Linate Airport

Milan Linate Airport Aeroporto di Milano-Linate
IATA: LIN ICAO: LIML
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	SEA – Aeroporti di Milano
Serves	Milan, Italy
Location	Segrate and Peschiera Borromeo
Focus city for	Alitalia Alitalia CityLiner
Elevation AMSL	1,000 ft / 304.8 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	milanolinate-airport.com
Map
LIN Location of airport on map of Milan Location of airport on map of Lombardy  LIN Location of Lombardy region in Italy
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 (2015)
Passengers 9,689,635 Passenger change 14–15 7.4% Aircraft movements 118,650 Movements change 14–15 4.8%
Source: AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] Statistics from Assaeroporti[2]

Milan Linate Airport (IATA: LIN, ICAO: LIML) is the secondary international airport of Milan, the second-largest city of Italy, behind Malpensa Airport. It served 9,689,635 passengers in 2015^[2] and is used as a base by Alitalia and Alitalia CityLiner.

History

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.

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.

Since 2001, despite Linate's closer proximity to the centre of Milan – only 7 km (4 mi) east of the city centre,^[1] compared with Malpensa, which is 49 km (30 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 have been allowed. That year, 2001, also saw a major accident at Linate with many illegal and non-ICAO-regulation practices and layouts part of its then operation.

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.^[3] 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:^[4]

Statistics

Check-in area

Apron view

Linate airport in the 1930s

Busiest European routes from Linate (2016)[6] 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 12 Vienna, Austria 119.960 Niki 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

Car

The airport is located at 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.^[7]

Bus and coach

Linate Airport can be reached by local bus service 73 from Piazza Duomo in Milan 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 run.^[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 against 11 staff including an air traffic controller, flight safety officials and management officials from the airport.^[8] 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 ever 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.^[9] It suggested the use of different numbers to help differentiate between runways.^[10] This change was enacted at the beginning of July 2007, when 18R/36L became 17/35 and 18L/36R became 18/36.

References

External links

Media related to Milan Linate Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Accident history for LIN at Aviation Safety Network