Cagliari Elmas Airport

Cagliari Elmas Airport
Internazionale "Mario Mameli"
Cagliari Elmas Airport Internazionale "Mario Mameli"
	IATA: CAG; ICAO: LIEE;
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	So.G.Aer. S.p.A.
Serves	Cagliari, Sardinia
Focus city for	Ryanair
Elevation AMSL	13 ft (4.0 m)
Coordinates	39°15′05.29″N 09°03′15.42″E / 39.2514694°N 9.0542833°E
Website	Official website
Map
	CAG Location of the airport in Sardinia CAG CAG (Italy)
Runways
Statistics (2025)
Passengers
Passengers	5,254,433
Passenger change 24-25	1.8%
Aircraft movements	40,752
Movements change 24-25	2.0%
	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

The airport opened on 3 May 1937. 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:

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroitalia	Cuneo, Milan–Linate, Rome–Fiumicino Seasonal: Alghero, Bologna, Catania, Florence, Lamezia Terme, Olbia, Pisa
Air France	Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle
AlbaStar	Seasonal: Milan-Bergamo
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal: Vienna
British Airways	Seasonal: London–Gatwick
easyJet	Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Orly Seasonal: Bordeaux, London–Gatwick (from 1 June 2027), Lyon, Naples, Nice
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zürich
Eurowings	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Salzburg, Stuttgart
Iberia	Seasonal: Madrid
KLM	Seasonal: Amsterdam
Lufthansa	Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair	Seasonal: Luxembourg
Luxwing	Seasonal charter: Aosta
Marathon Airlines	Seasonal charter: Innsbruck
Neos	Seasonal: Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Verona
Ryanair	Bari, Bologna, Budapest, Catania, Brussels-Charleroi, Cuneo, Genoa, Kraków, London–Stansted, Malta, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Nuremberg, Palermo, Paris-Beauvais, Parma, Pisa, Porto, Rimini, Rome–Ciampino, Seville, Stockholm–Arlanda, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Verona Seasonal: Carcassonne, Dublin, Forlì, Gothenburg, Frankfurt-Hahn, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Milan-Bergamo, Perugia, Pescara, Poznań, Trieste, Vienna, Weeze
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal: Copenhagen
SkyAlps	Seasonal: Bolzano
Smartwings	Seasonal: Prague
Sundor	Seasonal: Tel Aviv
Transavia	Seasonal: Paris–Orly
Volotea	Florence, Marseille, Venice, Verona
Vueling	Barcelona
Wizz Air	Milan–Malpensa (begins 14 December 2026), Venice (begins 14 December 2026)

Statistics

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

↑ "Statistiche - Assaeroporti". www.assaeroporti.com. 4 February 2025.
↑ Cagliari-Airport.com. "Cagliari Airport - Cagliari International Airport Elmas (CAG)". www.cagliari-airport.com.
↑ "Aeroitalia inaugura la Cuneo-Cagliari". 21 December 2025.
1 2 "Continuità territoriale aerea, biglietti in vendita per cinque rotte. L'assessora Barbara Manca: "Al via il nuovo servizio, con tariffe più basse e più frequenze"". 9 February 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tre nuove rotte da Cagliari per Alghero, Lamezia e Olbia". 23 March 2026.
↑ "Aeroitalia vuole prendere (quasi) tutto: 5 rotte su 6 in continuità per il 2026". CagliariToday (in Italian). 28 January 2026. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dominici, Laura (23 May 2026). "The new summer destinations of 32 airlines". Il Sole 24 ORE. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
↑ Lassetter, Jon (20 May 2022). "New Route of the Day (13 May 2022): AlbaStar between Milan BGY and Dakar". Air Service One. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Porcu, Mattia (25 March 2025). "Cagliari Airport, here are all the routes served during summer 2025". The Flight Club. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
↑ "easyJet offre molti sviluppi". Italiavola.com (in Italian). 11 June 2025.
1 2 "EasyJet, nuove rotte invernali da Cagliari: collegamenti con Parigi Orly e Ginevra" (in Italian). 7 July 2026.
1 2 Italiavola, Pubblicato da (22 January 2026). "easyJet lancia 5 rotte dall'Italia". Italiavola & Travel (in Italian). Retrieved 22 January 2026.
↑ "easyJet announces additional new routes for summer 2027". easyJet. 15 October 2026. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
↑ "Salzburg: Eurowings and Eurotours expand their offerings to include new Mediterranean destinations". 20 January 2026.
↑ "Aosta : ripartono i voli con Valtravel e Gattinoni". Italiavola.com (in Italian). 21 March 2026.
↑ "Marathon Airlines assumes Idealtours-charter". aviation.direct (in German). 7 December 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Scopri i voli dell'estate 2024 da e per Cagliari!". www.paradisola.it. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
↑ Italiavola, Pubblicato da (25 February 2026). "Il nuovo piano rotte Ryanair in Emilia Romagna. Chi cresce e chi…". Italiavola & Travel (in Italian). Retrieved 26 February 2026.
↑ "Ryanair investe su Pescara. 5 nuove rotte" [Ryanair invests on Pescara: 5 new routes]. Italiavola.com (in Italian). 14 January 2025.
↑ "El Al lancia 9 destinazioni. Due in Italia". Italiavola & Travel (in Italian). 9 February 2026. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
↑ Seppone, Nicola (11 April 2023). "Volotea inaugurates flights from Bari, Cagliari and Palermo to Florence. From Puglia new route to Barcelona". The Flight Club. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
↑ "Volotea, la summer si apre con Parigi. Ecco tutte le destinazioni dai tre scali". La Nuova Sardegna (in Italian). 20 January 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
↑ Lisi, Monica (5 June 2023). "Volotea has launched new Berlin-Verona flights". Retrieved 10 July 2026.
↑ "Wizz Air apre tre rotte da Milano e arriva il 12esimo aereo" [Wizz Air opens three new routes from Milan and adds its 12th aircraft to the base]. italiavola.com (in Italian). 30 July 2026.
↑ "Wizz Air ritorna a Cagliari" [Wizz Air returns to Cagliari]. italiavola.com (in Italian). 30 July 2026.
↑ "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.

