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.
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 | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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CAG Location of the airport in Sardinia CAG CAG (Italy) | |||||||||||
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The airport opened on 3 May 1937.[2] 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.
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Cagliari Elmas Airport:
The airport is about 7 km from Cagliari city centre. A railway station serving the airport enables connections to most Sardinian towns.
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