Malpensa Airport

Milan–Malpensa Airport Aeroporto di Milano-Malpensa "Città di Milano"
IATA: MXP ICAO: LIMC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	SEA Aeroporti di Milano
Serves	Milan
Location	Ferno, Italy
Hub for	Cargolux Italia
Focus city for	Alitalia Blue Panorama Airlines EasyJet Emirates Neos Meridiana Ryanair
Elevation AMSL	1,000 ft / 304.8 m
Coordinates	45°37′48″N 008°43′23″E / 45.63000°N 8.72306°E / 45.63000; 8.72306Coordinates: 45°37′48″N 008°43′23″E / 45.63000°N 8.72306°E / 45.63000; 8.72306
Website	milanomalpensa.eu
Map
MXP Location within Northern Italy
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 17L/35R 3,920 12,861 Asphalt 17R/35L 3,920 12,861 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 19,420,690 Passenger change 15-16 4.5% Aircraft movements 166,842 Movements change 15-16 4%
Source: ASSAEROPORTI Statistics from Assaeroporti

Passengers	19,420,690
Passenger change 15-16	4.5%
Aircraft movements	166,842
Movements change 15-16	4%

Milan–Malpensa Airport (IATA: MXP, ICAO: LIMC), formerly City of Busto Arsizio Airport, is the largest international airport for the Milan metropolitan area in northern Italy. It serves 15 million inhabitants in Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria. The airport is located 49 kilometres (30 mi) northwest of central Milan, next to the Ticino river (dividing Lombardy and Piedmont). The airport has two terminals and two runways as well as a dedicated cargo terminal.

In 2015, Malpensa Airport handled 18,582,043 passengers; it is currently the 29th busiest airport in Europe in terms of passengers. Until 2008, Malpensa Airport was a major hub for flag carrier Alitalia. Malpensa Airport, together with Rome Fiumicino Airport, remains as the busiest Italian airport for international passenger traffic, freight and cargo. It handles over 435,000 tons of international freight annually.

The first industrial airport was opened in 1909 near the Cascina Malpensa, an old farm, by Giovanni Agusta and Gianni Caproni to test their aircraft prototypes. This airport was then opened for civil operation in 1948 during the war reconstruction period, in order to serve the northern area of Milan.

The site of today's Malpensa Airport has seen aviation activities for more than 100 years. The first began on 27 May 1910, when the Caproni brothers flew their "flying machine", the Cal biplane. In the years that followed, many aircraft prototypes took off from the same site; eventually, it was decided to upgrade the farming patch to a more formal airfield. Both Gianni Caproni and Giovanni Agusta established factories on the new site; the airfield soon developed into the largest aircraft production centre in Italy.