Linate Airport

Milan Linate Airport (IATA: LIN, ICAO: LIML) is a regional airport located in Milan, the second-largest city and largest urban area of Italy. It served 7,719,977 passengers in 2022 with 101,956 aircraft movements in 2022 making it one of the busiest airports in Italy. It is the third busiest airport in the Milan metropolitan area in terms of passengers numbers after Malpensa Airport and Orio al Serio Airport and the second busiest in terms of aircraft movements.^[3]

Milan Linate Airport Aeroporto di Milano-Linate
IATA: LIN ICAO: LIML
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	SEA S.p.A
Operator	SEA – Aeroporti di Milano
Serves	Milan metropolitan area
Location	Segrate and Peschiera Borromeo, Lombardy, Italy
Opened	21 October 1937; 86 years ago (1937-10-21)
Focus city for	ITA Airways
Elevation AMSL	353 ft / 108 m
Coordinates	45°26′58″N 009°16′42″E / 45.44944°N 9.27833°E / 45.44944; 9.27833
Website	www.milanolinate-airport.com
Map
LIN Location of airport on map of Milan Show map of Milan LIN LIN (Lombardy) Show map of Lombardy LIN LIN (Italy) Show map of Italy
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 17/35 2,442 8,012 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface m ft H1 28 92 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers 7,719,977 Passenger change 21-22 77.6% Movements 101,956 Movements change 21-22 51.3% Cargo (tons) 2,353 Cargo change 21-22 24.9%
Source: AIP at EUROCONTROL^[1] Statistics from Assaeroporti^[2]

History

Early years

The airport 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.

Development since 2000

Since 2001, because of Linate's close proximity to the centre of Milan – only 7 km (4 mi) east of the city centre,^[1] 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.^{[citation needed]} That year, 2001, also saw a major accident at Linate with many illegal^{[citation needed]} and non-ICAO-regulation practices^{[Note 1]} and layouts part of its then operation.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[5][6]

In July 2023, Linate Airport was named Europe's Best Airport in the 5-10 Million Passenger category by the Airport Council International.^[7]

AIRAC A10/23 (valid from 30 November 2023) has determined the new QFU of the runway in 17/35 (was earlier 18/36) due to magnetic variation, and declass of the "old" 17/35 as taxiway only.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[8] 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.^{[citation needed]}

The airport is on level 4+ of the Airport Carbon Accreditation.^[7]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate scheduled services to and from Linate Airport:^[9]

Airlines	Destinations
Aer Lingus	Dublin
AeroItalia	Alghero, Comiso,^[10] Perugia, Olbia
Air Dolomiti	Frankfurt, Munich
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
British Airways	London–Heathrow Seasonal: London–City^[11]
Brussels Airlines	Brussels
easyJet	Amsterdam, Berlin, London–Gatwick, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly
Finnair	Helsinki
Iberia	Madrid
ITA Airways	Amsterdam, Bari, Brindisi, Brussels, Cagliari, Catania, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Lamezia Terme, London–City, Naples, Palermo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Reggio Calabria, Rome–Fiumicino, Stuttgart, Trieste Seasonal: Corfu, Hamburg, Heraklion, Ibiza, Lampedusa, Malta, Menorca, Pantelleria, Rhodes Seasonal charter: Rostock^[12]
KLM	Amsterdam
KM Malta Airlines	Malta^[13]
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
Lumiwings	Foggia
Luxair	Luxembourg^[14]
Scandinavian Airlines	Stockholm–Arlanda
Sky Alps	Ancona
Volotea	Cagliari, Olbia Seasonal: Lampedusa, Pantelleria
Vueling	Barcelona
Wizz Air	Catania

Statistics

 

Aerial view

 

Control tower

 

Linate airport in the 1930s

Annual passenger traffic at LIN airport. See Wikidata query.

Busiest domestic routes from Linate (2017)^[15] Rank City Passengers Airline 1 Rome–Fiumicino, Lazio 1,183,753 ITA Airways 2 Cagliari, Sardinia 627,299 ITA Airways, Volotea 3 Catania, Sicily 585,809 ITA Airways 4 Naples, Campania 509,251 ITA Airways 5 Bari, Apulia 403,247 ITA Airways 6 Palermo, Sicily 389,306 ITA Airways 7 Olbia, Sardinia 330,921 AeroItalia, Volotea 8 Brindisi, Apulia 218,672 ITA Airways 9 Alghero, Sardinia 202,884 ITA Airways 10 Lamezia Terme, Calabria 175,801 ITA Airways 11 Reggio Calabria, Calabria 163,168 ITA Airways

