Cagliari Elmas Airport

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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.

Airport typeMilitary/Public
OperatorSo.G.Aer. S.p.A.
ServesCagliari, Sardinia
Focus city forRyanair
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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
WebsiteOfficial website
Map
CAG is located in Sardinia
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Location of the airport in Sardinia
CAG is located in Italy
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,804 9,199 Asphalt
Statistics (2025)
Passengers5,254,433
Passenger change 24-25Increase 1.8%
Aircraft movements40,752
Movements change 24-25Increase 2.0%
Statistics from Assaeroporti[1]
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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:

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AirlinesDestinations
AeroItaliaCuneo,[3] Milan–Linate,[4] Rome–Fiumicino[4]
Seasonal: Alghero (begins 3 July 2026),[5] Bologna,[5] Catania,[6] Florence,[5] Lamezia Terme (begins 4 July 2026),[5] Olbia (begins 3 July 2026),[5] Pisa[5]
Air FranceSeasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[7]
AlbaStarSeasonal: Bergamo
Austrian AirlinesSeasonal: Vienna[8]
British AirwaysSeasonal: London–Gatwick[9]
easyJetBasel/Mulhouse,[10] Milan–Malpensa[11]
Seasonal: Bordeaux (begins 23 June 2026),[12] Geneva,[13] Lyon,[14] Naples,[15] Nice (begins 23 June 2026),[12] Paris–Orly[13]
Edelweiss AirSeasonal: Zürich[16]
EurowingsSeasonal: Düsseldorf,[17] Hamburg,[17] Salzburg (begins 23 May 2026),[18] Stuttgart[17]
IberiaSeasonal: Madrid[19]
KLMSeasonal: Amsterdam[20]
LufthansaSeasonal: Frankfurt,[21] Munich[21]
LuxairSeasonal: Luxembourg[22]
Luxwing Seasonal charter: Aosta (begins 12 June 2026)[23]
Marathon AirlinesSeasonal charter: Innsbruck[24]
NeosSeasonal: Bologna,[13] Milan–Malpensa,[13] Verona[13]
RyanairBari,[13] Beauvais,[13] Bergamo,[13] Bologna,[13] Budapest,[13] Catania,[13] Charleroi,[13] Cuneo,[13] Genoa,[25] Kraków,[13] London–Stansted,[26] Malta,[13] Milan–Malpensa,[27] Naples,[13] Nuremberg, Palermo,[13] Parma,[13] Pisa,[13] Porto,[13] Rimini,[13] Rome–Ciampino,[13] Seville,[13] Stockholm–Arlanda,[28] Turin,[13] Valencia,[13] Venice,[13] Verona[13]
Seasonal: Carcassonne,[13] Dublin,[13] Forlì (begins 1 June 2026),[29] Gothenburg,[30] Hahn,[13] Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden,[13] Madrid,[13] Palma de Mallorca,[13] Perugia,[13] Pescara,[31] Poznań,[13] Trieste,[32] Vienna,[13] Weeze[13]
Scandinavian AirlinesSeasonal: Copenhagen[33]
SkyAlpsSeasonal: Bolzano[34]
SmartwingsSeasonal: Prague[35]
Sundor Seasonal: Tel Aviv (begins 24 May 2026)[36]
TransaviaSeasonal: Paris–Orly[37]
VoloteaFlorence,[38] Venice,[38] Verona
VuelingBarcelona[39]
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Statistics

PassengersYear1,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,0003,500,0004,000,0004,500,0005,000,0005,500,0001995200020052010201520202025PassengersAnnual 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.[40]

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