Falconara Airport is a joint-use civil airport and Italian Air Force

Italian Air Force

The Italian Air Force has gone under different names in different periods:*Regia Aeronautica , from 1923 to June 1946*Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, the air force of Italian Social Republic during World War II...

 (Aeronautica Militare) facility in Italy

Italy

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, located approximately 3km west of Falconara Marittima

Falconara Marittima

-Transportation:The Ancona Airport is located in Falconara Marittima. Falconara beach is about 2 miles away from the airport. The Orte -Falconara Main line is one of the few transversal lines on the Italian Railway Network; even the Adriatic line passes through Falconara railway station.-Sport:The...

 in province of Ancona, about 200km north-northeast of Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

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The airport is used for general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

, with no commercial airline service. Along with the Italian Air Force, It is also the headquarters of the Italian Army's 84th Infantry Battalion.

World War II

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, Falconara Airfield was a military airfield used by the United States Army Air Forces

United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II, and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force....

 Twelfth Air Force for B-25 Mitchell

B-25 Mitchell

The North American B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engined medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation. It was used by many Allied air forces, in every theater of World War II, as well as many other air forces after the war ended, and saw service across four decades.The B-25 was named...

 combat operations by the 321st Bombardment Group between 1 Apr and 1 Sep 1945.

After the war ended, the airfield was turned over to local authorities.