# Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG / LIEE)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/liee

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CAG / LIEE
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
- Opened: 1937
- Elevation: 4 m / 13 ft
- Coordinates: 39.2515, 9.0543
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,803 m / 9,196 ft
- Passengers: 5,286,718 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Rome
- Website: http://www.cagliariairport.it/en/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagliari_Elmas_Airport (26 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139983
- Weather station: LIEE · WMO 16560
- Ident: LIEE

## Timeline

- 1937: Cagliari Elmas Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 2,803 m / 9,196 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 3,629,288 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 3,712,709 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 3,706,924 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 4,181,748 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 4,393,052 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 4,779,989 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 1,775,972 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 2,764,388 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 4,426,095 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 4,886,727 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 5,196,426 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 5,286,718 | Eurostat |

## Routes

70 destinations in 18 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (34)

- [PMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licj.md) Falcone–Borsellino Airport · Italy · 370 km / 230 mi · Ryanair
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 392 km / 244 mi · Aeroitalia
- [CIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lira.md) Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport · Italy · 412 km / 256 mi · Ryanair
- [NAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirn.md) Naples International Airport · Italy · 481 km / 299 mi · Ryanair
- [PSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirp.md) Pisa International Airport · Italy · 505 km / 314 mi · Ryanair
- [FLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirq.md) Florence Airport, Peretola · Italy · 537 km / 334 mi · Volotea
- [CTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licc.md) Catania-Fontanarossa Airport · Italy · 560 km / 348 mi · Ryanair
- [MRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfml.md) Marseille Provence Airport · France · 565 km / 351 mi · Volotea
- [GOA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limj.md) Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport · Italy · 574 km / 357 mi · Ryanair
- [CUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limz.md) Cuneo International Airport · Italy · 601 km / 373 mi · Aeroitalia, Ryanair
- [RMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipr.md) Federico Fellini International Airport · Italy · 607 km / 377 mi · Ryanair
- [MLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lmml.md) Malta International Airport · Malta · 611 km / 380 mi · Ryanair
- [BLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipe.md) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · Italy · 616 km / 383 mi · Ryanair
- [PMF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limp.md) Parma Airport · Italy · 628 km / 390 mi · Ryanair
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 634 km / 394 mi · Vueling
- [TRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limf.md) Turin Airport · Italy · 672 km / 418 mi · Ryanair
- [BRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libd.md) Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · Italy · 687 km / 427 mi · Ryanair
- [LIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liml.md) Milano Linate Airport · Italy · 689 km / 428 mi · Aeroitalia
- [VRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipx.md) Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · Italy · 699 km / 434 mi · Ryanair, Volotea
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 710 km / 441 mi · Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air
- [VCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipz.md) Venice Marco Polo Airport · Italy · 746 km / 464 mi · Ryanair, Volotea, Wizz Air
- [GVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsgg.md) Geneva International Airport · Switzerland · 813 km / 505 mi · easyJet
- [VLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/levc.md) Valencia Airport · Spain · 820 km / 510 mi · Ryanair
- [BSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsb.md) EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · France · 937 km / 582 mi · easyJet
- [NUE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddn.md) Nuremberg Airport · Germany · 1,151 km / 715 mi · Ryanair
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 1,181 km / 734 mi · easyJet
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 1,226 km / 762 mi · Ryanair
- [BVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfob.md) Beauvais-Tillé airport · France · 1,260 km / 783 mi · Ryanair
- [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 1,297 km / 806 mi · Ryanair
- [SVQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lezl.md) Seville Airport · Spain · 1,318 km / 819 mi · Ryanair
- [KRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkk.md) Kraków John Paul II International Airport · Poland · 1,470 km / 913 mi · Ryanair
- [OPO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppr.md) Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport · Portugal · 1,519 km / 944 mi · Ryanair
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 1,561 km / 970 mi · Ryanair
- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 2,352 km / 1,461 mi · Ryanair

