Linate Airport (IATA: LIN, ICAO: LIML) is the city airport of Milan, Italy. Due to its vicinity to Milan, it is mainly used for domestic and short-haul international flights, with over 9 million passengers in 2005. This name comes from the small village where it is located. Its real name is "Airport Enrico Forlanini", from the Italian inventor and aereonautical 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 in the 1930s (and completely rebuilt in the 1950s and in the 1980s), when the Taliedo Airport (located 1 km southern inside Milan borders, and one of the world first aerodrome and then airport) became too small for the commercial traffic. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese: Milán (listen)) is the main city of northern Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet) is any of several old units of distance or length, measuring around a quarter to a third of a meter. ... The metre, or meter (US), is a measure of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Runway 13R/31L of El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, D.C. Aerial picture of a runway of Chennai International Airport, Tamil Nadu A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and land. ... A foot (plural: feet) is any of several old units of distance or length, measuring around a quarter to a third of a meter. ... The metre, or meter (US), is a measure of length. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese: Milán (listen)) is the main city of northern Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. ... Enrico Forlanini (Milan, 1848-1930) was a genial italian engineer, inventor and aereonautical pioneer, well known for his works on elicopters, aircrafts, hydrofoils and dirigibles. ... Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese: Milán (listen)) is the main city of northern Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. ...

Another, larger airport serving Milano is Malpensa International Airport (IATA: MXP, ICAO: LIMC). Linate and Malpensa airports are connected by highways and by service buses. The third airport of the Great Milan is Orio al Serio, located 1 km east of Bergamo, 42 km east of Milan. Malpensa International Airport (IATA: MXP, ICAO: LIMC) is located in the province of Varese, near Milan, Italy. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Orio al Serio International Airport (IATA: BGY, ICAO: LIME) is an airport located in Bergamo, near Milan, Italy and it serves the low-cost traffic of Milan. ... Bergamo is a town in Lombardy, Italy, about 40km northeast of Milan. ...

Traffic statistics for 2005

• International arrivals and departures: 2,491,305 passengers
• Domestic arrivals and departures: 6,594,694 passengers
• Transit: 2,608 planes
• Movements: 122,221
• Cargo: 25,345 tons

JAN-SEP 2006 Traffic

• Passengers: 7.389.405 (+8,8%)
• Movements: 98.771 (+7,7%)
• Cargo: 20.095 (+10,1%)

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 Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen, collided with a business jet that, in fog, had inadvertently taxied onto the runway already in use. The Linate Airport disaster occurred on October 8, 2001, at Linate Airport in Milan, Italy. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (282nd in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Scandinavian Airlines System, now SAS AB, was founded in 1946 when the flag carriers of Denmark, Sweden and Norway formed a partnership to handle intercontinental traffic to Scandinavia. ... Copenhagen Airport (Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup in Danish) located on the island Amager, is the major airport serving Copenhagen, Denmark. ... Copenhagen (IPA: , rhyming with pagan (the way the Danes themselves pronounce the name of the capital in English), or , with a as in spa; Danish   IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city (metropolitan population 1,211,542 (2006)), at present made up of 16 municipalities. ... Business jet, private jet or, in slang, bizjet is a term describing a jet aircraft, usually of modest size, designed for transporting small groups of business people for commercial reasons at a time convenient to their business needs. ...

Airlines and destinations

• Aegean Airlines (Athens)
• Aer Lingus (Dublin)
• Air France (Paris-Charles De Gaulle)
• Air One (Alghero, Bari, Berlin-Tegel, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Crotone, Lamezia Terme, Lampedusa, London-City [starts November 20, 2006], Naples, Palermo, Pantelleria, Pescara, Reggio Calabria, Rome-Fiumicino, Trapani, Trieste)
• Alitalia (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bari, Brindisi, Brussels, Cagliari, Catania, Frankfurt, Lamezia Terme, London-Heathrow, Madrid, Naples, Palermo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Reggio Calabria, Rome-Fiumicino)
  • operated by Alitalia Express (Bari, Catania, London-Heathrow, Napoli, Palermo, Rome-Fiumicino)
• Alpi Eagles (Bari)
• Austrian Airlines
  • operated by Austrian Arrows (Vienna)
• British Airways (London-Heathrow)
• easyJet (London-Gatwick, Paris-Orly)
• Eurofly (Bari, Catania)
• Iberia Airlines (Barcelona, Madrid)
• ItAli Airlines (Pescara)
• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
• Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
• Meridiana (Cagliari, Catania, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino)
• Olympic Airlines (Athens)
• Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda)
• TAP Portugal (Lisbon)
• Volare Airlines (Bari, Brindisi, Catania, Lamezia Terme, Naples, Palermo, Paris-Orly)
• Windjet (Catania, Palermo)

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External links

• Linate Airport
• World Aero Data airport information for LIML