Bresso Airfield

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Bresso Airfield

Aeroporto G. Clerici
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Aerial view of the aerodrome
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Milan, Italy
Location Bresso
Opened1912 (1912)
Elevation  AMSL 146 m / 479 ft
Coordinates 45°32′22″N009°12′08″E / 45.53944°N 9.20222°E / 45.53944; 9.20222
Map
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Location of aerodrome on map of Milan
Location of aerodrome on map of Lombardy
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Location of Lombardy region in Italy
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Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
18/361,0803,543Asphalt

Bresso Airfield (Italian : Aeroporto di Bresso, ICAO : LIMB), also known as Aeroporto Giampiero Clerici, is an aerodrome in Bresso, in the Milan metropolitan area. [1]

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Light aircraft parked at Bresso Airport Milano-Bresso airport hangars.jpg
Light aircraft parked at Bresso Airport

Originally built in 1912, the field served as a factory airfield until the nearby Breda factory expanded its production to military aircraft for World War I. [2] From 1931 to 1933 it housed the Regia Aeronautica's Terzo Stormo. On April 30, 1944, the Breda factory and the airfield were heavily bombed by 53 American Boeing B-17. Seven aircraft and a few hangars went completely destroyed. At the end of World War II the airport was mostly used as a military flying training camp and to field fighter aircraft as part of the defence system of the city.

In 1960, it became the permanent site of the Aero Club Milano . Since then the airport mostly serves as a general aviation airfield for flying club activity, touristic flights and air taxi. [3] It also hosts a base of the state helicopter emergency service Elisoccorso. [4]

On June 3, 2012, on the occasion of the seventh World Meeting of Families promoted by the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated a mass on the tarmac in front of a million of pilgrims. [5]

Runway

The airport runway is 1,080 metres (3,540 ft) long and 30 metres (98 ft) wide. It has a magnetic orientation (QFU) 36/18. [6]

Frequencies

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References

  1. ↑ "::: Storia di Milano ::: l'Aeroporto di Bresso".
  2. ↑ "::: Storia di Milano ::: l'Aeroporto di Bresso".
  3. ↑ Aero Club Milano
  4. ↑ "Base di elisoccorso Milano | HEMS Association".
  5. ↑ "Un milione di pellegrini alla messa del Papa "Divorziati, la Chiesa vi è accanto"".
  6. ↑ "::: Storia di Milano ::: l'Aeroporto di Bresso".
  7. ↑ "Gli aeroporti con i nuovi canali 8.33 KHZ". 29 March 2019.


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