Aviano Air Base
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Type | Military | |||||||||
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Owner | Aeronautica Militare Italiana; US Air Force (user) | |||||||||
City | Aviano, Pordenone, Italy | |||||||||
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Scenery tile | e012n46 | |||||||||
TerraSync | Not yet |
Aviano Air Base is a NATO base built in 1911 in the Friuli-Venezia_Giulia region. It is located in the Aviano Aviano municipality, at the foot of the Carnic Pre-Alps, about 8 NM from Pordenone.
The Italian Air Force has administrative control of the base and hosts the U.S Air Force's 31st Fighter Wing .
The 31st FW is the only U.S. fighter wing south of the Italian Alps. This strategic location makes the wing critical to operations in NATO's southern region. The 31st FW maintains two F-16 fighter squadrons, 555th Fighter Squadron "Triple Nickel" and the 510th Fighter Squadron "Buzzards" , allowing the wing to conduct offense and defensive combat air operations.
In peacetime, the 31st FW prepares for its combat role by maintaining aircraft and personnel in a high state of readiness.
Technical characteristics
The airport has only one runway (045°/225°), 2987 m long and 55 m wide.
- Both directions are used for takeoffs (though runway 05 is much preferred).
- Runway 23 is not used a lot for landings (except when there is strong down wind) for visual approaches only.
- Runway 05 is suitable for all landings and is served by a ILS system (frequency: 390.00 MHz).
The base is full of aprons of different sizes for fighters and also big aircrafts like the 747 or the C-17 Globemaster III.
Custom scenery
J Maverick 16 is currently redesigning the airport so that the scenery is as faithful as possible to the real air base. The airport will be submitted for inclusion in the international scenery as soon as the ground layout and the buildings are done; further updates (buildings, boudaries, decorations...) will be released via TerraSync.
Progress
The following table takes into account improvements available only in the current development version.
ATC services (USAF_AV)
ATC service is provided regularly on weekends, using also Mumble and FGCom - check Lenny's website for the exact times and dates, but usually on Saturday evenings. The air base is also included in the NIATCA project.
Screenshot gallery of LIPA
F-15 ready for take-off from rwy 05
Screenshot of WED after the developping
A Boeing 747-8i parked in the AMC apron by evening with custom buildings
F-16 taxiing to parking after landing on rwy 05 with home livery