Fano airport

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Aeroporto di Fano
“Enzo Omiccioli”
Fano Airport (Italy)
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Characteristics
ICAO code LIDF
Coordinates

43 ° 49 '26 "  N , 13 ° 1' 32"  E Coordinates: 43 ° 49 '26 "  N , 13 ° 1' 32"  E.
Height above MSL 16 m (52  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 2 km southeast of Fano
Street E55/A14
Basic data
opening 1930
operator Fanum Fortunae Srl
Start-and runway
05/23 1350 m × 50 m grass

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The airport Fano ( it . : Aeroporto di Fano “Enzo Omiccioli” ) is located in the central Italian region of Marche , two kilometers southeast of the city of Fano .

Location and connection

The airfield is located near the Adriatic coast between the Adriatic A14 motorway in the west and Strada Statale 16 Adriatica in the east, which runs directly on the coast . The airfield can be reached via the SS16 and Via Papiria as well as various secondary roads branching off from the SS16. Fano is on the Bologna – Ancona railway line and between the international airports of Rimini and Ancona .

Infrastructure and use

The airfield has a 1350 meter long grass runway (05/23). In the southwest there is an asphalt apron with smaller handling systems and maintenance halls. Short asphalt taxiways connect the apron with the grass runway and a helipad . At the airfield, which is mainly used for general aviation , there is an aero club and various flight schools as well as a model flying club .

history

The airfield was opened on July 20, 1930 as a military airfield . After further expansion work, a military flight school was set up here. During World War II , the fighting over the Gothic Line caused severe damage. The withdrawing units of the German Wehrmacht made the airfield completely unusable, which is why it had to be temporarily rebuilt by the advancing Allies.

The airfield remained orphaned until 1952, when the local aero club received a permit to rebuild and operate. Commercial use was soon planned, but the proximity of the airports in Rimini and Ancona and the limited possibilities for extending the runway meant that these projects were abandoned again. In the 1990s, the existing facilities were modernized.

In recent years there have been proposals on the one hand to downgrade the airfield to a simple airfield ( Aviosuperficie ) for cost reasons and to convert large parts of the area into a city park, on the other hand attempts have been made to pave the existing runway.

The airfield is named after the military pilot and non-commissioned officer Enzo Omiccioli from Fano, who fell in Africa in 1941.

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