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== The airport == | == The airport == | ||
LIPY is the only international airport of le Marche region. In 2013 it had a traffic of ~500 000 passengers and ~6 600 tons of goods. It has two separate terminals for arrival/departure of passengers and another cargo terminal area. It has an unused military area and hosts 5º Nucleo Elicotteri of the Carabinieri, with an Agusta [[A109]] helicopter. | LIPY is the only international airport of le Marche region. In 2013 it had a traffic of ~500 000 passengers and ~6 600 tons of goods. It has two separate terminals for arrival/departure of passengers and another cargo terminal area. The control tower is powered by a photovoltaic system. It has an unused military area and hosts 5º Nucleo Elicotteri of the Carabinieri, with an Agusta [[A109]] helicopter. | ||
In 1981 the airport was visited by | In 1981 the airport was visited by a [[Concorde]]. During the various operations in the Balcans area, for its obvious favourable position, it has been used by military forces with Apaches, UH-60, tankers, A-10, Harriers, and heavy cargos like C-17, C-5, An-124. | ||
A peculiarity of this airport is that few kilometers north of it, right on the coast, there is a refinery that can't be overflown. | |||
=== Structure === | === Structure === | ||
The runway 04/22 is almost 3 km long, 45 m wide, it's used also for | The only runway, 04/22, is almost 3 km long, 45 m wide, and it's used also for taxiing, as the taxiway parallel to the runway is off duty. It's used in both directions but only 22 is served by ILS. It has a 0.2% slope towards north-east. | ||
The main apron has 14 parking places, 4 of which for smaller planes, and the main taxiways are R1 and R2, both towards southwest end of the runway. R3 connects middle of the runway to the aeroclub and private hangars. | |||
No operations area is present for civil helicopters, that need to take off and land on the runway. | |||
=== NAVAIDS and COMM frequencies === | |||
=== Traffic === | === Traffic === | ||
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* [[UPS]] | * [[UPS]] | ||
* [[FedEx]] | * [[FedEx]] | ||
=== Aeroclub === | === Aeroclub === | ||
Falconara Airport is base of Aeroclub Ancona, which is a Flight Training Organization and owns one [[C172]] SP with [[Garmin G1000]], one [[C152]], one [[PA28]]RT-201 Turbo Arrow IV (with retractable gear) and one [[P92]]-JS. | |||
== Scenery project == | == Scenery project == | ||