Siena-Ampugnano Airport

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The Siena Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Siena -Ampugnano ) is an Italian regional airport in Tuscany. He is about twelve kilometers southwest of Siena in the area of ​​community Sovicille near the village of Ampugnano. The planned expansion for some years is very controversial.

History

The Siena airport emerged in the early 1930s as a military airfield and was initially used primarily for pilot training. After the Second World War here a civilian flight school and an Aero Club was founded. In the mid- 1960s began planning for an expansion and a commercial use of the airfield, which was handed over to the civil aviation authorities at this time from the military. This was followed over the years limited expansion projects, including the extension of the take - off and landing runway from 1000 to 1260 meters at that time. In 2000, the airport received approval to handle commercial air traffic. 2003 was a further extension of the runway to nearly 1,400 meters.

Use

Currently, the airport is still mainly used by general aviation, partly for regional charter flights. As in Siena a paratrooper regiment is stationed, and military transport aircraft are now and then a guest.

Handling facilities

West of running in a north-south direction start and runway are two apron areas. The run-up to the north is primarily the commercial traffic. There are three parking positions for aircraft the size of an ATR 42 and a 400 -square-foot terminal building with three check- in counters. The run-up to South serves only general aviation.

Expansion plans

Since the two major airports of Tuscany near Florence and Pisa, ie in the north of the region, have recently shown a promising potential for the further development of the airport Siena is seen, whose catchment area includes the central and southern Tuscany. The city of Siena is a top tourist attraction, the region has a rather poorly connected. It is a new terminal arise, the two said the run-up areas are to be developed into a large apron, taxiways are to be expanded and the runway will be extended to 1500 meters. These expansion plans met with considerable resistance of local residents. Contrary to the initial assumption of a traffic increase to around 500,000 passengers annually numbers of up to four million passengers per year were brought into the world to highlight the negative impact of removal.