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Lampedusa Airport lies on the small Italian island of the same name in the Province of Agrigento, Sicily, just a few hundred metres from the main town. It is a modest but well-equipped single-runway aerodrome that becomes considerably busier in summer with seasonal airline traffic to the Mediterranean island, while offering straightforward VFR access for visiting light aircraft outside the peak season.
Lampedusa Airport serves the island of Lampedusa, together with the smaller neighbouring island of Linosa, in the Province of Agrigento, Sicily. It is a public airport operated by AST Aeroservizi S.p.A. and sits close enough to the town centre that arriving traffic passes low over the coastline before landing. Although it is a minor domestic field for most of the year, it sees a marked seasonal peak in summer as tourism-focused scheduled and charter flights bring visitors to the island, making it an interesting single-runway destination for a simulator pilot seeking a compact Mediterranean island approach.
The airport is located on the island of Lampedusa, part of the Province of Agrigento in Sicily, Italy, at coordinates 35.4981N 12.6183E. It lies only a few hundred metres from the island's main town, so the final approach and departure paths are flown close to built-up areas and the surrounding coastline.
The airfield has a single physical runway, 08/26, of hard surface (asphalt) measuring 5,894 feet in length. Both directions are lit, and runway 26 is equipped with an ILS, giving pilots an instrument approach option from that direction; runway 08 has no ILS.
The field is served by an AFIS (Aerodrome Flight Information Service) on 122.1 MHz, identified as INFO. An ILS is available for runway 26, as noted above, for instrument approaches from that direction.
Lampedusa Airport is a public airport in the Province of Agrigento, Sicily, operated by AST Aeroservizi S.p.A. It has traditionally functioned as a domestic field serving the island's residents and, increasingly, seasonal tourist traffic, with the airport situated only a short distance from the town centre.
Today the airport handles regular scheduled and charter flights, with airlines including Air Horizont, DAT, easyJet, ITA Airways, Volotea and Wizz Air operating seasonal or year-round services to destinations such as Catania, Palermo, Trapani, Milan, Naples, Rome, Venice and Verona. Traffic is markedly higher in the summer months when tourism-focused flights peak; outside this period movements are much lighter, making it a quieter island stop for visiting light aircraft.