Belluno Airport

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The airfield Belluno (Italian: Aeroporto di Belluno " Arturo Dell'Oro " ) is at Belluno in the Italian region Veneto.

Infrastructure and use

The airfield is located in the Dolomites, about four kilometers northeast of Belluno, between State Road 50 to the west and the River Piave to the east. In approximately parallel to both the 800 -meter grass runway of the airfield runs. Smaller terminal facilities and hangars are on the side of the SS50. The airport primarily serves general aviation and also as a base for rescue helicopters. It is operated by the local air sports club.

History

The airfield was established in 1916 by the Italian army and used as a front airfield during the First World War. From 1932 to 1936 this was also a civilian flight school actively. 1949 saw the establishment of the Aero Club of Belluno, the one flight and built a parachutist school in the following years. 1963 was on the aerodrome, the logistical base for disaster relief after the Vajont disaster. In the 1960s, the regional airline Aeralpi Belluno linked with Milan, Venice and Cortina d' Ampezzo, where on March 11, 1967, a Twin Otter crashed on approach to Belluno in Fadalto. 1968 transferred the military operation of parts of the airfield to the Aero Club Belluno, after deduction of the last Army unit in 1990, then the rest of 2007, the airfield and its facilities were modernized.

The airfield Belluno is named after the Italian -born Chilean Vallenar sergeant and military pilots Arturo Dell'Oro. Because the weapon aboard his plane had failed, he rammed on September 1, 1917 Belluno an Austrian aircraft, after which both crashed.