# Aviano Air Base (AVB / LIPA)

**Aviano Air Base** (IATA: AVB, ICAO: LIPA) is a medium airport in Aviano (PN), Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. It opened in 1911. It has one runway, 2,606 m (8,551 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by United States Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipa

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AVB / LIPA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Air Force
- Owner: Italian Armed Forces
- Serves: Aviano (PN), Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
- Opened: 1911
- Elevation: 125 m / 410 ft
- Coordinates: 46.0319, 12.5965
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,606 m / 8,551 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Rome
- Website: http://www.aviano.af.mil/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviano_Air_Base (21 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q790794
- Weather station: LIPA · WMO 16036
- Ident: LIPA

## Timeline

- 1911: Aviano Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,606 m / 8,551 ft | 44 m / 144 ft | Asphalt | 048° / 228° |  |

- 05/23 slopes 1.0%: threshold 05 at 98 m / 321 ft, threshold 23 at 125 m / 410 ft.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,606 m / 8,551 ft | #2,032 of 29,858 | #318 in Europe | #34 in IT |
| Elevation | 125 m / 410 ft | =28,829 of 43,403 | =3,122 in Europe | =227 in IT |
| Age | Opened 1911 | =37 of 15,079 | =26 in Europe | =6 in IT |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =27 in IT |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 257.750 |
| TWR | TWR | 142.050 |
| APP | APP | 275.325 |
| ACP | AMCC | 264.800 |
| POST | COMD POST | 262.950 |
| OPS | SOF | 262.950 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 262.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [LIPI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipi.md) Udine-Rivolto Air Base · 35 km / 22 mi
- [TSF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liph.md) Treviso Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [LIPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lips.md) Istrana Air Base · 55 km / 34 mi
- [VCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipz.md) Venice Marco Polo Airport · 62 km / 38 mi
- [TRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipq.md) Trieste Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [LIPU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipu.md) Padova Gino Allegri Airfield · 92 km / 57 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #26

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipa/data