Malpensa Airport, Italy

Malpensa Airport, Italy

Malpensa Airport Italy

Milan-Malpensa Airport, previously known as City of Busto Arsizio Airport, is the primary international airport serving the Milan metropolitan region in northern Italy. It caters to 15 million residents in Lombardy, Piedmont, and Liguria. The airport is situated 49 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of downtown Milan, adjacent to the Ticino river, which separates Lombardy and Piedmont. The airport features two terminals, two runways, and a dedicated cargo terminal. In 2016, Malpensa Airport accommodated 19,320,546 passengers, making it the 29th busiest airport in Europe in terms of passenger traffic. Until 2008, it served as a significant hub for the national airline, Alitalia. Malpensa Airport continues to be the second busiest Italian airport for international passenger traffic (after Rome Fiumicino Airport), and the busiest for freight and cargo, handling over 500,000 tons of international freight each year. The first industrial airport was established in 1909 near the Cascina Malpensa, an old farm, by Giovanni Agusta and Gianni Caproni for testing their aircraft prototypes. This airport was then opened for civilian use in 1948 during the post-war reconstruction period, to serve the northern Milan area.
Recommended airport
Malpensa (MXP)
Points of interest
  • Safari Park
  • Starda del Gaggio
  • Ponte del Gabibbo
Nearby destinations
  • Milan a 40.31 km
  • Chiasso,Mendrisio a 32.85 km
  • Legnano (Lombardy), Milan a 15.45 km