Thiene airfield
| Thiene Aeroporto di Thiene Airport |
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | LIDH | ||
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| Height above MSL | 102 m (335 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 3 km south of Thiene | ||
| Street | A31 , SP349, Via Prà Novei 13 | ||
| train | Thiene station | ||
| Local transport | bus | ||
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| opening | 1970 | ||
| operator | Aeroporto di Thiene srl | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 17/35 | 1200 m × 30 m grass | ||
The Thiene airfield ( Italian Aeroporto di Thiene “Arturo Ferrarin” ) is an Italian airfield in the Veneto region . It is located around 16 kilometers north of the provincial capital Vicenza and three kilometers south of Thiene . Sometimes it is or was called "Thiene-Rozzampia" or "Thiene-Villaverla" after neighboring villages.
Infrastructure and use
The airfield has a grass runway (17/35) that is 1200 meters long and 30 meters wide and runs in a north-south direction . To the west of it, several taxiways lead to aprons, some of which are asphalted. There are hangars and other handling facilities. The airfield is used for general aviation , it is also used by air taxi companies, security and civil protection authorities and occasionally by the military for exercises. There are several aviation clubs and flight schools on site . The airfield is operated by the company Aeroporto di Thiene srl .
history
The airfield was a front-line airfield during World War I , especially for missions over the southern Alps. After the war it was given up and only reactivated in July 1943 as an alternate airfield for the Vicenza military airfield . Immediately after the armistice in Cassibile , it was taken over by the German Air Force in September 1943 and expanded, but then largely left to the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana , the air force of the fascist Italian Social Republic , which operated from Thiene with its 2nd and 3rd fighter squadrons. After the Second World War , the airfield remained deserted for a long time. Since the Vicenza airfield could only be used civilly to a very limited extent due to the settlement of the NATO command 5th Allied Tactical Air Force (5ATAF) there, the Thiene airfield was restored and opened on October 4, 1970 for general aviation. On January 27, 1975 the Aeroclub “Arturo Ferrarin” was founded in Thiene . The Aeroclub Vicenza, founded in 1926, relocated its gliding activities to Thiene due to the proximity of the Alps. After the Vicenza airfield was closed in 2008, it finally moved to Thiene entirely.
Both the airfield and the Thiene Aeroclub are named after the aviation pioneer Arturo Ferrarin who was born in Thiene .