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Turin Airport (LIMF), also known as Turin-Caselle Airport, is a joint civil and military aerodrome at Caselle Torinese, some 16 km north-northwest of Turin in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. It sits at 955 ft elevation and offers a single long hard-surfaced runway with full ILS, making it a straightforward destination for VFR and IFR flights alike in the Turin basin beneath the Alps.
Turin Airport, known locally as Aeroporto di Torino-Caselle, serves as the principal gateway to the city of Turin and the surrounding Piedmont region. It is a mixed civil and military field, built in 1953 on the site of a former Second World War air base, and today combines scheduled passenger operations with a long aviation history that makes it an interesting stop for the simulator pilot exploring northern Italy.
The airport lies at Caselle Torinese, about 16 km north-northwest of Turin city centre, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, in northern Italy. Its coordinates are 45.2025 N, 7.6494 E at a field elevation of 955 ft. As a large international airport handling scheduled traffic, it sits within controlled airspace with approach and tower services, and pilots should expect to operate under a full ATC environment when routing through the area.
Turin has a single physical runway aligned 18/36, of hard surface construction and lit for night operations. As runway 36 it is listed at 9698 ft with an ILS approach; as runway 18 it is listed at 8457 ft. The runway's considerable length reflects the airport's role in handling both civil airline traffic and military operations.
Air traffic services at Turin are provided across several frequencies: approach on 129.275 MHz (an additional approach frequency of 123.44 MHz is also published), ATIS on 120.475 MHz, ground on 121.705 MHz, and tower on 118.5 MHz. An ILS is available for the main runway direction, supporting instrument approaches in the often hazy conditions of the Po valley.
Turin Airport was constructed in 1953 on the site of a Second World War air base, giving it roots stretching back to the conflict era. The airport was substantially renovated in 1989 ahead of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and again in 2005 in preparation for the 2006 Winter Olympics held in Turin, reflecting the city's growing international profile through the late twentieth century. The airport has since won the ACI Europe Best Airport Award in its category in 2007, 2008 and 2022. In an unusual footnote to its history, on 20 November 1973 a bright bluish-white luminous object was reportedly observed above the airport by thousands of people in the Turin area, an event that drew the attention of at least one pilot who attempted to chase it in a Piper aircraft.
Turin Airport continues to operate as a dual-use civil and military aerodrome, handling scheduled international and domestic airline services alongside military activity. It is served by its own railway station on the Turin-Ceres line, linking the airport directly to Turin city centre for those studying the wider transport picture of the field, though this has no bearing on flight operations themselves.