CTA to MXP: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Catania to Ferno (VA)?

The great-circle distance between Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) and Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP) is 1,049 km (652 mi, 566 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from CTA to MXP?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 50m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. MXP is roughly northwest of CTA.

How is the CTA to MXP route written in code?

The pair is written CTA-MXP in IATA codes and LICC-LIMC in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Catania-Fontanarossa Airport is CTA (LICC), Milan Malpensa International Airport is MXP (LIMC).

Both ICAO codes start with L, the prefix ICAO assigns to southern Europe, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

MXP sits 729 ft (222 m) higher than CTA, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying CTA to MXP

2 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 2 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 1 carrier sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: AZ.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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