Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) Information

Where is Milan Malpensa Airport?  

Milan is famous for being at the centre Italy's fashion marketplace, and a leader on the world's design stage. Twice a year, fashion aficionados and their hangers-on descend here, for the spring and autumn fairs.

The most modern of all Italian cities, history is still honoured in Milan. Among the city's most famous sights are the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, La Scala opera house and Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper.

Milan Malpensa International Airport (IATA: MXP, ICAO: LIMC), also referred to as Milan Malpensa Airport, Milano Malpensa Airport, City of Milan Airport, Milan City Airport, or Malpensa Airport, formerly Città di Busto Arsizio Airport is located 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of central Milan, in the town of Somma Lombardo, in Varese province, in Lombardy, Italy.

In 2015, Milan Malpensa Airport served 18,582,043 passengers, making it the 2nd busiest airport in Italy, and one of the busiest in Europe.

MXP is one of three airports serving Milan, and by far the busiest. The other airport's serving the city are Milan Linate Airport (LIN) and Milan Bergamo Airport (BGY). 

The busiest international routes from Milan Malpensa Airport outside the European Union are Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Casablanca, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Marrakech, Marsa Alam, Mombasa, Moscow, New York, Shanghai, Sharm el Sheikh, Singapore, São Paulo, Tel Aviv, Tirana, Tunis and Zürich.

Within the EU, the busiest international routes from Milan Malpensa Airport are Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Munich, Paris, Prague and Vienna.

The busiest domestic flights from Milan Malpensa Airport are to Bari, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Lamezia Terme, Naples, Olbia, Palermo and Rome.

Your best bet for a Milan Malpensa Airport transfer is the train. Details on all options are included in this guide.

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Services at Milan Malpensa Airport include:

• Designer shopping
• Personal shoppers
• Airport clinic

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