Torraccia Airfield
General aviation aerodrome in San Marino / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Torraccia Airfield (Italian: Aviosuperficie di Torraccia), also known as Toraccia Helipad and Airfield (Italian: Aviosuperficie ed elisuperficie di Torraccia) or Toraccia Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Torraccia), is a small general aviation aerodrome in Torraccia, a village east of the castello of Domagnano, Republic of San Marino, less than 200 metres (660 feet) from the Italian border.[1]
Toraccia Helipad and Airfield Aviosuperficie ed elisuperficie di Torraccia | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of San Marino | ||||||||||
Operator | Aeroclub San Marino | ||||||||||
Serves | San Marino | ||||||||||
Location | Torraccia, San Marino | ||||||||||
Opened | 1985; 39 years ago (1985) | ||||||||||
Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 240 m / 790 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°57′00″N 12°30′40″E | ||||||||||
Website | aeroclubsanmarino | ||||||||||
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Torraccia is the only airfield in San Marino. Its only grass runway was first used in 1981, but the airfield's structure was opened in 1985.[2][3] In July 2012, the runway was extended to 650 metres (2,130 feet).[1]
The airfield is operated by Aeroclub San Marino,[1][2][4] a flying club with approximately 100 members.[3] In the summer, between ten and fifteen planes typically land at the airfield per day.[2][5] The airfield hosts a flight school, recreational flights and sports, and some tourist flights in small aircraft.[1][3][4] The Government of San Marino owns the land.[6]
Torraccia's past users have included Pope Benedict XVI and the Frecce Tricolori,[7][8] who, since 2014, have organised an annual sightseeing flight for disabled children over San Marino and the Province of Rimini.[9][10][11] The airfield is also used for historic automobile exhibitions.[12][13]