Marina di Campo Airport ( it, Aeroporto di Marina di Campo) is the

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of the

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island of

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, located in the village of La Pila, in

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. It is also known as ''Teseo Tesei Airport'' ( it, Aeroporto "Teseo Tesei"). It is the third airport of

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in terms of passengers after

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and

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. The airport serves as a focus city of Silver Air, which is currently the only airline operating regularly from the airport.

History

Opened as a grass airstrip in 1963, the airport was taken over by Milan-based company Transair in 1966 and was developed to handle commercial traffic, with regional airline Transavio flying

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s and

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aircraft to

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and

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, although a tarmac runway was not opened until 1991. Transavio folded in 1990, but several other regional airlines including

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, Silver Air and

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started operations in the following years. A new terminal was opened in 2013, with the old building remaining as a cafeteria, shopping centre and offices.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offers scheduled services from and to Marina di Campo:flightsandtravels.ch
retrieved 23 October 2021

Statistics

References

External links

Official website
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