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Milan Malpensa International Airport (ICAO LIMC, IATA MXP) is Italy's principal long-haul gateway, situated at Ferno in the Province of Varese, Lombardy. For a simulator pilot it offers four long, ILS-equipped hard runways and a busy radar-controlled environment typical of a major European hub.
Milan Malpensa International Airport sits at Ferno (VA), in the Lombardy region of Italy, and is one of the country's two principal Milan-area airports alongside Linate. It is built around two parallel pairs of long hard-surfaced runways, both served by ILS, making it a demanding but rewarding destination for simulator pilots flying heavy or long-haul aircraft into a major international hub.
The airport lies at coordinates 45.63N, 8.7231E, at an elevation of 722 feet, in the Province of Varese, Lombardy region of Italy. As a major international airport it sits within controlled airspace managed by Milano Approach and Milano Departure, who provide radar service to arriving and departing traffic in the wider Milan area.
Malpensa has two physical runways, both hard-surfaced and lit. The first, 17L/35R, is the longer of the pair: 35R is 12,845 feet with ILS, while the reciprocal 17L end is listed at 9,757 feet, also with ILS. The second runway, 17R/35L, offers 12,605 feet from the 17R threshold and 11,502 feet from the 35L threshold, with ILS available on the 35L direction. Both runways are hard-surfaced and lit throughout.
Milano Approach is available on 132.7 MHz and Milano Departure on 126.75 MHz. The airport broadcasts an ATIS on 120.025 MHz, with Clearance Delivery on 120.9 MHz, Ground on 121.9 MHz and Tower on 119 MHz. Both runway pairs are equipped with ILS, supporting instrument approaches in poor weather.
As a large controlled international airport, Malpensa handles arriving and departing traffic through radar vectoring by Milano Approach and Departure rather than through informal visual circuit joining; pilots should expect to be sequenced onto instrument approaches or standard departure routings under positive control.
Milan Malpensa continues to operate as a major international airport, handling substantial airline traffic through its two long ILS-equipped runways. It is a large, fully controlled aerodrome rather than a general aviation field, and pilots planning a visit should expect the procedures and prior coordination typical of a major hub airport.
