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Malta International Airport

ICAO LMML35.8459°N 14.4915°E91 m / 300 ftLarge airport
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Malta International Airport
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Malta International Airport (IATA: MLA, ICAO: LMML) is a large airport in Valletta, Luqa, Malta. It opened on 31 Mar 1958. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,350 m (10,991 ft). It is operated by Malta International Airport. In 2025 it handled 10.1 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1958–2016
31 MAR 1958
OpenedMalta International Airport opens.
24 OCT 2016
Disaster2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash.5 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Malta International AirportAjruport Internazzjonali ta 'Malta - TluqAjruport Internazzjonali ta 'Malta - Wasliet
13/31132° / 312° · LIT
LENGTH3,350 m10,991 ftWIDTH58 m190 ftSURFACEAsphalt
05/23052° / 232° · LIT
LENGTH2,373 m7,785 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
4.3M
4.6M
5.1M
6.0M
6.8M
7.3M
1.8M
2.5M
5.9M
7.8M
9.0M
10.1M
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Routes

111 destinations · 36 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 miCTA · Catania-Fontanarossa Airport · 187 km / 116 miTPS · Vincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-Birgi · 291 km / 181 miMJI · Mitiga International Airport · 347 km / 216 miMRA · Misrata International Airport · 395 km / 245 miTUN · Tunis Carthage International Airport · 398 km / 247 miNAP · Naples International Airport · 561 km / 349 miCAG · Cagliari Elmas Airport · 611 km / 380 miBRI · Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · 621 km / 386 miBEN · Benina International Airport · 676 km / 420 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 690 km / 429 miTIA · Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa · 768 km / 477 miATH · Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · 872 km / 542 miSKG · Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport · 904 km / 562 miSKP · Skopje International Airport · 917 km / 570 miPSA · Pisa International Airport · 939 km / 583 miBLQ · Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · 1,004 km / 624 miINI · Niš Constantine the Great Airport · 1,044 km / 649 miSOF · Sofia Airport · 1,081 km / 672 miTSF · Treviso Airport · 1,107 km / 688 miZAG · Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport · 1,108 km / 688 miPMI · Palma de Mallorca Airport · 1,112 km / 691 miBEG · Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · 1,112 km / 691 miTRS · Trieste Airport · 1,113 km / 692 miLIN · Milano Linate Airport · 1,154 km / 717 miMRS · Marseille Provence Airport · 1,158 km / 720 miBGY · Il Caravaggio International Airport · 1,164 km / 723 miTRN · Turin Airport · 1,189 km / 739 miMXP · Milan Malpensa International Airport · 1,191 km / 740 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 1,236 km / 768 miBUD · Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · 1,347 km / 837 miLYS · Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · 1,352 km / 840 miVIE · Vienna International Airport · 1,374 km / 854 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 1,375 km / 854 miOTP · Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · 1,381 km / 858 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 1,381 km / 858 miBTS · M. R. Štefánik Airport · 1,388 km / 862 miFMM · Memmingen Allgau Airport · 1,395 km / 867 miMUC · Munich Airport · 1,408 km / 875 miTLS · Toulouse-Blagnac Airport · 1,415 km / 879 miCLJ · Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport · 1,436 km / 892 miLDE · Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport · 1,484 km / 922 miPRG · Václav Havel Airport Prague · 1,585 km / 985 miKRK · Kraków John Paul II International Airport · 1,639 km / 1,018 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 1,648 km / 1,024 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 1,658 km / 1,030 miKTW · Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · 1,668 km / 1,036 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 1,672 km / 1,039 miRZE · Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport · 1,698 km / 1,055 miWRO · Copernicus Wrocław Airport · 1,707 km / 1,061 miLCA · Larnaca International Airport · 1,736 km / 1,079 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 1,741 km / 1,082 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 1,757 km / 1,092 miCGN · Cologne Bonn Airport · 1,771 km / 1,100 miCRL · Brussels South Charleroi Airport · 1,814 km / 1,127 miBVA · Beauvais-Tillé airport · 1,815 km / 1,128 miDUS · Düsseldorf Airport · 1,824 km / 1,133 miSVQ · Seville Airport · 1,824 km / 1,133 miNTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport · 1,831 km / 1,138 miBER · Berlin Brandenburg Airport · 1,838 km / 1,142 miPOZ · Poznań-Ławica Airport · 1,852 km / 1,151 miBRU · Brussels Airport · 1,855 km / 1,153 miWAW · Warsaw Chopin Airport · 1,885 km / 1,171 miWMI · Warsaw Modlin Airport · 1,909 km / 1,186 miTLV · Ben Gurion International Airport · 1,926 km / 1,197 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 1,984 km / 1,233 miSEN · London Southend Airport · 2,063 km / 1,282 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 2,065 km / 1,283 miGDN · Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · 2,083 km / 1,294 miOPO · Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport · 2,096 km / 1,302 miLHR · London Heathrow Airport · 2,104 km / 1,307 miLIS · Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 2,109 km / 1,310 miSTN · London Stansted Airport · 2,110 km / 1,311 miBOH · Bournemouth Airport · 2,112 km / 1,312 miLTN · London Luton Airport · 2,135 km / 1,327 miNWI · Norwich Airport · 2,139 km / 1,329 miBRS · Bristol Airport · 2,203 km / 1,369 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 2,245 km / 1,395 miVNO · Vilnius International Airport · 2,248 km / 1,397 miEMA · East Midlands Airport · 2,258 km / 1,403 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 2,343 km / 1,456 miLBA · Leeds Bradford Airport · 2,362 km / 1,468 miLPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport · 2,367 km / 1,471 miGOT · Göteborg