Linate (
LIN)
This is a metropolitan airport located in the eastern outskirts, some 10 kms from downtown. Its formal name is "Enrico Forlanini", after an inventor and aeronautical pioneer (Milan, 1848-1930).
.:. On Monday October 8, 2001 a private Cessna, taxiing out of a lateral
runway where it should not have been at all, hit an SAS MD80 as it
took off, sending it ploughing into a hangar and causing 118 casualties.
The accident - the worst in the history of Italian civil aviation
- was apparently due to a human error (made by the Cessna pilot) as
well as to the fact that the airport's ground radar was not operational.
The city of Milan declared a day of mourning.
.:. From July 27, 2019 to the early morning of October 27, 2019, Linate was not operational because of major
renovation works.
A special shuttle-service connects with the Stazione Centrale, Milan's main railway station (info at [+039] 02 6690351). There is also an express urban
bus, the
X73, which runs to and from the city center; the X73 costs Euro 2.50, and is included in the local transport cards. Both these bus services take about 30 minutes, depending on traffic.
.:. Since November 26, 2022, Linate is connected to the city also thanks to a first section of the metro line
M4, which is under construction. The closest station to the center is
Dateo, where the M4 crosses the Passante.