Verona Villafranca Airport
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Verona Airport Aeroporto di Verona-Villafranca |
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| Airport type | Civil / Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | GardaAeroporti | ||||||||||
| Serves | Verona, Italy | ||||||||||
| Location | Villafranca di Verona | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 240 ft / 73 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°23′47″N 010°53′17″E / 45.39639°N 10.88806°ECoordinates: 45°23′47″N 010°53′17″E / 45.39639°N 10.88806°E | ||||||||||
| Website | aeroportoverona.it | ||||||||||
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| Passengers | 2.807.811 |
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| Passenger change 15-16 |  8,4% |
| Aircraft movements | 28.700 |
| Movements change 15-16 | 4,8% |
Verona Villafranca Airport (IATA: VRN, ICAO: LIPX), also known as Valerio Catullo Airport or Villafranca Airport, is located 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Verona, Italy. The airport is situated next to the junction of A4 Milan-Venice and A22 Modena-Brenner motorways. It serves a population of more than 4 million inhabitants in the provinces of Verona, Brescia, Mantua (Mantova) and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
Villafranca Air Base was a military airport during the First World War. It became open to civil traffic in the early 1910s with daily scheduled connections to Rome and charter flights to destinations in northern Europe.
Towards late 1970s, under the first community project by the Province of Verona, Comune of Verona and the local Chamber of Commerce, Villafranca Airport constructed a passenger terminal, offices and handling facilities. The managing society, "Aeroporto Valerio Catullo di Verona Villafranca S.P.A.", was established in December 1978. Ownership is currently shared between provincial governments from Veneto (Villafranca di Verona and Sommacampagna), Lombardy (Province of Brescia), Trentino (second main shareholder) and Alto Adige/Südtirol.
In 1990, the passenger terminal was expanded in order to cope with the constantly growing air traffic. The aircraft apron and car-parking areas were enlarged; in addition, access to the airport was improved by a road link to Verona's new ring road (SS12) on the occasion of World Cup 1990).
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