Brief history of Alghero airport: From a military airport to a centre for low cost connections from Sardinia to the rest of Europe.

Alghero Airport was founded as a military airport during the second world war.In the 1960’s the first air terminal was build in an old hangar. Only in 1968, a proper air terminal was built up; in the 1970's the runway was enlarged from 2,200 metres to today’s length of 3,000 metres.
The airport for years also as a pilot training centre not only by Italian military but also Alitalia. In the 1980’s Alghero Airport became complete airport for civil use. Nowadays, numerous charter planes as well as international low cost carrier connections link Alghero to all mayor European centres
For more information on Alghero airport history see the official website.