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Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (IATA: CTA, ICAO: LICC), also known as Vincenzo Bellini Airport (Italian: Aeroporto Internazionale Vincenzo Bellini di Catania-Fontanarossa), is an international airport 2.3 NM (4.3 km; 2.6 mi) southwest [1] of Catania, the second largest city on the Italian island of Sicily.
The first airfield to open on the island was Catania Airport in May 1924 followed by Palermo–Boccadifalco Airport that was opened on 28 June 1931. In the 1930s, during the Italian fascist era, several airfields such as Trapani–Milo Airport (1936), Comiso Airport (1937), Pantelleria Airport (1938) and Ponte Olivo Airfield were built to control the Mediterranean Sea but during World War II ...
Catania Airport is Sicily's busiest airport and Italy's 6th busiest airport, with nearly 9 million passengers each year. "The runway at Catania Airport is unusable due to the volcanic ash fall.
Flights were suspended at Sicily’s Catania airport on Sunday after Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, showered the city with a thick coating of ash.. Ash fell across the runway and over ...
A cloud of volcanic ash spewing from Europe’s most active volcano has prompted the closure of one of Sicily’s largest airports, leading to flights being delayed, cancelled and diverted.
Sicily Airport may refer to one of the airports listed below. Catania International Airport, serving Catania; Comiso Vincenzo Magliocco Airport, near Ragusa; Palermo International Airport, serving Palermo; Palermo-Boccadifalco Airport, also serving Palermo, used for general aviation; Lampedusa Airport, serving the island of Lampedusa
"The runway at Catania Airport is unusable due to the volcanic ash fall. Both arrivals and departures are suspended," the airport said in a statement, adding that operations were due to resume at ...
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