Landvetter Airport · 2,431 km / 1,511 miRIX · Riga International Airport · 2,448 km / 1,521 miNCL · Newcastle International Airport · 2,466 km / 1,532 miDUB · Dublin Airport · 2,534 km / 1,575 miEDI · Edinburgh Airport · 2,611 km / 1,622 miGLA · Glasgow Airport · 2,647 km / 1,645 miARN · Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · 2,658 km / 1,652 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 3,718 km / 2,310 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 4,056 km / 2,520 miPMO · Falcone–Borsellino Airport · 287 km / 178 miSUF · Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport · 374 km / 232 miPSR · Abruzzo Airport · 733 km / 455 miPEG · Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport · 824 km / 512 miCHQ · Chania International Airport · 873 km / 542 miNCE · Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · 1,067 km / 663 miGVA · Geneva International Airport · 1,351 km / 839 miVLC · Valencia Airport · 1,377 km / 856 miBSL · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · 1,428 km / 887 miSTR · Stuttgart Airport · 1,492 km / 927 miBOD · Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport · 1,626 km / 1,010 miPFO · Paphos International Airport · 1,636 km / 1,017 miAGP · Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · 1,702 km / 1,058 miEIN · Eindhoven Airport · 1,880 km / 1,168 miHAM · Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · 2,008 km / 1,248 miCPH · Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · 2,203 km / 1,369 miSNN · Shannon Airport · 2,621 km / 1,629 miBFS · Belfast International Airport · 2,625 km / 1,631 miTLL · Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport · 2,725 km / 1,693 miJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 7,386 km / 4,589 miJFKDXBTLLGLAGOTEMAVNOLISHAMTLVNTEWROFRALDECLJVLCISTMXPCHQTIAPSRBENTUNDOHARNSNNRIXCPHBOHOPOGDNAMSSVQBVALCARZEBODPRGBSLMUCBTSOTPMRSTRSBEGZAGATHCAGMRASUFMJIBFSDUBNCLLBANWISENWMIEINPOZBERCRLAGPLUXKTWMADSTRLYSBUDBCNPMISOFNCEBLQPSASKGFCOBRINAPTPSCTALPLBRSLHRBRUDUSCGNCDGPFOTLSFMMGVATRNTSFINISKPPEGMLA
Year-round91
CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Ryanair187 km116 miTPSVincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-BirgiItaly · Ryanair291 km181 miMJIMitiga International AirportLibya · MedSky Airways, Medavia347 km216 miMRAMisrata International AirportLibya · MedSky Airways, Medavia395 km245 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Tunisair Express398 km247 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair561 km349 miCAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Ryanair611 km380 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair621 km386 miBENBenina International AirportLibya · MedSky Airways676 km420 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · KM Malta Airlines, Ryanair, Wizz Air690 km429 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Ryanair, Wizz Air768 km477 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Ryanair, Aegean Airlines872 km542 miSKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Ryanair904 km562 miSKPSkopje International AirportNorth Macedonia · Wizz Air917 km570 miPSAPisa International AirportItaly · Ryanair939 km583 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Ryanair1,004 km624 miININiš Constantine the Great AirportSerbia · Ryanair, Air Serbia1,044 km649 miSOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Ryanair1,081 km672 miTSFTreviso AirportItaly · Ryanair1,107 km688 miZAGZagreb Franjo Tuđman International AirportCroatia · Ryanair1,108 km688 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Ryanair1,112 km691 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Wizz Air, Air Serbia1,112 km691 miTRSTrieste AirportItaly · Ryanair1,113 km692 miLINMilano Linate AirportItaly · KM Malta Airlines1,154 km717 miMRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Ryanair1,158 km720 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,164 km723 miTRNTurin AirportItaly · Ryanair1,189 km739 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,191 km740 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Ryanair, Vueling1,236 km768 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,347 km837 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · KM Malta Airlines1,352 km840 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · KM Malta Airlines, Ryanair1,374 km854 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · KM Malta Airlines, Turkish Airlines1,375 km854 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,381 km858 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · KM Malta Airlines1,381 km858 miBTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Ryanair1,388 km862 miFMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Ryanair1,395 km867 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa City Airlines, KM Malta Airlines, Lufthansa1,408 km875 miTLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · Ryanair1,415 km879 miCLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,436 km892 miLDETarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées AirportFrance · Ryanair1,484 km922 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · KM Malta Airlines1,585 km985 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair1,639 km1,018 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa1,648 km1,024 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · KM Malta Airlines, Ryanair1,658 km1,030 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,668 km1,036 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Ryanair, Luxair1,672 km1,039 miRZERzeszów-Jasionka AirportPoland · Ryanair1,698 km1,055 miWROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Ryanair1,707 km1,061 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Emirates1,736 km1,079 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · KM Malta Airlines1,741 km1,082 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · KM Malta Airlines1,757 km1,092 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Ryanair1,771 km1,100 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair1,814 km1,127 miBVABeauvais-Tillé airportFrance · Ryanair1,815 km1,128 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · KM