Milan Linate Airport is the third
international airport
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of
Milan
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, the second-largest city and largest urban area of
Italy
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, behind
Malpensa Airport
Milan Malpensa Airport is the largest international airport in northern Italy, serving Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria, as well as the Swiss Canton of Ticino. The airport is northwest of Milan, next to the Ticino river dividing Lombardy and Pie ...
and
Orio al Serio Airport
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. It served 9,233,475 passengers in 2018, being the
fifth busiest airport in Italy.
History
The airport was built next to
Idroscalo
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of Milan in the 1930s when Taliedo Airport, located from the southern border of Milan and one of the world's first
aerodrome
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s and airports, became too small for commercial traffic. Linate was completely rebuilt in the 1950s and again in the 1980s.
Its name comes from the small village where it is located in the town of
Peschiera Borromeo
Peschiera Borromeo (; Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on August 6, ...
. Its official name is ''Airport
Enrico Forlanini
Enrico Forlanini (13 December 1848 – 9 October 1930) was an Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, known for his works on helicopters, aeroplanes, hydrofoils and dirigibles. He was born in Milan. His older brother Carlo Forlanin ...
'', after the Italian inventor and aeronautical pioneer born in Milan. Linate airport buildings are located in the
Segrate
Segrate ( lmo, label=Milanese, Segraa ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) located in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Lombardy region of Northern Italy.
An eastern suburb of Milan, in its area lies the airport of Milan Linate, the lake ...
Municipality, and the field is located for a large part in the Peschiera Borromeo Municipality.
Since 2001, because of Linate's close proximity to the centre of Milan – only east of the city centre,
compared with Malpensa, which is 41 km (25 mi) northwest of the city centre – its capacity has been reduced by law from 32 slots per hour (technical capacity) down to 22 slots per hour (politically decided capacity) and only domestic or international flights within the EU or to the United Kingdom have been allowed. That year, 2001, also saw a
major accident at Linate with many illegal and non-
ICAO
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-regulation practices and layouts part of its then operation.
From 27 July to 27 October 2019, Linate was closed for runway resurfacing and terminal upgrades. The latter project is expected to continue after the airport's reopening, concluding some time in 2021. During this closure, most flights were rerouted to Malpensa, displacing approximately 2.5 million passengers.
Facilities
Linate Airport features one three-story passenger terminal building. The ground level contains the check-in and separate baggage reclaim facilities as well as service counters and a secondary
departure gate area for bus-boarding. The first floor features the main departure area with several shops, restaurants and service facilities. The second floor is used for office space. The terminal building features five aircraft stands, all of which are equipped with jet-bridges. Several more parking positions are available on the apron which are reached from several bus-boarding gates.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate scheduled services to and from Linate Airport:
Statistics
Ground transport
Car
The airport is located in ''Viale Enrico Forlanini'' next to its intersection with
autostrada
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''
A51'' (exit ''6 Aeroporto Linate''). A51 is part of the city's highway ring, so the airport can be reached from any direction.
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retrieved 26 June 2016
Bus and coach
The airport can be reached by the
ATM bus ''73'' from
Piazza Duomo in the city centre, as well as by coach services from other places within the city. Coaches from and to
Monza
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,
Brescia
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and
Milan Malpensa Airport
Milan Malpensa Airport is the largest international airport in northern Italy, serving Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria, as well as the Swiss Canton of Ticino. The airport is northwest of Milan, next to the Ticino river dividing Lombardy and Pie ...
are also available.
Metro
The
Milan metro
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line 4 connects the airport (station Linate Aeroporto) to the city centre starting from November 2022, with a travel time of about 15 minutes.
Incidents and accidents
* Linate Airport was the site of the
Linate Airport disaster on 8 October 2001, when
Scandinavian Airlines
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Flight 686, which was bound for
Copenhagen Airport
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, collided with a
business jet
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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. All 114 people on both aircraft were killed, as well as four people on the ground. The Linate Airport disaster remains the deadliest air disaster in Italian history.
* On 15 June 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. It suggested the use of different numbers to help differentiate between runways. This change was enacted at the beginning of July 2007, when 18R/36L became 17/35 and 18L/36R became 18/36.
* On 3 October 2021, a privately owned
Pilatus PC-12
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that had just taken off from Linate Airport
crashed
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into an empty building, killing all eight passengers and crew on board. The plane was heading for Olbia on the island of Sardinia, but it came down soon after takeoff on the outskirts of the city near the metro station at
San Donato Milanese
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, near Milan. The victims included businessman
Dan Petrescu
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As a player, Petrescu was deployed as a full-back or a winger and represented Premier Lea ...
, one of the wealthiest people in
Romania
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at the time; his wife, his son, and five others, including a one-year-old baby. Several empty parked cars caught fire after the crash near the metro station, emergency workers said. Firefighters worked to extinguish the flames rising from the building, which was reportedly under reforms.
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