Padua "Gino Allegri" Airport ( it, Aeroporto di Padova "Gino Allegri") is an airport serving
Padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
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Veneto
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Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
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The airport is named after
Gino Allegri, an
Italian
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aviator who lost his life while attempting to land in a small airfield in the
Province of Padua
The Province of Padua (''Provincia di Padova'') is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Padua.
Geography
It has an area of 2,142 km2, and a total population of 936,492 (2016) making it the most populated pr ...
during
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
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List of airports in Italy
This is a list of airports in Italy, grouped by region and sorted by location.
Airports
Airport names shown in bold have scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines.
See also
* Transport in Italy
* List of airports by ICAO code: L#LI ...
References
External links
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Airports in Italy
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