new routes]. Italiavola.com (in Italian). 14 January 2025.
  27. ^ "Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23".
  28. ^ "SAS NS25 Intercontinental Network Update; Summer Holidays Addition". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  29. ^ Liu, Jim (8 April 2022). "Sky Alps NS22 Bolzano Network Expansion". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  30. ^ Liu, Jim (30 December 2024). "Smartwings NS25 A220 Network Overview – 29DEC24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  31. ^ Liu, Jim (27 April 2023). "Transavia France NS23 Leased Amelia A320 Operations – 25APR23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  32. ^ a b "Cagliari, Italy CAG". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 26 (11). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 196–197. May 2025. ISSN 1466-8718.Paper printed timetable; organised by departure city; published independently of airlines or airports; cited for compliance with WP:V, WP:RS, WP:AIRPORT-CONTENT, WP:PRIMARY and WP:OR for route verification
  33. ^ Liu, Jim (31 October 2024). "Vueling NW24 Frequency Changes – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  34. ^ "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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