External links

Media related to Cagliari Elmas airport at Wikimedia Commons

[Assaeroporti-1] "Statistiche - Assaeroporti". www.assaeroporti.com. 4 February 2025.

[2] Cagliari-Airport.com. "Cagliari Airport - Cagliari International Airport Elmas (CAG)". www.cagliari-airport.com.

[3] "Aeroitalia inaugura la Cuneo-Cagliari". 21 December 2025.

[regione.sardegna-4] 1 2 "Continuità territoriale aerea, biglietti in vendita per cinque rotte. L'assessora Barbara Manca: "Al via il nuovo servizio, con tariffe più basse e più frequenze"". 9 February 2026.

[italiavola_20260323-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tre nuove rotte da Cagliari per Alghero, Lamezia e Olbia". 23 March 2026.

[6] "Aeroitalia vuole prendere (quasi) tutto: 5 rotte su 6 in continuità per il 2026". CagliariToday (in Italian). 28 January 2026. Retrieved 10 July 2026.

[KLMAmsterdam-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dominici, Laura (23 May 2026). "The new summer destinations of 32 airlines". Il Sole 24 ORE. Retrieved 9 July 2026.

[8] Lassetter, Jon (20 May 2022). "New Route of the Day (13 May 2022): AlbaStar between Milan BGY and Dakar". Air Service One. Retrieved 9 July 2026.

[ViennaAustriaAirlines-9] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Porcu, Mattia (25 March 2025). "Cagliari Airport, here are all the routes served during summer 2025". The Flight Club. Retrieved 9 July 2026.

[10] "easyJet offre molti sviluppi". Italiavola.com (in Italian). 11 June 2025.

[easyjet_20260707-11] 1 2 "EasyJet, nuove rotte invernali da Cagliari: collegamenti con Parigi Orly e Ginevra" (in Italian). 7 July 2026.

[r234-12] 1 2 Italiavola, Pubblicato da (22 January 2026). "easyJet lancia 5 rotte dall'Italia". Italiavola & Travel (in Italian). Retrieved 22 January 2026.

[13] "easyJet announces additional new routes for summer 2027". easyJet. 15 October 2026. Retrieved 6 November 2026.

[aviation.direct_2026-01-20-14] "Salzburg: Eurowings and Eurotours expand their offerings to include new Mediterranean destinations". 20 January 2026.

[15] "Aosta : ripartono i voli con Valtravel e Gattinoni". Italiavola.com (in Italian). 21 March 2026.

[16] "Marathon Airlines assumes Idealtours-charter". aviation.direct (in German). 7 December 2022.

[BolognaNeos-17] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Scopri i voli dell'estate 2024 da e per Cagliari!". www.paradisola.it. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2026.

[f219-18] Italiavola, Pubblicato da (25 February 2026). "Il nuovo piano rotte Ryanair in Emilia Romagna. Chi cresce e chi…". Italiavola & Travel (in Italian). Retrieved 26 February 2026.

[FRY-19] "Ryanair investe su Pescara. 5 nuove rotte" [Ryanair invests on Pescara: 5 new routes]. Italiavola.com (in Italian). 14 January 2025.

[20] "El Al lancia 9 destinazioni. Due in Italia". Italiavola & Travel (in Italian). 9 February 2026. Retrieved 10 July 2026.

[21] Seppone, Nicola (11 April 2023). "Volotea inaugurates flights from Bari, Cagliari and Palermo to Florence. From Puglia new route to Barcelona". The Flight Club. Retrieved 10 July 2026.

[22] "Volotea, la summer si apre con Parigi. Ecco tutte le destinazioni dai tre scali". La Nuova Sardegna (in Italian). 20 January 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2026.

[23] Lisi, Monica (5 June 2023). "Volotea has launched new Berlin-Verona flights". Retrieved 10 July 2026.

[24] "Wizz Air apre tre rotte da Milano e arriva il 12esimo aereo" [Wizz Air opens three new routes from Milan and adds its 12th aircraft to the base]. italiavola.com (in Italian). 30 July 2026.

[25] "Wizz Air ritorna a Cagliari" [Wizz Air returns to Cagliari]. italiavola.com (in Italian). 30 July 2026.

[ASN_ATI_12-26] "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.