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 (2024)
Passengers5,161,212
Passenger change 23-24 6.3%
Aircraft movements39,940
Movements change 23-24 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

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 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: Geneva,[11] Lyon,[12] Naples,[13] Paris–Orly[11]
Edelweiss AirSeasonal: Zürich[14]
EurowingsSeasonal: Düsseldorf,[15] Hamburg,[15] Stuttgart[15]
IberiaSeasonal: Madrid[16]
ITA AirwaysMilan–Linate, Rome–Fiumicino[17]
KLMSeasonal: Amsterdam[18]
LufthansaSeasonal: Frankfurt,[19] Munich[19]
LuxairSeasonal: Luxembourg[20]
Marathon AirlinesSeasonal charter: Innsbruck[21]
NeosSeasonal: Bologna,[11] Milan–Malpensa,[11] Verona[11]
RyanairBari,[11] Beauvais,[11] Bergamo,[11] Bologna,[11] Budapest,[11] Catania,[11] Charleroi,[11] Cuneo,[11] Genoa,[22] Kraków,[11] London–Stansted,[23] Malta,[11] Milan–Malpensa,[24] Naples,[11] Nuremberg, Palermo,[11] Parma,[11] Pisa,[11] Porto,[11] Rimini,[11] Rome–Ciampino,[11] Seville,[11] Stockholm–Arlanda,[25] Turin,[11] Valencia,[11] Venice,[11] Verona[11]
Seasonal: Carcassonne,[11] Dublin,[11] Gothenburg,[26] Hahn,[11] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden,[11] Madrid,[11] Palma de Mallorca,[11] Perugia,[11] Pescara,[27] Poznań,[11] Trieste,[28] Vienna,[11] Weeze[11]
Scandinavian AirlinesSeasonal: Copenhagen[29]
SkyAlpsSeasonal: Bolzano[30]
SmartwingsSeasonal: Prague[31]
TransaviaSeasonal: Paris–Orly[32]
VoloteaFlorence,[33] Venice,[33] Verona
VuelingBarcelona[34]

Statistics

PassengersYear2,100,0002,400,0002,700,0003,000,0003,300,0003,600,0003,900,0004,200,00020042006200820102012201420162018PassengersAnnual 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.[35]

References

  1. ^ "Statistiche - Assaeroporti". www.assaeroporti.com.
  2. ^ Cagliari-Airport.com. "Cagliari Airport - Cagliari International Airport Elmas (CAG)". www.cagliari-airport.com.
  3. ^ "Aeroitalia inaugura la Cuneo-Cagliari". 21 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b Liu, Jim (18 September 2024). "Aeroitalia NW24 Network Additions". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  5. ^ Liu, Jim. "Aeroitalia Adds Cagliari – Catania Seasonal Service in NS25". aeroroutes.com. Aeroroutes. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Paris, France". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 827–841. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  7. ^ "Vienna, Austria". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 1117–1123. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  8. ^ "British Airways - Information Page".
  9. ^ "easyJet offre molti sviluppi". Italiavola.com (in Italian). 11 June 2025.
  10. ^ Liu, Jim (4 July 2022). "easyJet July 2022 Italy / Spain Operation Update - 03JUL22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
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  14. ^ "Zurich, Switzerland". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 1178–1184. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  15. ^ a b c Liu, Jim (14 February 2023). "Eurowings NS23 Network Update – 12FEB23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  16. ^ "Iberia Resumes 3 European Routes in 3Q24". AeroRoutes.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "KLM August 2022 Intra-European Frequency Adjustment - 10JUL22". Aeroroutes.
  19. ^ a b Liu, Jim (22 January 2024). "Lufthansa / Air Dolomiti NS24 European Network/Frequency Changes – 21JAN24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  20. ^ "Luxembourg, Luxembourg". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 616–617. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  21. ^ "Marathon Airlines assumes Idealtours-charter". aviation.direct (in German). 7 December 2022.
  22. ^ "Ryanair NW22 Network Additions Summary – 09DEC22". Aeroroutes.
  23. ^ Liu, Jim (22 September 2022). "Ryanair NW22 London Stansted A320 Network Additions". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  24. ^ "Ryanair May – Oct 2023 Italy Frequency Variations – 14MAY23". Aeroroutes.
  25. ^ "Ryanair NS25 Network Additions – 01DEC24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  26. ^ "Ryanair NS23 Network Additions Summary – 26MAR23". Aeroroutes.
  27. ^ "Ryanair investe su Pescara. 5 nuove rotte" [Ryanair invests on Pescara: 5 new routes]. Italiavola.com (in Italian). 14 January 2025.
  28. ^ "Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23".
  29. ^ "SAS NS25 Intercontinental Network Update; Summer Holidays Addition". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  30. ^ Liu, Jim (8 April 2022). "Sky Alps NS22 Bolzano Network Expansion". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  31. ^ Liu, Jim (30 December 2024). "Smartwings NS25 A220 Network Overview – 29DEC24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  32. ^ Liu, Jim (27 April 2023). "Transavia France NS23 Leased Amelia A320 Operations – 25APR23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  33. ^ 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.
  34. ^ Liu, Jim (31 October 2024). "Vueling NW24 Frequency Changes – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  35. ^ "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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