Pavullo nel Frignano Airport
| Airport Pavullo in Frignano Aeroporto di Pavullo in Frignano “Giulio Paolucci” |
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | LIDP | ||
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| Height above MSL | 684 m (2244 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 1 km south of Pavullo nel Frignano | ||
| Street | SS12 | ||
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| opening | 1923 | ||
| operator | Aero Club Pavullo | ||
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| 02/20 | 1190 m × 23 m asphalt | ||
The airport Pavullo nel Frignano ( Italian Aeroporto di Pavullo nel Frignano “G. Paolucci” ) is located in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna , around one kilometer south of Pavullo nel Frignano and around 45 kilometers south of Modena .
Infrastructure and use
The airfield, located in the Piani di Pavullo in the northern foothills of the Emilian Apennines , has an almost 1200 meter long asphalt runway that runs in a north-south direction (02/20). Immediately to the east, parallel to the runway, runs the Brennerstaatsstraße SS12 , from which the Via Ludwig Fréderic Teichfuss branches off and, immediately to the south, leads to the handling facilities to the west of the runway. There is a small apron that is connected to the runway by a short taxiway , as well as a helipad for rescue helicopters . There are also the facilities of the Aero Club Pavullo with its flight school , two hangars and a restaurant. The airfield is used for general aviation . Pavullo is considered to be the cradle of gliding in Italy.
history
The airfield was laid out from 1923 by Ludwig Fréderic Teichfuss, who came from Lucerne (after his naturalization: Luigi Federico Teichfuss ) and Umberto Nannini. The two gliding friends thought the place was particularly favorable for the establishment of a gliding school, which started operating in 1927 as the first in Italy. The then State Secretary for Aviation, Italo Balbo , was immediately interested in the airfield and the gliding school, which were officially recognized by a decree of July 2, 1931 and named after the pilot Giulio Paolucci, who died in Pavullo in 1928. At the same time, the military joint use of the airfield began, especially for the purpose of glider training. Teichfuss established his glider construction company Fabbrica Alianti Luigi Teichfuss (FAL Teichfuss) at the airfield .
After the Second World War , the airfield was largely abandoned. It was not until the 1960s that glider flying in Pavullo got a boost again. The Aero Club Pavullo was founded in 1983, the flight school in the years after. From 2003 the airfield was extensively modernized and the runway paved. A sporadic military joint use arose because of the military facilities on the nearby Monte Cimone . The Italian Air Force rebuilt its gliding center on the Guidonia military airfield near Rome.