Malta Airlines, Eurowings1,824 km1,133 miSVQSeville AirportSpain · Ryanair1,824 km1,133 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Ryanair1,831 km1,138 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · KM Malta Airlines1,838 km1,142 miPOZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Ryanair1,852 km1,151 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · KM Malta Airlines1,855 km1,153 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air1,885 km1,171 miWMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,909 km1,186 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · KM Malta Airlines1,926 km1,197 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KM Malta Airlines1,984 km1,233 miSENLondon Southend AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet2,063 km1,282 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, KM Malta Airlines, easyJet +12,065 km1,283 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Ryanair2,083 km1,294 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Ryanair2,096 km1,302 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · KM Malta Airlines2,104 km1,307 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Ryanair2,109 km1,310 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,110 km1,311 miBOHBournemouth AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,112 km1,312 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,135 km1,327 miNWINorwich AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,139 km1,329 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,203 km1,369 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,245 km1,395 miVNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · Ryanair2,248 km1,397 miEMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,258 km1,403 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet2,343 km1,456 miLBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,362 km1,468 miLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, easyJet2,367 km1,471 miGOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Ryanair2,431 km1,511 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · Ryanair2,448 km1,521 miNCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,466 km1,532 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair, Aer Lingus2,534 km1,575 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,611 km1,622 miGLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,647 km1,645 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Ryanair2,658 km1,652 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways3,718 km2,310 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates4,056 km2,520 mi
Seasonal37
CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · KM Malta Airlines187 km116 miPMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · KM Malta Airlines287 km178 miSUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Ryanair374 km232 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · easyJet561 km349 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways690 km429 miPSRAbruzzo AirportItaly · Ryanair733 km455 miPEGPerugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International AirportItaly · Ryanair824 km512 miCHQChania International AirportGreece · Ryanair873 km542 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · easyJet1,067 km663 miLINMilano Linate AirportItaly · ITA Airways1,154 km717 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · easyJet1,191 km740 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet1,351 km839 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Ryanair1,377 km856 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet1,428 km887 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings1,492 km927 miBODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · Volotea1,626 km1,010 miPFOPaphos International AirportCyprus · Ryanair1,636 km1,017 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · KM Malta Airlines1,702 km1,058 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia1,741 km1,082 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France1,757 km1,092 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Transavia1,831 km1,138 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Ryanair1,880 km1,168 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · easyJet1,984 km1,233 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings2,008 km1,248 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet2,203 km1,369 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines2,203 km1,369 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet2,245 km1,395 miEMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,258 km1,403 miLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,367 km1,471 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic2,448 km1,521 miNCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet2,466 km1,532 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,611 km1,622 miSNNShannon AirportIreland · Ryanair2,621 km1,629 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,625 km1,631 miGLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet2,647 km1,645 miTLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · AirBaltic2,725 km1,693 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines7,386 km4,589 mi
Most destinationsRyanair 70KM Malta Airlines 21easyJet 14Jet2.com 12Wizz Air 10MedSky Airways 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MLA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Malta International Airport” (revision of 26 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers10.1M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#211of 3,974 · #57 EuropeLongest runway3,350 m10,991 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=678of 29,823 · =87 EuropeElevation91 m300 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,235of 43,341 · =3,732 EuropeAgeOpened 19582026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,324of 15,079 · =897 EuropeRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe
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

7 channels
APPAPP128.150
RunwayRunway138.100
Volmet126.800
GroundGround121.600
WeatherWX127.400
Leaving123.625
Distance Radar130.975