Airport Milano (Italy) - Linate

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Linate Airport Airport Enrico Forlanini
IATA: LIN ICAO: LIML
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		SEA - Aeroporti di Milano
Location		Milan, Italy
Elevation AMSL		353 ft / 108 m
Coordinates		45°2658N 009°1642E / 45.44944°N 9.27833°E / 45.44944; 9.27833 (Linate Airport)Coordinates: 45°2658N 009°1642E / 45.44944°N 9.27833°E / 45.44944; 9.27833 (Linate Airport)
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
Source: AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Linate Airport (IATA: LIN, ICAO: LIML) is one of the two major airports of Milan, Italy, along with Malpensa 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, with over 9.6 million passengers in 2006. Its name comes from the small village where it is located in the town of Peschiera Borromeo. Its real 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 airport serving Milan is Malpensa Airport (IATA: MXP, ICAO: LIMC). Linate and Malpensa airports are connected by highways and by service buses.

The third airport of the Greater Milan area is Orio al Serio, located 1 km (0.62 mi) east of Bergamo, 42 km (26 mi) east of Milan.

The correct pronunciation of Linate is "/li'nate/" (lee-NAH-teh), and not "/laj'nate/" (ly-NAH-teh). Using the wrong pronunciation might lead to misunderstandings with taxi drivers, because Lainate ("/laj'nate/") is another borough near Milan.

Contents 1 Airlines and destinations 2 Traffic 2.1 2005 2.2 2006 2.3 2007 (January to November) 3 Incidents and accidents 4 External links 5 References

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aer Lingus	Dublin
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Alitalia	Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bari, Brindisi, Brussels, Bucharest-Otopeni, Catania, Frankfurt, Lamezia Terme, Lampedusa, London-Heathrow, Madrid, Naples, Palermo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Reggio Calabria, Rome-Fiumicino
Alitalia operated by Air One	Alghero, Bari, Brindisi, Cagliari, Crotone, London-City, Palermo, Pantelleria, Pescara
Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways	Vienna
British Airways	London-Heathrow
Brussels Airlines	Brussels
easyJet	London-Gatwick, Paris-Orly
Iberia Airlines	Madrid
ItAli Airlines	Pescara
KLM	Amsterdam
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
Meridiana	Cagliari, Catania, Naples, Olbia, Palermo
Meridiana operated by Eurofly	Catania, Palermo
Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda
TAP Portugal	Lisbon
Windjet	Catania, Palermo

Traffic

2005

• Passengers: 9,088,607
• Movements: 122,221
• Cargo: 25,345 tons

2006

• Passengers: 9,696,515 (+6.7%)
• Movements: 131,615 (+7.7%)
• Cargo: 27,468 tons (+9.7%)

2007 (January to November)

• Passengers: 9,206,826 (+2.8%)
• Movements: 120,498 (-1.1%)
• Cargo: 21,751 tons (-13.7%)

Incidents and accidents

• 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.^[2]

• On June 15 2005, a light aircraft safely landed on taxiway 'T' after its pilot had mistaken it for runway 36R. Following that incident^[3], a safety recommendation was issued. It suggested the use of different numbers to help differentiate between runways.^[4] This change was enacted at the beginning of July 2007, when 18R/36L became 17/35 and 18L/36R became 18/36.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Linate airport (Milan)

• Official website
• Northern Avionics - Business jet maintenance facility at Linate Airport

References

v  d  e Major Airports of Italy Albenga: Villanova d'Albenga Airport   Alghero: Fertilia Airport   Ancona: Raffaello Sanzio Airport   Aosta: Corrado Gex Airport   Bari: Palese Macchie Airport   Bologna: Guglielmo Marconi Airport   Bolzano Airport   Brescia Airport   Brindisi: Papola Casale Airport   Cagliari: Elmas Airport   Catania-Fontanarossa Airport   Crotone: Sant'Anna Airport   Cuneo: Levaldigi Airport   Florence: Peretola Airport   Forlì Airport   Genoa: Cristoforo Colombo Airport   Lamezia Terme Airport   Lampedusa Airport   Marina di Campo: Teseo Tesei Airport   Milan: Linate Airport   Milan: Malpensa Airport   Milan: Orio al Serio Airport   Naples: Capodichino Airport   Olbia: Costa Smeralda Airport   Palermo: Punta Raisi Airport   Parma Airport   Perugia: San Egidio Airport   Pescara: Abruzzo Airport   Pisa: Galileo Galilei Airport   Reggio Calabria: Aeroporto dello Stretto   Rimini: Federico Fellini Airport   Rome: Ciampino Airport   Rome: Fiumicino Airport   Salerno: Costa d'Amalfi Airport   Tortolì Airport   Trieste: Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport   Turin: Caselle Airport   Venice: Marco Polo Airport   Venice: Treviso Airport   Verona: Villafranca Airport

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