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Historic general aviation airfield in northern Italy's Veneto region.
Location
Thiene (VI), Italy
Thiene Arturo Ferrarin Airfield (ICAO: LIDH) is a small general aviation airport located near Thiene in the Province of Vicenza, in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy. It serves primarily private and recreational aviation, including light aircraft operations and flight training activities.
The airfield is named in honor of Arturo Ferrarin, a celebrated Italian aviator born in Thiene in 1895, famous for completing the Rome-to-Tokyo flight in 1920 and winning the 1926 Schneider Trophy race. The naming commemorates one of Italy's most distinguished pioneer airmen.
The facility has no scheduled commercial airline services and does not handle passenger terminal operations in the commercial sense. It functions as a local aeroclub base and general aviation field serving the surrounding Vicenza area.
Notable facts
- ›Named after Arturo Ferrarin, a pioneering Italian aviator born in Thiene in 1895.
- ›Arturo Ferrarin completed the Rome-to-Tokyo flight in 1920, a distance of approximately 18,000 km.
- ›The airfield operates exclusively as a general aviation and aeroclub facility with no scheduled commercial services.
- ›Located in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy, near the city of Vicenza.
- ›Has no IATA code, reflecting its status as a non-commercial general aviation airfield.
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