Grazzanise Air Base (also known as "Carlo Romagnoli Airport") (ICAO: LIRM) is an Italian Air Force air base 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) south of Grazzanise, in the Province of Caserta in the region of Campania, located about 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of Caserta (the airport for this city), and 30 kilometres (19 miles) northwest of Naples, Italy.
Grazzanise Air Base Aeroporto Militare Grazzanise "Carlo Romagnoli" | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Italy | ||||||||||
| Serves | Caserta, Italy | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 30 ft / 9 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°03′39″N 018°4′55″E / 40.06083°N 18.08194°E | ||||||||||
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It has two, parallel runways (06/24) with the main, asphalt runway being 06R/24L, 2,991 metres (9,813 ft) x 30 metres (98 ft), at elevation 9 metres (30 ft).[2] The parallel concrete runway is for limited helicopter operations, as it has no taxiway connection to the rest of the base. There is a dispersal and hangar area on the eastern end for nine aircraft, with larger maintenance hangars and parking areas at each end.
Navigation aids sited at the field are TACAN and NDB.[2]
Units
editThe main base complex is about 0.5 kilometres (0.31 miles) north-west of the airfield. It is the base for:
9º Stormo Francesco Baracca (Italian entry) (9th Combat Search and Rescue Wing), part of Support and Special Forces Command
2nd NATO Signal Squadron (a component of the NATO Communications and Information Agency, supporting the Allied Joint Force Command Naples)[3]
Previous use
editThe air base was formerly the site of operations for squadrons equipped with the North American F-86 Sabre, Fiat G.91 and Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. An F-86 and an F-104[4] are mounted on a pole within the 2nd NATO Signal Squadron compound north of the air base.
References
edit- ^ "Airport information for LIRM". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ a b GRAZZANISE[usurped], World Aero Data/DAFIF
- ^ 2ND NATO Signal Battalion Changes Command, USA-A Sgt. 1st Class Michael O’Brien, JFC Naples media release, 2020-01-08
- ^ Preserved in Italy, I-F-S.nl
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