Pratica di Mare Air Base

41°39′16″N 012°26′42″E

Pratica di Mare Air Base
IATA: none ICAO: LIRE
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Aeronautica Militare
Location	Pomezia, Rome
Elevation AMSL	42 ft / 13 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13L/31R 2,480 8,138 Asphalt 13/31 (CLOSED) 2,540 8,335 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1]

Pratica di Mare Air Base (ICAO: LIRE) is a military airport of the Italian Air Force, located in Pomezia, Lazio, southwest of Rome. It was first opened in 1937, and in 1957, it was named after Colonnello Mario de Bernardi. It is one of the largest Italian air bases.

The base houses a "Dragon Star" Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (a modified Gulfstream III) used for ISTAR.^[2]