Riviera Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Riviera Airport | ||||||||||
| Serves | Albenga,Italy | ||||||||||
| ElevationAMSL | 149 ft / 45.4 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°02′45″N008°07′32″E/ 44.04583°N 8.12556°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Riviera Airport(IATA:ALL,ICAO:LIMG),[1]former known asAlbenga Airport,is in northwestItaly,in theregionofLiguria.It is on theItalian RivierabetweenSavonaandImperia,approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the town ofAlbenga,in the community ofVillanova d’Albenga.[2]
Operations[edit]
Riviera Airport is mainly used forgeneral aviationin theNorthern Mediterranean,with international travel and transport facilitated by the presence of Italian Customs.[3]The airport is also used by the Italian aeroplane manufacturerPiaggio Aerospace.The runway, measuring about 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in length, can be used by aircraft up to 60 tonnes (59 long tons; 66 short tons) of maximum take-off weight.[4] Riviera Airport is well connected to all financial and tourist centres on the Italian and French Riviera by means of highway A10 and theVia Aurelia(SS1). WhileMonte-Carlois less than an hour's travel by car, a helicopter company based at the airport can connect passengers from the runway directly to the Principality ofMonacoin less than 20 minutes.[5]
History[edit]
In 1922, an airfield with a 900 m (3,000 ft) grass runway was opened in Villanova d'Albenga. Seven years later, in 1929, aircraft manufacturer Piaggio established a factory on the site. In 1937, the grass runway became the firsttarmacrunway in Italy, and in the following yearshangarswere also added. After being used by the military duringWorld War II,all damage was repaired, and in 1946, scheduled flights toRomebegan. Riviera Airport was the main airport for the region up until 1962 when the airport in Genoa opened. In 1968, all scheduled and charter flights were transferred from Riviera Airport to the airport of Genoa. Piaggio also moved the production to Genoa. For the next thirty years, Riviera Airport was used mainly for general aviation. In the summer of 1997, commercial flights toCorsica,Sardiniaand Rome were offered, however this met with little economic success. In 2014, Piaggio Aerospace returned its operations from Genoa back to Riviera Airport and in 2015, the local communities decided to sell and privatize the airport.[6]The new owner plans to modernize the airport and offer exclusive services for private and business jets operating in the region.
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See also[edit]
Media related toRiviera Airport (Villanova d'Albenga)at Wikimedia Commons
References[edit]
- ^AIP-List 2019
- ^"Riviera Airport - Your Private Runway"(in German).Retrieved12 March2022.
- ^"Private Jet Charter | Air Hire | Riviera Airport".PrivateFly.Retrieved12 March2022.
- ^[1]Information for Pilots
- ^Article 6 July 2017 in il vostro giornale
- ^Article 28 July 2017 in La Stampa
External links[edit]
- Official homepage(Italian; English)
- Piaggio Aerospace(Italian; English)
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