Idroscalo
Idroscalo ( German water airport ) was the official name in Italy for civil and military water airports and sea airfields. Such facilities existed especially in the period from the First to the Second World War . In the interwar period, a large part of the commercial air traffic in Italy was carried out with flying boats and seaplanes at Idroscali . After the Second World War, almost all of these facilities were abandoned; the term Idroscalo is still in use today for these abandoned or partly converted facilities. In Milan, for example, the term stands for an artificial lake that is now used as a local recreation area .
The few sea airfields that still exist today have the official name Idrosuperficie , analogous to Aviosuperficie , the name for comparable small airfields on land. Currently, the term Idroscalo is sometimes used to represent Idrosuperficie , but only the latter is official.
Below is a list of former Idroscalis :
| designation | Place / region | location | Use / note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idroscalo di Alghero-Porto Conte | Bay of Porto Conte near Alghero in Sardinia | ⊙ | Commercial use, military |
| Idroscalo di Ancona | Port of Ancona on the Adriatic Sea | ⊙ | Military, commercial use |
| Idroscalo di Augusta | Roads of Augusta in Sicily | ⊙ | Military, at naval base |
| Idroscalo di Bolsena | Bolsena on Lake Bolsena in central Italy | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo Civile di Bracciano | Bracciano on Lake Bracciano near Rome | ⊙ | Commercial use ( Imperial Airways , Ala Littoria ; military in Vigna di Valle) |
| Idroscalo di Brindisi | Brindisi port in Puglia | ⊙ | Military, commercial use |
| Idroscalo di Cagliari | Cagliari , Elmas in Sardinia | ⊙ | Military, commercial use |
| Idroscalo di Cagnano Varano | San Nicola near Cagnano Varano on Lake Varano in Apulia | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo di Castiglione del Lago | Castiglione del Lago on Lake Trasimeno in central Italy | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo di Como | Como on Lake Como in northern Italy | ⊙ | still active as Idroscalo Internazionale aeroclubcomo.com |
| Idroscalo di Desenzano del Garda | Desenzano del Garda on Lake Garda | ⊙ | Aeronautica Regia High Speed School |
| Idroscalo di Enna | On Lake Nicoletti near Enna in Sicily | ⊙ | Idrosuperficie established in 2007 , inactive |
| Idroscalo di Gaeta-Porto Salvo | In Gaeta between Rome and Naples | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo di Genova | In the port of Genoa | ⊙ | Commercial use (also Imperial Airways) |
| Idroscalo di Lampedusa | In the port of the island of Lampedusa | ⊙ | Military, actually only anchorage in the harbor |
| Idroscalo di La Spezia-Cadimare | In the Gulf of La Spezia , near Cadimare | ⊙ | Military, at the La Spezia naval base |
| Idroscalo di La Spezia-Muggiano | In the Gulf of La Spezia, near Muggiano | ⊙ | Military, at naval base |
| Idroscalo di Lago Patria | On Lago Patria near Giugliano in Campania near Naples | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo del Lido delle Nazioni | At the Lido delle Nazioni near Ravenna on the Adriatic Sea | ⊙ | as Idrosuperficie still active, according to Francesco Agello named |
| Idroscalo di Milano | Next to Milan Linate Airport , Milan | ⊙ | Water transport airport, today a local recreation area |
| Idroscalo di Marsala-Stagnone | At Marsala in Sicily | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo di Milazzo | Milazzo in Sicily | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo di Mondello | Mondello near Palermo , Sicily | ⊙ | Ducrot company airfield |
| Idroscalo di Monfalcone | Panzano, Monfalcone on the northern Adriatic | ⊙ | Company airfield of the company CRDA / CANT |
| Idroscalo di Napoli-Nisida | On the island of Nisida in the Gulf of Naples | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo di Napoli-Pisida | In the port of Naples | ⊙ | Commercial use (also Air France ), military |