Busiest European routes from Linate (2016)^[16] Rank Rank var. 15-16 City Passengers Airline 1     Paris–Charles de Gaulle, France   785.308 Air France, Alitalia 2   1   Amsterdam, Netherlands   651.774 Alitalia, KLM 3   1   London–Heathrow, United Kingdom   616.402 Alitalia, British Airways 4     Frankfurt am Main, Germany   450.873 Alitalia, Lufthansa 5   6   London–Gatwick, United Kingdom   293.540 easyJet 6   1   Paris–Orly, France   237.696 Alitalia, easyJet 7   1   Brussels, Belgium   223.904 Alitalia, Brussels Airlines 8     Madrid, Spain   220.495 Iberia 9   2   Berlin–Tegel, Germany   204.124 Alitalia, Air Berlin 10   1   Düsseldorf, Germany   182.231 Alitalia, Air Berlin 11   1   London–City, United Kingdom   180.872 Alitalia, British Airways 12     Vienna, Austria   119.960 Austrian Airlines 13     Bucharest, Romania   103.718 Alitalia, Blue Air 14     Dublin, Ireland   99.335 Aer Lingus 15     Stockholm–Arlanda, Sweden   87.981 Scandinavian Airlines 16     Malta, Malta   78.030 Air Malta 17     Barcelona, Spain   66.538 Alitalia 18     Munich, Germany   62.969 Meridiana

Ground transport

Metro

The Milan Metro Line 4 connects the airport to the city centre with a travel time of about 15 minutes.^[17]

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, Brescia and Milan Malpensa Airport are also available.^[18]

Car

The airport is located in Viale Enrico Forlanini next to its intersection with Autostrada A51 (exit 6 Aeroporto Linate). A51 is part of the city's highway ring, so the airport can be reached from any direction.^[18]

Incidents and accidents

• On 6 December 1948, an Avio Linee Italiane (ALI) Douglas DC-3 crashed on takeoff in fog. All seven occupants died.^[19]
• 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.^[20] 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 1 June 2003, a Learjet 45 operated by Eurojet Italia crashed shortly after takeoff because of birdstrikes affecting both engines and loss of control attempting an emergency landing back at Linate. Both pilots were killed.^[21]
• 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.^[22] It suggested the use of different numbers to help differentiate between runways.^[23] 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 that had just taken off from Linate Airport crashed 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, near Milan.^[24] The victims included businessman Dan Petrescu, one of the wealthiest people in Romania at the time; his wife, his son, and five others, including a one-year-old baby.^[25][26] 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.^[27]

Notes

1. For instance, according to an English language pdf file titled "Milan Linate runway incursion", October 2001"^[4] hosted in http://www.icao.int, it pinpointed that ICAO Annex 14 was not complied; in addition ICAO Annex 1 was not fully complied.

References

1. EAD Basic
2. "Statistiche Dati di Traffico Aeroportuale Italiano".
3. "Dati di traffico - 2022" (PDF). Assaaeroporti. Associazione Italiana Gestori Aeroporti. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
4. "Milan Linate runway incursion" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2024.
5. Calder, S. (9 October 2018). "Milan Linate: One of Italy's top airports to close for three months". Independent. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
6. Gibertini, V. (26 July 2019). "Milan's Linate Airport Temporarily Shuts Down, Flights Relocated to Malpensa". AirlineGeeks. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
7. "Milan Linate city airport wins Europe's Best Airport Award 2023". Routes. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
8. milanolinate-airport.com – Maps retrieved 23 June 2015
9. "Flight destinations from Linate | Milan Linate Airport". www.milanolinate-airport.com.
10. "Aeroitalia aggiunge Milano Linate all'operativo estivo da Comiso" [Aeroitalia adds Linate from Comiso]. travelquotidiano.com (in Italian). 1 March 2024.
11. https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/flights-and-holidays/flights/new-routes
12. "Urlaub: Nonstop ans Meer! So lockt der Flughafen Rostock Hamburger an". 17 June 2022.
13. "New airline replacing Air Malta to fly on 31 March 2024". 2 October 2023.
14. "LUXAIR RESUMES MILAN LINATE SERVICE IN NW23". aeroroutes.com. 26 July 2023.
15. "Dati di traffico 2017" [Traffic data 2017] (PDF). 10 March 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
16. [ENAC: 2016 traffic data] (PDF). 10 March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
17. "How to get to Linate by Underground". Milano Linate Airport. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
18. milanolinate-airport.com – Directions and parking retrieved 26 June 2016
19. Accident description for I-ETNA at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 15 October 2023.
20. "Eleven on trial over Milan collision". 4 June 2003 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
21. Accident description for I-ERJC at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 15 October 2023.
22. "ANSV".
23. "ANSV pdf document" (PDF).
24. "Plane crashes into building near Milan; all 8 aboard die". ABC News. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
25. "Plane crashed in Milan: on board a Romanian billionaire headed to Olbia with his wife, son and friends". Italy24 News English. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
26. "San Donato, Dan Petrescu and the 8 victims of the crashed plane in Milan- Corriere.it". Mirpurnews. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
27. "Milan plane crash: Eight dead as private plane hits building". BBC News. 3 October 2021.

External links

  Media related to Milan Linate Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Accident history for LIN at Aviation Safety Network