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Trento-Mattarello Airport, also known as Aeroporto Gianni Caproni, is a small general aviation field in the Mattarello district a few kilometres south of Trento in Trentino-Alto Adige. It sits at the foot of the Alps beside the Adige valley and is a base for flight training, gliding and helicopter operations, as well as being the home of the Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics.
Trento-Mattarello, officially Aeroporto Gianni Caproni, is a general aviation airfield serving the city of Trento from the Mattarello district a few kilometres to the south. Operated by Trentino Trasporti, it is named after the pioneering Italian aviator and aircraft manufacturer Gianni Caproni and is closely linked with the adjacent aeronautical museum bearing his name. For a visiting VFR pilot it is a compact Alpine-foothill field of considerable historical interest, home to flying schools, clubs, gliders and helicopter operations rather than scheduled airline traffic.
The airfield lies at the foot of the Alps in the Adige valley, in the Mattarello district approximately 3.4 NM (about 6 km) south of Trento city centre, at coordinates 46.0233N 11.1250E and an elevation of 607 feet. It is squeezed between the SS12 road and the A22 motorway, the latter linking Trento with Verona to the south and Bolzano to the north, both of which give quick access to the field from the ground.
The airfield has a main hard-surfaced runway aligned 18/36, lit, with the 18 threshold offering 4133 feet of usable length and the 36 threshold 3919 feet. Alongside this is a shorter grass runway, also aligned 18L/36R, of about 740 feet (18L) and 739 feet (36R), unlit. There is no ILS.
The field is served by an AFIS unit, Trento Information, on 119.655 MHz. Padova Information, the wider flight information service, is available on 124.15 MHz.
The airfield is readily identified from the air by its position hard against the A22 motorway and the SS12 road in the Adige valley, in the flat ground of the Mattarello district just south of Trento's built-up area, with the surrounding Alpine foothills providing a distinctive backdrop.
Aviation activity at Mattarello dates back to 1913, when the first aviators landed on this flat stretch of ground south of Trento. The Aero Club of Trento was founded in 1919, giving rise to organised civil aviation in Trentino, and in 1925 the airfield was named in honour of Gianni Caproni, the pioneering Italian aeronautical engineer. The Caproni airport and its hangar were formally inaugurated in 1930, marking a period of significant development for the site, which has remained associated with light aviation and flight training ever since.
The airfield today hosts numerous flying schools and clubs and is used for tourist and general aviation flying, gliding and helicopter operations. The Protezione Civile keeps a fleet of helicopters based on the field, and it is also linked to the Helicopter Unit of the autonomous province of Trento. The Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics stands on site, alongside an airport hotel and a bar-restaurant for visiting pilots and passengers.