Turin-Aeritalia Airport

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The airfield Turin Aeritalia (it: Aeroporto di Torino - Aeritalia " Edoardo Agnelli " ) is located in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, about six miles north- west of the center of Turin, on the territory of the municipality Collegno. Named after Edoardo Agnelli airfield used by the Aero Club of Turin and general aviation. Until 1953 he was the commercial airport of Turin.

Location and Transport

The airfield is on the river Dora Riparia, almost three kilometers to the east and southeast of the A55 motorway (city bypass ), between Via Torino Pianezza ( SS24 ) in the north and the Corso Francia ( SS24 ) in the south of Corso Marche and at the there to the airport branching Strada della Berlia. Approximately one kilometer south of the airfield is located in Corso Francia station Marche of the Turin Metro.

Infrastructure

Several small airfield buildings are located in the north- east and south-east of the airfield. The approximately one kilometer-long paved runway, Runway 10L/28R is connected to a running parallel to the runway with the small advance in the Northeast. Just south of the said railways is a 750 meter long grass runway. An extending to the southwest, wider paved runway is closed and was demolished in part.

History

The airfield was opened on 10 July 1916 as a factory airfield of the aircraft manufacturer Pomilio and was by the now disused airfield Turin Mirafiori, the second airport of Turin. On May 22, 1917 the first airmail flight from Turin to Rome took place Cento Celle. 1918, the airfield was taken over by Ansaldo, 1927. Aircraft division of the Fiat group The emerging commercial air traffic was then settled in Italy mainly with flying boats, which used a section of the river Po in Turin. From 1929 used conventional aircraft Avio Linee Italiane the airport for scheduled flights, especially to Rome. During the Second World War, the airfield and the local production of Fiat target of Allied air attacks were. After the reconstruction could be taken up again on May 5, 1947, the commercial air traffic. On May 4, 1949, came to a tragic plane crash of Superga, where the famous Grande Torino team of the then strongest Italian football club AC Turin was killed. On July 30, 1953, the commercial air traffic moved to the new Turin- Caselle. Locally the Aero Club remained with the general aviation as well as the production of Fiat. Renovated in 1958, the architect Carlo Mollino the terminal building. The production facilities were taken over by the aircraft manufacturer Aeritalia 1969. From the latter company, the airfield has its name. Aeritialia ( Alenia Aeronautica ) moved a large part of its assets to Turin Caselle. The facilities at the airport Turin Aeritalia were rebuilt by the Finmeccanica Group into a modern research and development center.