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Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport (LIRI) lies on the Campanian coastal plain between Bellizzi and Pontecagnano Faiano, a short distance southeast of Salerno itself. Once a small general-aviation and military field, it has recently been redeveloped for scheduled airline traffic, making it an interesting mix of historic airfield and emerging regional airport for the visiting VFR pilot. Its single hard runway, close to the sea and the mountains of the Amalfi Coast, offers a scenic if operationally busy destination.
Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport, also known historically as Salerno-Pontecagnano Airport, serves the city of Salerno and the wider Amalfi Coast and Cilento area of Campania. It is operated by GE.S.A.C. S.p.A. and has a long military and general-aviation heritage, having only resumed scheduled passenger flights in July 2024 after a period of closure. For a simulator pilot it presents a compact single-runway field set against a dramatic backdrop of coastline and hills, with a mix of historic character and ongoing modernisation.
The airport sits on the coastal plain of the Province of Salerno, between the municipalities of Bellizzi and Pontecagnano Faiano, some distance southeast of Salerno city centre. It lies on the opposite side of the Sorrentine Peninsula from Naples, which is the region's principal airport. No specific airspace classification or ATC unit details beyond the AFIS service below are given in the available material.
The field has a single paved runway, 05/23, oriented northeast-southwest. Runway 05 is 5,398 feet long and Runway 23 is 4,895 feet long; both are hard-surfaced and lit. Field elevation is 98 feet.
The airport provides an AFIS (Aerodrome Flight Information Service) on 119.175 MHz, with the callsign SALERNO INFO. There is no ILS at the field. Historical sources mention a VOR system associated with the runway during earlier development phases, though no current instrument approach details are available.
No specific joining, circuit height, or noise abatement procedures are given in the available material.
No published visual reference points are given in the available material, though the airfield's position on the coastal plain near Bellizzi and Pontecagnano Faiano, with the sea to the south and the Amalfi Coast hills to the west, provides useful general orientation.
The airport was founded by the Aeronautica Militare, Italy's air force, in 1926, and hosted a flight training facility between 1933 and 1943. Its first hangar was designed by the noted civil engineer Pier Luigi Nervi. A meteorological service was established in 1946, and the Salerno Air Club was founded in 1952. From 1975 it hosted a Carabinieri helipad, and from 1984 a Firefighter helipad and parachuting school. A new control tower was built in 1987. Until 2007 the airport was used exclusively by the Carabinieri, the Vigili del Fuoco, the flying and parachuting school, and small private jets, before being upgraded for airline service with new check-in desks, boarding areas and baggage facilities. The runway gained a lighting system and was progressively lengthened, reaching 1,654 metres before further extension plans were proposed in 2011. The airport was closed in 2016 before scheduled passenger flights resumed in July 2024.
Following the resumption of scheduled services in 2024, the runway has been extended to accommodate larger passenger aircraft, and Aeroitalia, Volotea and other carriers now operate domestic and international routes from the field. A new terminal and further runway extension are planned, with the airport expected to be fully operational in its expanded form by 2026 or 2027. The field retains a general-aviation and flying-school heritage alongside its growing airline operations. No specific fuel, hours, or PPR requirements are given in the available material.