Linate

Linate Airport, officially Aeroporto di Milano-Linate, is an international airport serving Milan, Italy. Located about 8 kilometers east of the city center in Lombardy, it handles primarily domestic and short-haul European traffic. Its IATA code is LIN and its ICAO code LIML. The airport is owned and operated by SEA S.p.A., the company that runs Milan's network of airports.

Opened in 1937 as a military airfield, Linate began civilian operations in the late 1930s and was expanded in the postwar period to accommodate growing air travel. It has served as Milan's central city airport alongside Malpensa and, in recent decades, has focused on short- and medium-length European routes. On 8 October 2001, the airport was the site of a fatal runway collision between a service airliner and a light aircraft in fog, an incident that led to safety and air traffic control reforms in Italy.

Facilities consist of a single main terminal used by most carriers, with departures and arrivals on different levels, passenger amenities, shops, and car rental services. The airfield has a paved runway suitable for commercial traffic, and security and ground-handling services support daily operations.

Linate serves a mix of airlines, including low-cost carriers and traditional carriers, focusing on European destinations and some domestic routes. It is easily accessible from Milan by road and by bus, with onward connections to central Milan and the regional rail network via local transport; there are limited rail connections directly at the airport compared with larger hubs.

See also: Transport in Italy, List of airports in Italy.