The airport opened on 3 May 1937.[2] It was upgraded in 2003 and the terminal was expanded and provided with 6 jetbridges for passenger boarding, with a capacity of 4 million passengers per year. In 2018, the airport handled 4,370,014 passengers. It was named in 1937 after Mario Mameli, a bomber pilot from the fascist-era Italian airforce shot down in the
Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Cagliari Elmas Airport:
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Ground transportation
The airport is about 7 km from Cagliari city centre.
A railway station serving the airport enables connections to most Sardinian towns.
Accidents and incidents
On September 14, 1979,
Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 12, a DC-9-32 crashed in the mountains near Cagliari, Italy while approaching Cagliari-Elmas Airport. All 27 passengers and 4 crew members died in the crash and ensuing fire.[9]