Casale Monferrato Airport
| Casale Monferrato Airport Aeroporto di Casale Monferrato |
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | LILM | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 116 m (381 ft ) | ||
| Transport links | |||
| Distance from the city center | 2 km south of Casale Monferrato | ||
| Street | A26 , SP457 / var, SP31 | ||
| train | Bhf. Casale Monferrato | ||
| Local transport | bus | ||
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| opening | 1935 | ||
| operator | Aero Club Casale Monferrato | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 18/36 | 880 m × 30 m grass | ||
The Casale Monferrato airfield ( Italian: Aeroporto di Casale Monferrato “Francesco Cappa” ) is an Italian airfield in the Piedmont region . It is located on the southern outskirts of Casale Monferrato .
Infrastructure and use
The airfield has an 880 meter long grass runway with the orientation 18/36. It should be paved. From the landing threshold 18, taxiway A leads to the area of the Aeroclub Casale Monferrato in the north-west of the airport site. There are small asphalt aprons, hangars and other handling facilities as well as a flight school and a parachute jump center. From the middle of the grass runway, taxiway B branches off in a south-westerly direction to the small asphalt apron and the halls of the so-called ULM-Point. This area is reserved for microlight aircraft . The airfield is used for general aviation and air rescue .
history
The airfield was opened as a military airfield in 1935 and was mainly used for aircraft maintenance and training. The airfield, which was largely destroyed in the Second World War, initially remained under the control of the Italian Air Force in the post-war period , but the reconstruction was largely carried out by the local aeroclub, which organized its first aviation event on the field in April 1947. The aeroclub is named after the brothers Natale, Silvio and Italo Palli, the airfield after Francesco Cappa. They all came from Casale Monferrato and died as military pilots between 1917 and 1941.