Siena–Ampugnano Airport
{{Infobox airport
| name = Siena–Ampugnano Airport
| nativename = {{smaller|Aeroporto di Siena-Ampugnano}}
| image = SovicilleAirportSienaAmpugnano5.jpg
| IATA = SAY
| ICAO = LIQS
| pushpin_map = Italy
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Italy
| pushpin_label = SAY
| pushpin_label_position = right
| type = Military / Public
| owner =
| operator =
| city-served = Siena, Tuscany, Italy
| location =
| elevation-f = 634
| elevation-m = 193
| coordinates = {{coord|43|15|23|N|011|15|18|E|region:IT_type:airport}}
| website = https://www.skyservices.it/article/welcome-to-siena-airport
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 18/36
| r1-length-m = 1,393
| r1-length-f = 4,570
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 3745
| stat2-header = {{nowrap|Passenger change 11–12}}
| stat2-data = {{decrease}} -23.0%
| stat3-header = Aircraft movements
| stat3-data = 2492
| stat4-header = {{nowrap|Movements change 11–12}}
| stat4-data = {{decrease}} -20.8%
| stat-year = 2012
| footnotes = Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/publicuser/protect/pu/main.jsp EAD Basic]
Statistics from Assaeroporti [http://www.assaeroporti.it/ViewTotaliProg.asp?mese=12&anno=2012&lingua=it Associazione Italiana Gestori Aeroportuali]
}}
Siena–Ampugnano Airport ({{langx|it|Aeroporto di Siena-Ampugnano}}) {{airport codes|SAY|LIQS}}{{Cite web |title=LIQS/Siena-Ampugnano General Airport Information |url=https://acukwik.com/Airport-Info/LIQS |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=acukwik.com}} was a small military airfield in Ampugnano, near Siena, in Tuscany, Italy. All employment has been terminated in 2014.[http://www.comune.siena.it/Il-Comune/Servizi/Servizi-Finanziari/Societa-ed-Enti-partecipati/Societa-Partecipate/Aeroporto-di-Siena-S.p.A All employments terminated. Information by the Siena Comune]
2008 the site has been proposed for a new international airport capable of handling 4 million passengers a year by 2020. Since 2003 the project has met widespread local opposition.{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/europe/plans-for-a-new-airport-bringing-cheap-flights-to-tuscany-provoke-furious-opposition-771251.html | title = Plans for a new airport bringing cheap flights to Tuscany provoke furious opposition | work = The Independent | author = Peter Popham | date = 19 January 2008}}[http://ospiti.comune.siena.it/filoerba/aeroporto/index02_eng.html Committee against Expansion of Ampugnano Airport-Siena] Upon request about current status and future of the airport in November 2016 the Siena Comune confirmed by eMail: ″the airport of Siena is not operating″{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}. As of January 2017, the field is mentioned as being operated by Sky Services.{{Cite web |url=https://www.skyservices.it/article/siena |title=Siena |access-date=2017-01-22 |archive-date=2017-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202121556/https://www.skyservices.it/article/siena |url-status=dead }} There are however indications of very high fees and rates, opposed to limited or low levels of service. {{Cite web|url=http://www.euroga.org/forums/trips-airports/7298-siena-liqs-any-recent-experiences|title = Trips & Airports - Siena / Sienna LIQS any recent experiences ?}}
History
During World War II, the facility was known as Malignano Airfield. It was a major United States Air Force Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the Italian Campaign.Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}, and Air Force Historical Research Agency
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of {{convert|634|ft|0}} above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring {{convert|1393|x|30|m|0}}.
References
External links
- Official website: [https://web.archive.org/web/20020930032153/http://www.siena-airport.it/ English], [http://www.aeroportosiena.it/ Italian]
- {{ASN|SAY}}
{{USAAF 12th Air Force World War II}}
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Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Italy