Fertilia Airport
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Alghero Airport is an international airport situated 4.3 NM north-northwest of the city of Alghero
, in northern Sardinia
, Italy
. It is also known as Fertilia Airport or Alghero-Fertilia Airport, named for the nearby village of Fertilia
. It is one of the three main airports serving Sardinia, the others one being Olbia
in the northeast, and near Cagliari
in the south.
Domestic flights from nine Italian airports provide around 600,000 passengers annually for the years 2000 to 2004, while fifteen international connections have had as a result a dramatic increase of passenger traffic from 100,000 in 2000 to 400,000 in 2004, bringing total traffic to 1,388,217 passengers recorded in 2010.
The airport is operated by SOGEAAL (Societa di Gestione Aeroporto di Alghero).
of 87 feet (27 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
designated 02/20 with an asphalt
surface measuring 3000 by 45 m (9,842.5 by 147.6 ).
Alghero
Alghero , is a town of about 44,000 inhabitants in Italy. It lies in the province of Sassari in northwestern Sardinia, next to the sea.-History:The area of today's Alghero has been settled since pre-historic times...
, in northern Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It is also known as Fertilia Airport or Alghero-Fertilia Airport, named for the nearby village of Fertilia
Fertilia
Fertilia [fer-tì-lia] is a village on the municipality of Alghero in the province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.-History:Fertilia was built by the Fascist government of Italy in the 1930s, after the draining of the marshes which covered the area....
. It is one of the three main airports serving Sardinia, the others one being Olbia
Olbia - Costa Smeralda Airport
Olbia - Costa Smeralda Airport is an international airport in Olbia, Sardinia .-Airlines and destinations:-External links:*-External links:...
in the northeast, and near Cagliari
Cagliari-Elmas Airport
Cagliari-Elmas Airport is an international airport located in the territory of Elmas, near Cagliari, on the island of Sardinia, Italy. The airport was upgraded in 2003 and the terminal was expanded and provided with 6 loading bridges for passenger boarding, with a capacity of 4 millions...
in the south.
Domestic flights from nine Italian airports provide around 600,000 passengers annually for the years 2000 to 2004, while fifteen international connections have had as a result a dramatic increase of passenger traffic from 100,000 in 2000 to 400,000 in 2004, bringing total traffic to 1,388,217 passengers recorded in 2010.
The airport is operated by SOGEAAL (Societa di Gestione Aeroporto di Alghero).
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 87 feet (27 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 02/20 with an asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
surface measuring 3000 by 45 m (9,842.5 by 147.6 ).