Linate and Malpensa airports

Linate Airport

Linate Airport covers an area of approximately 350 hectares in the south-eastern section of the province of Milan, in the areas of Peschiera Borromeo, Segrate and Milan. Forlanini Park, one of the largest parks in Milan metropolitan area and Idroscalo are adjacent to airport grounds.

Linate – Airport map, air-side

The airport is mainly dedicated to frequent flyer customers on particularly attractive domestic and international routes (both within European Union and beyond). In 2015, Linate handled 6.2% passengers, 8.1% aircraft movements and 1.6% total cargo in Italy.
The airport has two landing and take-off runways, the first (2,442 metres long) for commercial aviation and the second (601 metres long) for general aviation. Flight infrastructure includes a main taxiway, approximately 2,100 metres long, a 4,000-metre fence system and 2 aircraft aprons. There are 45 stands, which offer a simultaneous parking capacity of 40 aircraft.

Linate Airport chart

Traffic	2015	∆ 15/14	ITA Rank
Passengers	9,638,763	7.3%	4^th
Movements	96,049	5.7%	3^th
Operating standards 2015
Departure punctuality (delays less than 15’)				88.5%
Delivery of first bag within 18’				95.5%
Number of misdirected bags/1,000 passengers				2.8
Infrastructure features
Surface area of grounds				350 ha
No. of runways				2
No. of aircraft stands				45
No. of check-in counters				83
No. of boarding gates				24
Terminal surface area dedicated to commercial businesses				21%
Cargo warehouse surface area				16,800 m²
Cargo handling capacity				80-100 thousand t/y
Cogeneration plant - installed electric power				24 MWe
Cogeneration plant - installed heat power				18 MWt
No. of car parks				3
No. parking spaces reserved for passengers				3,736
No. of parking spaces reserved for airport operators				1,850
No. of taxi parking spaces				169

Source: Assaeroporti (www.assaeroporti.it)

The passenger terminal extends over 3 levels with a total surface area of about 75,000 m² (of which about 33,000 m² open to the public), and is equipped with 83 check-in counters and 24 gates, of which 5 are served by loading bridges and the remaining for aircrafts located in remote stands accessible by runway shuttles. 21% of terminal surface area open to the public is dedicated to commercial activities (retail and catering, car rental and banking) and 7.5% to services provided by airlines (check-in and ticketing). The cargo area has a goods warehouse measuring approximately 16,800 m² with a processing capacity of 80-100,000 tons/year.

Malpensa Airport

Malpensa Airport is located in high Lombardy valley, in the south-west section of the province of Varese, 48 km from Milan, linked via the railway network and a road system, including motorways, which connects the airport with the main cities of Northern Italy and Switzerland.

Malpensa - Airport map, air-side

The land area covers 1,220 hectares on territories of seven municipalities: Somma Lombardo, Casorate Sempione, Cardano al Campo, Samarate, Ferno, Lonate Pozzolo and Vizzola Ticino.
The entire airport grounds are part of Lombardy Park of Ticino Valley, the first regional park in Italy, born in 1974 to preserve the river and many natural environments of Ticino Valley from increasingly invasive urbanisation and industrialisation, and to safeguard its rich biodiversity.
Malpensa airport is the second in Italy for total number of aircraft movements and passenger number. In 2015, Malpensa managed 11.0% of total movements, 11.8% of passenger traffic and 51.9% of cargo transport recorded in Italy. It has two parallel runways, 808 metres apart, each 3,920 metres long, and is enabled for all aircraft in service. Runways do not allow independent parallel approaches. Taxiway and junction system extends about 19.4 km overall (28.5 km if you also consider the taxiing routes on the aprons). The 203 aircraft stands, of which 111 at Terminal 1, 43 at Terminal 2 and 49 at Malpensa Cargo, provide a maximum capacity of 155 aircraft parked simultaneously.

Malpensa Airport chart

Traffic	2015	∆ 15/14	ITA Rank
Passengers	18,444,778	-1.2%	2^nd
Cargo (tons/years)	500,054	8.8%	1^st
Movements	156,642	-3.9%	2^nd
2015 operating standards
Departure punctuality				83.8%
Delivery of first bag within 27’
Malpensa T1				96.5%
Malpensa T2				97.1%
No. of misdirected bags/1,000 passengers				1.5
Infrastructure features
Surface area of grounds				1,220 ha
No. of runways				2
No. of aircraft stands				203
No. of check-in counters:
Malpensa T1				286
Malpensa T2				57
No. of boarding gates:
Malpensa T1				76
Malpensa T2				27
Terminal surface area dedicated to commercial businesses:
Malpensa T1				16.0% of the surface area open to the public
Malpensa T2				17.8% of the surface area open to the public
Baggage Handling System Malpensa T1				10,650 bags/hour
Baggage Handling System Malpensa T2				4,800 bags/hour
No. of baggage claim carousels:
Malpensa T1				10
Malpensa T2				5
Cargo handling capacity				500-560,000 tons/year
Cogeneration plant - installed electric power				70 MWe
Cogeneration plant - installed heat power				62 MWt
No. of car parks:
Malpensa T1				4
Malpensa T2				1
No. of parking spaces reserved for passengers:
Malpensa T1				6,642
Malpensa T2				2,000
No. of parking spaces reserved for airport operators:
Malpensa T1				2,563
Malpensa T2				1,160
Malpensa T1-Malpensa T2 intermediate area				1,609
Malpensa Cargo				1,159
No. of taxi parking spaces:
Malpensa T1				280
Malpensa T2				20

Source: Assaeroporti (www.assaeroporti.it)

There are two airport terminals for passengers. Malpensa Terminal 1, operational since 1998, was built based on a modular structure and consists of a main body (with 6 floors) and three satellites arranged on the aircraft apron and their loading bridges.
The three satellites are connected to the main body by a double tunnel for incoming and outgoing passengers and a covered corridor for baggage handling.
It has 286 check-in counters and 76 gates, of which 30 are served by 41 loading bridges and the remaining for aircrafts located on parking stands accessible by runway shuttles.
Approximately 16% of the surface area open to the public is devoted to commercial activities (retail and catering, car rental and banking). Malpensa Terminal 2 has 57 check-in counters and 27 gates for aircraft located on parking stands accessible by runway shuttles. Approximately 17.8% of surface area open to the public is devoted to retail activities. Malpensa Cargo has warehouses covering an area of 50,000 m², with a capacity between 700,000 and 750,000 tons of cargo per year. The airport also has a hangar for recovery and maintenance of aircrafts and office space.