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Peretola Airport
IATA: FLR – ICAO: LIRQ
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Aeroporto di Firenze
Location Florence
Elevation AMSL 144 ft / 44 m
Coordinates 43°48′36″N 11°12′14″E / 43.81°N 11.20389°E / 43.81; 11.20389Coordinates: 43°48′36″N 11°12′14″E / 43.81°N 11.20389°E / 43.81; 11.20389
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 5,633 1,716 Asphalt

Peretola Airport, Florence Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Firenze) or Amerigo Vespucci Airport (IATA: FLR, ICAO: LIRQ) is an airport located close to Florence, Italy, but administratively located within the territory of Sesto Fiorentino. It is one of two main airports in the Tuscany region, the other being Galileo Galilei International Airport near Pisa.

It is a small airport, with a single runway and the main taxiway is situated at the end of runway 05, with an overshoot/holding area at the end of runway 23. As is common with smaller airports, after landing planes turn around at the end of the runway, they taxi back down the runway to reach the parking area and terminal.

In 1990, the airport was named after Florence native Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian merchant and cartographer.

History

The first air field in Florence was created in the Campo di Marte area in 1910 when military authorities allowed the great field to be used for "Experiments in Air Navigation". Campo di Marte thus became Florence's first airport, and remained so throughout the Twenties. Soon surrounded by houses, the flight field became inadequate for the new aircraft that were then replacing the first canvas-covered craft. A more suitable area for the airport was needed and in 1928 the locality "Cipresso del Nistro" on the plain between Florence and Sesto Fiorentino was chosen. The Peretola airport was inaugurated there in the early Thirties.

Peretola was a great field where airplanes landed and took off without any mandatory direction until the Ministry of Aeronautics decided to enlarge and upgrade the now aged flight field. The airport area was extended toward Castello, and in 1938-39 an asphalt runway 60 meters wide and 1,000 meters long, oriented in the north-east direction, was built.

In the late 1940s Peretola welcomed its first passenger flights with the DC-3 Aerea Teseo. In 1948, however, this company went out of business. In the late Fifties and early Sixties Alitalia, also using the DC3, offered the flights Rome-Florence-Venice and Rome-Florence-Milan. ATI then offered several domestic flights with the Fokker F27. In the early 1980s it was decided to upgrade the airport facilities to let Peretola "take-off" again.

In 1984 Saf, now AdF (the company which manages the airport) was founded and in the same year the restructuring work was completed: lengthening (from 1,000 to 1,400 meters) and lighting of the runway, installation of the VOR-DME, and rebuilding of the airport terminal. In September 1986, regular flights started again. Since then the number of airplanes and passengers has steadily increased.

In 1990, after a debate that involved Florence's politicians and intellectuals, the airport was named after Amerigo Vespucci the great Florentine navigator.

In 1992 the building now dedicated to arrivals, constructed by AdF, was inaugurated. Two years later Civilavia inaugurated the new departures building. Also in 1994 the City of Florence opened the new car park at the entrance to the airport. Improvements in quality were obvious, but definitive upgrading of the airport took place in 1996 when the take-off and landing runway was lengthening by 250 meters and AdF provided for further enlargement of the departure area. Today the new area covers a total of 1,200 square meters, 770 of which are for public use, and it has 15 check-in desks.

Since April 9, 1998, AdF has had a global concession for managing the airport infrastructures, and it has assumed responsibility for the maintenance and development of Florence Airport.

In late 1999 projects for restructuring and enlargement began, involving the departures and arrivals terminals, the aircraft parking areas and other areas dedicated to the operational and commercial management of the airport. In July 2000 AdF made it debut on the stock market and in 2001 Amerigo Vespucci was among the first European airports to obtain UNI EN ISO 9001/2000 certification for the quality of its services.

The airport is connected with the city by a bus service from the central railway station every half hour, operated by the local Florence city bus company ATAF. The Police brance Polizia di Stato stations police helicopters at the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Berlin Stuttgart
Air France operated by Airlinair Lyon
Air France operated by CityJet Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Alitalia Rome-Fiumicino
Italian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways Vienna
Baboo Geneva
Belle Air Tirana
British Airways London-Gatwick
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Carpatair Timişoara
Cimber Sterling Copenhagen
Elbafly Elba
Finnair Helsinki
Iberia Madrid
KLM Amsterdam
Lufthansa Regional operated by Air Dolomiti Munich
Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways Munich
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine Frankfurt
Luxair Luxembourg
Meridiana Fly Amsterdam, Barcelona, Cagliari, Catania, Helsinki, London-Gatwick, Madrid
Swiss European Air Lines Zürich


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General Info
Country Italy
ICAO ID LIRQ
Time UTC+1(+2DT)
Latitude 43.809953
43° 48' 35.83" N
Longitude 11.205100
011° 12' 18.36" E
Elevation 142 feet
43 meters
Type Civil
Magnetic Variation 001° E (01/06)
Beacon Yes
Operating Agency CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (LANDING FEES AND DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE MAY BE REQUIRED)
Alternate Name PERETOLA
Daylight Saving Time Last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October


Communications
FIRENZE TWR
Opr H24.
118.3
122.1
257.8
292.15
ATIS
Opr H24.
129.35
APP
Opr H24.
126.075
122.1
312.87


Runways
ID Dimensions Surface PCN ILS
05/23 5425 x 98 feet
1654 x 30 meters
ASPHALT 048FCWT YES


Navaids
Type ID Name Channel Freq Distance From Field Bearing From Navaid
VOR-DME PRT PERETOLA 072X 112.5 At Field -


Supplies/Equipment
Fuel Jet A1, without icing nhibitor.

100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE)
Other Fluids Available (Type unknown)


Remarks
CAUTION Multi obst on/near arpt.
CSTMS/IMG CSTMS avbl 0500-2200Z++; IMG avbl H24.
FLUID De-Ice O/R
LGT PAPI Rwy 05 MEHT 48'. Rwy 23 GS 4.0 MEHT 46'-offset 5 E, avbl for cir final only .
NS ABTMT Reverse propulsion over flt manual min forbidden exc for safety; APU auth wi 30 min of ETD or 30 min of ATA.
OPR HOURS Opr 0530-2200Z++; OT state, humanitarian, emerg flt permitted.
RSTD PPR, nr must be rptd on FPL box 18, C-39055300450, fax C-39055301092.



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