| Idroscalo di Napoli-Vigliena | In the port of Naples | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo di Olbia (Terranova) | In the port of Olbia in Sardinia | ⊙ | Commercial use, military |
| Idroscalo di Orbetello | In Orbetello , Tuscany | ⊙ | High sea flying school of the Regia Aeronautica |
| Idroscalo di Oristano-Cabras | Stagno di Cabras, Oristano , Sardinia | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo di Oristano-Santa Giusta | Stagno di Santa Giusta, Oristano, Sardinia | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo di Ostia | At the Lido di Ostia at the mouth of the Tiber near Rome | ⊙ | Rome Maritime Airport |
| Idroscalo di Otranto | Otranto on the southern Adriatic | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo di Palermo | In the port of Palermo , Sicily | ⊙ | Aeronautica Sicula company airfield |
| Idroscalo di Passignano | Passignano sul Trasimeno on Lake Trasimeno in central Italy | ⊙ | Military, factory airfield of SAI (-Ambrosini) |
| Idroscalo di Pavia | Pavia on the Po in northern Italy | ⊙ | commercial use |
| Idroscalo di Portovecchio di Piombino | At the port of Piombino , Tuscany | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo di Pisa | Marina di Pisa near Pisa , Tuscany | ⊙ | CMASA factory airfield |
| Idroscalo di Ravenna | In Porto Corsini near Ravenna on the Adriatic | ⊙ | |
| Idroscalo di Roma-Ponte Fratta | On a section of the Tiber in Rome | - | Banks changed and built over |
| Idroscalo di Roma-Porto di Ripetta | In the former inland port of Ripetta in Rome | - | Banks changed and built over |
| Idroscalo di Sanremo | Sanremo near the border with France | ⊙ | Military, commercial use |
| Idroscalo di Sant'Andrea | On the island of Vignole in the Venice lagoon | ⊙ | Military, commercial use, next to Venice Lido airport |
| Idroscalo di Sesto Calende | Sesto Calende on Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy | ⊙ | Factory airfield of the Savoia Marchetti company |
| Idroscalo di Siracusa | In the bay of Syracuse , Sicily | ⊙ | Military, commercial use |
| Idroscalo di Stresa | Stresa- Lido, Lake Maggiore | ⊙ | Commercial use (SAIAM, SITAR) |
| Idroscalo di Taranto | In the Mar Piccolo of Taranto , southern Italy | ⊙ | Military, at the Taranto Naval Base |
| Idroscalo di Ternate | Ternate on Lake Comabbio in Northern Italy | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo di Torre del Lago | Torre del Lago Puccini on Lake Massaciuccoli , Tuscany | ⊙ | military |
| Idroscalo di Tortolì | Stagno di Tortolì near Tortolì in Sardinia | ⊙ | Military; without facilities, only landing area |
| Idroscalo di Tratalias | At Lago Monte Pranu near Tratalias in Sardinia | ⊙ | Idrosuperficie established in 2015 , inactive |
| Idroscalo di Trieste | Trieste , Northern Italy | ⊙ | Commercial use, military |
| Idroscalo di Torino | On a section of the Po River in Turin , northern Italy | ⊙ | commercial use |
| Idroscalo di Varese | In Schiranna on Lake Varese | ⊙ | Macchi factory airfield |
| Idroscalo di Vigna di Valle | Vigna di Valle near Bracciano on Lake Bracciano near Rome | ⊙ | Military only, commercial use at Idroscalo di Bracciano |
In the vicinity of the Idroscalo Internazionale di Como, there are still three active Idrosuperfici in Lenno , Porlezza and Pusiano . The Idrosuperficie at the Lido delle Nazioni near Comacchio is called Idroscalo because, like the one in Como, the complex was never abandoned and thus retained its old name.
A number of Italian Idroscali were in Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia , on the Italian Aegean Islands and in the Italian colonies in Africa until 1943 . The Idroscali in or near Fiume , Pola , Portorose , Zara , Rhodes (Mandracchio) and Leros as well as Tripoli (Caramanli), Benghazi , Menelaus , Tobruk and Massaua were important .
Memorial stone at the former Idroscalo di Torino
Idroscalo Internazionale di Como
Savoia-Marchetti p.55 at Idroscalo di Orbetello
Hangar designed by Pier Luigi Nervi , Idroscalo di Marsala-Stagnone
