Decimomannu Air Base |
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IATA: DCI – ICAO: LIED
Decimomannu
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Airport type | Military | ||
Location | Decimomannu, Sardinia, Italy | ||
Elevation AMSL | 100 ft / 30 m | ||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
m | ft | ||
17L/35R | 2,990 | 9,810 | Asphalt |
17R/35L | 2,611 | 8,565 | Asphalt |
Source: DAFIF[1][2] |
Decimomannu Air Base (IATA: DCI, ICAO: LIED) is an Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) air force base located approximately 5 km (2.7 NM) north of Decimomannu a comune in the Province of Cagliari on the island of Sardinia in Italy.
The base is a front-line NATO training facility primarily used since 1979 for Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) of various NATO air force fighter aircraft.
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During World War II Decimomannu Airfield was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 319th Bombardment Group, which flew B-26 Marauder medium bombers from the field between 1 November 1943 and 21 September 1944.[3][4][5]
The airport resides at an elevation of 100 feet (30 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 17L/35R measuring 2,990 by 45 metres (9,810 × 148 ft) and 17R/35L measuring 2,611 by 23 metres (8,566 × 75 ft).[1]