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Massa Cinquale Airfield (ICAO: LILQ) is a small grass airstrip on the Tuscan coastal plain near Massa, Italy, home to local general aviation and gliding activity. Known locally by the evocative nickname "Aeroporto dei marmi" in reference to the marble-quarrying heritage of the surrounding Massa-Carrara area, it offers VFR pilots a low-lying coastal field close to the Tyrrhenian shoreline. The single grass runway and absence of instrument approaches make it a field best suited to fair-weather VFR operations.
Massa Cinquale Airfield, ICAO code LILQ, is a small general aviation airfield situated on the coastal plain near Massa in Tuscany, Italy. It sits at a low elevation of only 10 feet above mean sea level and is associated with the Aeroclub Marina di Massa. The field is informally known as "Aeroporto dei marmi" (airport of the marbles), a nod to the marble-quarrying industry for which the Massa-Carrara area is famous, and it makes an interesting VFR destination for pilots exploring the northern Tuscan coast.
The airfield lies close to the town of Massa (MS) in the Tuscany region of Italy, near the Tyrrhenian coast, at coordinates 43.9861 N, 10.1439 E. Its low elevation of 10 feet places it firmly on the flat coastal strip between the sea and the foothills of the Apuan Alps.
Massa Cinquale has a single grass runway orientated 05/23, measuring 2661 feet in length. There is no paved surface and no runway lighting or ILS equipment; the field is unsuitable for instrument approaches and is intended for daytime VFR flying.
The airfield's radio station operates as "Massa radio" on a frequency of 120.355 MHz, providing an air-ground communication service to pilots in the vicinity. No instrument landing system or other radio navigation aids are installed at the field.
The airfield is referred to locally by the name "Aeroporto dei marmi", a title that reflects the historic marble-quarrying industry of the Massa-Carrara district in which it lies.
The field is associated with the Aeroclub Marina di Massa, which is based there, and it continues to support light general aviation flying on its grass runway.