### Seasonal (43)

- [AHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liea.md) Alghero-Fertilia Airport · Italy · 167 km / 104 mi · Aeroitalia
- [OLB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lieo.md) Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport · Italy · 187 km / 116 mi · Aeroitalia
- [NAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirn.md) Naples International Airport · Italy · 481 km / 299 mi · easyJet
- [PSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirp.md) Pisa International Airport · Italy · 505 km / 314 mi · Aeroitalia
- [NCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfmn.md) Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · France · 513 km / 319 mi · easyJet
- [PEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirz.md) Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport · Italy · 516 km / 321 mi · Ryanair
- [FLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirq.md) Florence Airport, Peretola · Italy · 537 km / 334 mi · Aeroitalia
- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 544 km / 338 mi · Ryanair
- [PSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libp.md) Abruzzo Airport · Italy · 558 km / 347 mi · Ryanair
- [CTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licc.md) Catania-Fontanarossa Airport · Italy · 560 km / 348 mi · Aeroitalia
- [FRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipk.md) Forlì-Luigi Ridolfi International Airport · Italy · 604 km / 375 mi · Ryanair
- [BLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipe.md) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · Italy · 616 km / 383 mi · Aeroitalia, Neos
- [SUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lica.md) Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport · Italy · 622 km / 386 mi · Aeroitalia
- [VRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipx.md) Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · Italy · 699 km / 434 mi · Neos
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 710 km / 441 mi · Neos
- [CCF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfmk.md) Carcassonne Salvaza Airport · France · 716 km / 445 mi · Ryanair
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 716 km / 445 mi · Ryanair, AlbaStar
- [LYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfll.md) Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · France · 790 km / 491 mi · easyJet
- [TRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipq.md) Trieste Airport · Italy · 815 km / 506 mi · Ryanair
- [BZO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipb.md) Bolzano Airport · Italy · 822 km / 511 mi · Sky Alps
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 913 km / 567 mi · Edelweiss Air
- [SZG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lows.md) Salzburg Airport · Austria · 1,001 km / 622 mi · Eurowings
- [BOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbd.md) Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport · France · 1,016 km / 631 mi · easyJet
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 1,035 km / 643 mi · Lufthansa
- [STR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edds.md) Stuttgart Airport · Germany · 1,050 km / 652 mi · Eurowings
- [FKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edsb.md) Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport · Germany · 1,062 km / 660 mi · Ryanair
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 1,085 km / 674 mi · Ryanair, Iberia
- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 1,154 km / 717 mi · Ryanair
- [LUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ellx.md) Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · Luxembourg · 1,175 km / 730 mi · Luxair
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 1,181 km / 734 mi · Transavia
- [HHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edfh.md) Frankfurt-Hahn Airport · Germany · 1,198 km / 744 mi · Ryanair
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 1,199 km / 745 mi · Lufthansa
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 1,202 km / 747 mi · Air France
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 1,274 km / 792 mi · Smartwings
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 1,350 km / 839 mi · Eurowings
- [NRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlv.md) Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport · Germany · 1,392 km / 865 mi · Ryanair
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 1,489 km / 925 mi · KLM
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 1,505 km / 935 mi · British Airways
- [POZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eppo.md) Poznań-Ławica Airport · Poland · 1,581 km / 982 mi · Ryanair
- [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · Germany · 1,600 km / 994 mi · Eurowings
- [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 1,958 km / 1,217 mi · Ryanair
- [GOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esgg.md) Göteborg Landvetter Airport · Sweden · 2,060 km / 1,280 mi · Ryanair
- [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · Israel · 2,459 km / 1,528 mi · Sun d'Or International Airlines

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [AOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limw.md) Aosta Corrado Gex Airport · Italy · 734 km / 456 mi · Luxwing

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CAG, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (21)

- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 41
- XZ [Aeroitalia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroitalia) · 10
- U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 8
- EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 4 · seasonal
- V7 [Volotea](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/volotea) · 4
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 3 · seasonal
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 2 · seasonal
- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 2
- AF [Air France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-france) · 1 · seasonal
- AP [AlbaStar](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/albastar) · 1 · seasonal
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1 · seasonal
- IB [Iberia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iberia) · 1 · seasonal
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1 · seasonal
- LG [Luxair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/luxair) · 1 · seasonal
- Luxwing · 1 · seasonal charter
- BQ [Sky Alps](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-alps) · 1 · seasonal
- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 1 · seasonal
- LY [Sun d'Or International Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sun-dor-international-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 1 · seasonal
- VY [Vueling](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vueling) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 5.3M (2025) | #328 of 3,974 | #92 in Europe | #12 in IT |
| Longest runway | 2,803 m / 9,196 ft | =1,608 of 29,858 | =256 in Europe | =28 in IT |
| Elevation | 4 m / 13 ft | =42,081 of 43,403 | =5,684 in Europe | =517 in IT |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =404 in Europe | =56 in IT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =27 in IT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | CAGLIARI APP | 118.750 |
| GND | Elmas GND | 125.425 |
| MISC | SAR | 123.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [IT-0398](https://dromopedia.com/airports/it-0398.md) Aviosuperficie Amici dell'Aria · 12 km / 7.2 mi
- [DCI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lied.md) Decimomannu Air Base · 13 km / 8.3 mi
- [IT-0409](https://dromopedia.com/airports/it-0409.md) Campo di Volo "Maraclub Icamar" · 18 km / 11 mi
- [IT-0413](https://dromopedia.com/airports/it-0413.md) Aviosuperficie del Parteolla · 18 km / 11 mi
- [IT-0119](https://dromopedia.com/airports/it-0119.md) Aviosuperficie "Sa Doda" · 20 km / 13 mi
- [IT-0507](https://dromopedia.com/airports/it-0507.md) Oasi del Volo Airfield · 20 km / 13 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Cagliari Elmas Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cagliari_Elmas_Airport&oldid=1367231957), revision of 1 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/liee/data