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Linate Airport
Airport Enrico Forlanini
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IATA: LIN – ICAO: LIML
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator SEA - Aeroporti di Milano
Serves Milan
Location Milan, Italy
Focus city for Alitalia
Elevation AMSL 353 ft / 108 m
Coordinates 45°26′58″N 009°16′42″E / 45.44944°N 9.27833°E / 45.44944; 9.27833Coordinates: 45°26′58″N 009°16′42″E / 45.44944°N 9.27833°E / 45.44944; 9.27833
Website www.sea-aeroportimilano.it
Map
LIN is located in Milan
LIN
Location within Milan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 2,442 8,012 Asphalt
17/35 601 1,972 Bitumen
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
H1 28 92 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 9,229,890
Passenger change 11-12 Increase 1.1%
Aircraft movements 120,463
Movements change 11-12 Decrease -2.0%
Source: AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]
Statistics from Assaeroporti [2]

Linate Airport (IATA: LIN, ICAO: LIML) is one of the three major airports of Milan, Italy, along with Malpensa Airport and Orio al Serio Airport. Due to its closer proximity to Milan—it is 4.2 NM (7.8 km; 4.8 mi) east southeast of the city,[1] compared with Malpensa, which is 21.58 NM (39.97 km; 24.83 mi) northwest of the city[1]—it is mainly used for domestic and short-haul international flights (all international flights are to destinations within Europe only), with 9,229,890 passengers in 2012.[2] Its name comes from the small village where it is located in the town of Peschiera Borromeo. Its official name is Airport Enrico Forlanini, after the Italian inventor and aeronautical pioneer born in Milan. Linate airport buildings are located in the Segrate Municipality, and the field is located for a large part in the Peschiera Borromeo Municipality.

It was built next to Idroscalo of Milan in the 1930s when Taliedo Airport (located 1 km (0.62 mi) from the southern border of Milan, and one of the world's first aerodromes and airports) became too small for commercial traffic. Linate was completely rebuilt in the 1950s and again in the 1980s.

The larger international airport serving Milan is Malpensa Airport (IATA: MXP, ICAO: LIMC). Linate and Malpensa airports are connected by highways and by service buses.

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Airlines and destinations [edit]

Airlines Destinations
Aer Lingus Dublin
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air Malta Malta
Alitalia Amsterdam, Bari, Brindisi, Bucharest, Cagliari, Catania, Lamezia Terme, London-Heathrow, Naples, Palermo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Pescara, Reggio Calabria, Rome-Fiumicino
Alitalia
operated by Alitalia CityLiner		 Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Frankfurt, London-City, Naples, Rome-Fiumicino, Trieste
Blue Panorama Airlines
operated by Blu-express		 Reggio Calabria
Seasonal: Lampedusa, Pantelleria
British Airways London-Heathrow
Brussels Airlines Brussels
easyJet London-Gatwick, Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino
Iberia Madrid
KLM Amsterdam
Lufthansa Berlin-Tegel, Frankfurt
Meridiana Alghero, Cagliari, Catania, Naples, Olbia, Palermo
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda
TAP Portugal Lisbon

Traffic and Statistics [edit]

Alitalia Airbus A319 landing at Linate Airport.
Air One Airbus A320 landing at Linate Airport.
Alitalia Airbus A320 taxiing at Linate Airport.
Busiest Domestic Routes from Linate (2012-2011-2010)[3]
Rank City Passengers 2012 Passengers 2011 Passenger 2010
1 Lazio Rome, Italy 1.379.567 1.522.184 1.522.817
2 Sicily Catania, Italy 777.232 809.155 806.328
3 Campania Naples, Italy 689.663 672.468 674.851
4 Sicily Palermo, Italy 440.964 466.726 479.110
5 Sardinia Cagliari, Italy 402.713 447.663 441.535
6 Apulia Bari, Italy 435.487 412.796 405.533
7 Sardinia Olbia, Italy 226.064 255.168 237.373
8 Calabria Lamezia Terme, Italy 244.755 253.521 261.144
9 Apulia Brindisi, Italy 234.353 237.250 239.681
10 Calabria Reggio Calabria, Italy 204.138 172.139 132.061
11 Sardinia Alghero, Italy 121.165 145.518 167.105
Busiest International Routes from Linate within European Union (2012-2011-2010)[3]
Rank City Passengers 2012 Passengers 2011 Passenger 2010
1 United Kingdom London-LHR, United Kingdom 748.338 733.352 646.589
2 France Paris-CDG, France 691.355 497.887 415.512
3 Germany Frankfurt am Main, Germany 375.031 370.940 310.274
4 Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands 485.773 341.934 203.652
5 Spain Madrid, Spain 255.069 330.596 313.590
6 France Paris-ORY, France 265.100 241.597 195.052
7 Belgium Brussels, Belgium 152.620 160.060 139.078
8 United Kingdom London-LGW, United Kingdom 181.839 138.149 95.634
9 Spain Barcelona, Spain 101.061 130.093 117.185
10 Germany Berlin, Germany 91.383 - -
11 Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland 91.085 93.699 93.224
12 Romania Bucharest, Romania 65.897 79.607 50.705

Incidents and accidents [edit]

  • Linate Airport was the site of the Linate Airport disaster on 8 October 2001, when Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686, which was bound for Copenhagen Airport, collided with a business jet that, in fog, had inadvertently taxied onto the runway already in use. This collision later resulted in criminal legal proceedings against 11 staff including an air traffic controller, flight safety officials and management officials from the airport.[4]
  • On June 15, 2005, a light aircraft safely landed on taxiway 'T' after its pilot had mistaken it for runway 36R. Following that incident, a safety recommendation was issued.[5] It suggested the use of different numbers to help differentiate between runways.[6] This change was enacted at the beginning of July 2007, when 18R/36L became 17/35 and 18L/36R became 18/36.

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c EAD Basic
  2. ^ a b Associazione Italiana Gestori Aeroportuali
  3. ^ a b "Dati Traffico 2010 Enac" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-11-07. 
  4. ^ BBC News
  5. ^ ANSV
  6. ^ ANSV pdf document

External links [edit]

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