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| name = Aeroporto "Valerio Catullo" di Verona Villafranca | | name = Aeroporto "Valerio Catullo" di Verona Villafranca | ||
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'''Verona Villafranca Airport''' is an international airport located 2.7 NM southwest of Verona (northern Italy). It serves a population of about four million people from eastern Lombardy, Trentino Alto Adige and western Veneto. | '''Verona Villafranca Airport''' is an international airport located 2.7 NM southwest of Verona (northern Italy). It serves a population of about four million people from eastern Lombardy, Trentino Alto Adige and western Veneto. | ||
Up to 2008 it was classified as a military airport open to | Up to 2008 it was classified as a military airport open to civil traffic. | ||
== Technical characteristics == | == Technical characteristics == |
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Type | Civil | |||||||||
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Owner | Aeroporto Valerio Catullo di Verona Villafranca S.p.A. | |||||||||
City | Villafranca di Verona | |||||||||
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Scenery tile | e010n45 | |||||||||
TerraSync | No | |||||||||
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Verona Villafranca Airport is an international airport located 2.7 NM southwest of Verona (northern Italy). It serves a population of about four million people from eastern Lombardy, Trentino Alto Adige and western Veneto.
Up to 2008 it was classified as a military airport open to civil traffic.
Technical characteristics
The airport has only one runway (044°/224°), 3068 m long and 45 m wide.
- Both directions are used for takeoff (though runway 04 is preferred).
- Runway 22 is suitable only for visual approaches by light aircraft (for terrain clearance reasons).
- Runway 04 is suitable for all landings and is served by a CAT II ILS system (frequency: 110.10 MHz).
The apron is located on the north-east side; three taxiways (W, Y and K) lead directly to the runway. Another taxiway (T) runs parallel to it. The west side features three "rings" once used by military aircraft; access to them is now restricted.
As there is high mountainous terrain north of the airport, aircraft crossing the Alps need to perform a steep backdrop approach/make additional turns to increase their altitude during the initial departure; it is therefore suggested to study the charts carefully. The area is also subject to heavy fog in autumn and winter.
Custom scenery
elgaton is currently redesigning the airport from scratch so that the scenery is as faithful as possible to the real aerodrome. The dedicated forum thread hosts the most recent download, as well as a detailed changelog, and is the preferred way to report bugs.
The airport will be submitted for inclusion as soon as the ground layout is done; further updates (buildings, decorations...) will be released via TerraSync.
Progress
What follows might take into account improvements available only in the current development version and not in the latest publicly available beta.
ATC service
ATC service is provided regularly on weekends - check Lenny's website for the exact times and dates.