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The property was given back to the City of Florence on 31 October 1945 and later shared with Florence County. [1] Eastern Airlines served FLO from 1948 to 1965; Piedmont Airlines flights (including Boeing 737s) ended in 1981. Operation of the airport was assigned to the Pee Dee Regional Airport Authority in 1999.
Departure area at Florence Airport Apron view Control tower. Florence Airport has a single runway, and the main taxiway is situated at the end of Runway 5, with an overshoot/holding area at the end of Runway 23. As is common at smaller airports, after landing, planes turn around at the end of the runway, then taxi back down to reach the parking ...
Florence Municipal Airport contains one asphalt paved runway, 15/33, which measures 3000 x 60 ft (914.4 x 18.3 m). [1] There is no air traffic control tower located on the airfield. There are 13 aircraft based on the field. 11 single-engines and 2 multi-engine aircraft. [2] The airport has an average of 134 flights a week.
An ATR 42 of Air Littoral similar to the aircraft involved. At around 10:30 on the day of the accident, following an uneventful flight from Nice, the aircraft prepared to land at Florence's Peretola airport, where the weather was reported as CAVOK, that is good visibility and no cloud; the wind was light and variable.
Most of passengers in Italy are on international flights (57%). A big share of domestic flights connect the major islands (Sardinia and Sicily) to the mainland. [1] Domestic flights between major Italian cities as Rome and Milan still play a relevant role but are declining since the opening of the Italian high-speed rail network in recent years.
A flight information display system (FIDS) is a computer system used in airports to display flight information to passengers, in which a computer system controls mechanical or electronic display boards or monitors in order to display arriving and departing flight information in real-time. The displays are located inside or around an airport ...
"United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations". UN/LOCODE 2011-2. UNECE. 28 February 2012. - includes IATA codes "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 17 September 2010.
The airport was originally known as Florence Army Airfield, or more simply as Florence Field, [1] a World War II U.S. Army Air Corps / U.S. Army Air Forces training field for P-39 Airacobra and P-40 Warhawk pursuit aircraft and A-20 Havoc and A-26 Invader attack aircraft.