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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
Marina di Campo Marina di Campo is a town in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Campo nell'Elba, province of Livorno. At the time of the 2011 census its population was . Marina di Campo is the main town and municipal seat of the ...
. 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
Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...
,
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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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