Flight Simulator Flights at LILO Caiolo Sondrio Airfield

Caiolo Sondrio Airfield (LILO) is a small airstrip in the Valtellina valley near Sondrio in Lombardy, northern Italy, chiefly associated with gliding activity. It offers a single hard, lit runway suited to light aircraft and gliders operating in an Alpine setting.

Overview

Caiolo Sondrio Airfield, identified by the ICAO code LILO, is a small aerodrome at Caiolo in the province of Sondrio (SO), Lombardy. It is tagged as a gliding site, indicating that soaring operations form a significant part of its flying activity, and it will be of interest to sim pilots wanting a compact Alpine-valley strip with a single hard runway.

Airspace & Location

The airfield lies at coordinates 46.1546 N, 9.7952 E, at an elevation of 892 feet, within the Valtellina valley near the town of Sondrio in Lombardy. The nearest weather reporting station is Samedan Airport, some 23 nautical miles to the north across the Swiss border, giving a sense of the field's position among the high terrain of the central Alps.

Runways

Caiolo has a single physical runway, 08/26, with a hard surface and runway lighting. Runway 08 measures 3416 feet in length, while the reciprocal Runway 26 measures 3113 feet; there is no ILS.

Radio & Navigation

Pilots should call Caiolo Radio on the common frequency of 129.5 MHz, which serves as the airfield's CTAF for coordinating traffic in the absence of a full air traffic control service. No navaids or instrument approach procedures are associated with the field.

The Airfield Today

The airfield is tagged as a gliding site, suggesting that glider operations are a prominent feature of current flying activity at Caiolo.