Airport Vergiate - Aircraft and Helicopters (LILG)

Airport and Heliport. Vergiate Airport (ICAO: LILG) is an Italian airfield located in the municipality of Vergiate, in the province of Varese. Vergioate airport was built in the mid-1930s on the initiative of the SIAI-Marchetti aeronautical industry of Sesto Calende, which needed a runway adjacent to its factory to test its aircraft. During the Second World War, between June and July 1940, the airport was the operational base of the 23rd Group of the Italian Air Force. With the passage of SIAI-Marchetti under the control of Agusta (which later became Agusta Westland and finally Leonardo Elicotteri) the Vergiate airport maintained its primary function as a test runway; however, the structure is also open to private traffic. Vergiate airport is located 11 kilometers from Gallarate, 55 kilometers from Milan and 20 kilometers from Varese; the closest airport is the Milan-Malpensa airport, just 10 km away. The structure has a single 800 m long asphalt runway (suitable for small planes and helicopters), two aprons for aircraft and helicopters parking.