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Cagliari Elmas Airport

ICAO LIEE39.2515°N 9.0543°E4 m / 13 ftLarge airport

Cagliari Elmas Airport (IATA: CAG, ICAO: LIEE) is a large airport in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It opened in 1937. It has one runway, 2,803 m (9,196 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 5.3 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1937–1937

1937

OpenedCagliari Elmas Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

14/32138° / 318° · LIT

LENGTH2,803 m9,196 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

3.6M

3.7M

3.7M

4.2M

4.4M

4.8M

1.8M

2.8M

4.4M

4.9M

5.2M

5.3M

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Routes

70 destinations · 18 countries

Year-round34

PMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Ryanair370 km230 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Aeroitalia392 km244 mi CIACiampino–G. B. Pastine International AirportItaly · Ryanair412 km256 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair481 km299 mi PSAPisa International AirportItaly · Ryanair505 km314 mi FLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · Volotea537 km334 mi CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Ryanair560 km348 mi MRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Volotea565 km351 mi GOAGenoa Cristoforo Colombo AirportItaly · Ryanair574 km357 mi CUFCuneo International AirportItaly · Aeroitalia, Ryanair601 km373 mi RMIFederico Fellini International AirportItaly · Ryanair607 km377 mi MLAMalta International AirportMalta · Ryanair611 km380 mi BLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Ryanair616 km383 mi PMFParma AirportItaly · Ryanair628 km390 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling634 km394 mi TRNTurin AirportItaly · Ryanair672 km418 mi BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair687 km427 mi LINMilano Linate AirportItaly · Aeroitalia689 km428 mi VRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Ryanair, Volotea699 km434 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air710 km441 mi VCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Ryanair, Volotea, Wizz Air746 km464 mi GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet813 km505 mi VLCValencia AirportSpain · Ryanair820 km510 mi BSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet937 km582 mi NUENuremberg AirportGermany · Ryanair1,151 km715 mi ORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · easyJet1,181 km734 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Ryanair1,226 km762 mi BVABeauvais-Tillé airportFrance · Ryanair1,260 km783 mi CRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair1,297 km806 mi SVQSeville AirportSpain · Ryanair1,318 km819 mi KRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair1,470 km913 mi OPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Ryanair1,519 km944 mi STNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair1,561 km970 mi ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Ryanair2,352 km1,461 mi

Seasonal43

AHOAlghero-Fertilia AirportItaly · Aeroitalia167 km104 mi OLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · Aeroitalia187 km116 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · easyJet481 km299 mi PSAPisa International AirportItaly · Aeroitalia505 km314 mi NCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · easyJet513 km319 mi PEGPerugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International AirportItaly · Ryanair516 km321 mi FLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · Aeroitalia537 km334 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Ryanair544 km338 mi PSRAbruzzo AirportItaly · Ryanair558 km347 mi CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Aeroitalia560 km348 mi FRLForlì-Luigi Ridolfi International AirportItaly · Ryanair604 km375 mi BLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Aeroitalia, Neos616 km383 mi SUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Aeroitalia622 km386 mi VRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Neos699 km434 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Neos710 km441 mi CCFCarcassonne Salvaza AirportFrance · Ryanair716 km445 mi BGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair, AlbaStar716 km445 mi LYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · easyJet790 km491 mi TRSTrieste AirportItaly · Ryanair815 km506 mi BZOBolzano AirportItaly · Sky Alps822 km511 mi ZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air913 km567 mi SZGSalzburg AirportAustria · Eurowings1,001 km622 mi BODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · easyJet1,016 km631 mi MUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa1,035 km643 mi STRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings1,050 km652 mi FKBKarlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportGermany · Ryanair1,062 km660 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Ryanair, Iberia1,085 km674 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair1,154 km717 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair1,175 km730 mi ORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia1,181 km734 mi HHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · Ryanair1,198 km744 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa1,199 km745 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France1,202 km747 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings1,274 km792 mi DUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings1,350 km839 mi NRNWeeze (Niederrhein) AirportGermany · Ryanair1,392 km865 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM1,489 km925 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways1,505 km935 mi POZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Ryanair1,581 km982 mi HAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings1,600 km994 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair1,958 km1,217 mi GOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Ryanair2,060 km1,280 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Sun d'Or International Airlines2,459 km1,528 mi

Seasonal charter1

AOTAosta Corrado Gex AirportItaly · Luxwing734 km456 mi

Most destinationsRyanair 41Aeroitalia 10easyJet 8Volotea 4Eurowings 4Neos 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CAG. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Cagliari Elmas Airport” (revision of 1 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers5.3M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#328of 3,974 · #92 Europe · #12 IT Longest runway2,803 m9,196 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,607of 29,823 · =254 Europe · =28 IT Elevation4 m13 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,021of 43,341 · =5,673 Europe · =517 IT AgeOpened 19372026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=703of 15,079 · =404 Europe · =56 IT Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =26 IT

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels

APPCAGLIARI APP118.750

GNDElmas GND125.425

MISCSAR123.100

TWRTWR120.600