Grazzanise Air Base

Grazzanise Air Base Aeroporto Militare Grazzanise "Carlo Romagnoli"
IATA: none ICAO: LIRM
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Italy
Serves	Caserta, Italy
Elevation AMSL	30 ft / 9 m
Coordinates	40°03′39″N 018°4′55″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06R/24L 2,991 9,813 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF

Grazzanise Air Base (also known as "Carlo Romagnoli Airport") (ICAO: LIRM) is an Italian Air Force airbase 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) south of Grazzanise, in the Province of Caserta in the region of Campania, located about 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of Caserta (the airport for this city), and 30 kilometres (19 miles) northwest of Naples, Italy.

It has two, parallel runways (06/24) with the main, asphalt runway being 06R/24L, 2,991 metres (9,813 ft) x 30 metres (98 ft), at elevation 9 metres (30 ft). The parallel concrete runway is for limited helicopter operations, as it has no taxiway connection to the rest of the base. There is a dispersal and hangar area on the eastern end for nine aircraft, with larger maintenance hangars and parking areas at each end.

Navigation aids sited at the field are TACAN and NDB.

Units

The main base complex is about 0.5 kilometres (0.31 miles) north-west of the airfield. It is the base for:

• 9º Stormo Francesco Baracca (Italian entry) (9th Combat Search and Rescue Wing), part of Support and Special Forces Command
• 2nd NATO Signal Squadron (a component of the NATO Communications and Information Agency, supporting the Allied Joint Force Command Naples)

Previous use

The airbase was formerly the site of operations for squadrons equipped with the North American F-86 Sabre, Fiat G.91 and Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. An F-86 is mounted on a pole within the compound near the airbase.