Varese-Venegono Airport

Varese-Venegono Airport in an Italian airport located in Venegono Inferiore, 10 km south-east from Varese, the airport is open to VFR traffic and military/civil non commercial aircraft. The runway is used by Aeroclub Varese , Leonardo Company and the financial police of Varese.

The airport was born on a royal decree in the thirties as a "makeshift field" for military aircraft. Initially the airport consisted of a runway and a hangar in which some soldiers and officers were based. The infrastructural development of the airport took place during the Second World War where the airport was used as a squadron headquarters for night fighters. The "79th Squadriglia squadron" was made up of six Fiat CR42s and some Reggiane Re. 2001 fighters with the aim of defending the industrial triangle of Lombardy-Piedmont-Liguria, parachutes and military pilots were also trained in the field. After the armistice of 1943 the airport was occupied by the Germans and the Italian Social Republic, it became the seat of the "Aerosiluranti Buscaglia Group" equipped with eight Savoia-Marchetti S.M.79 "Sparviero". At the end of the war, military operations on the airport ceased, the military aircraft used were relocated and the school for training military pilots was closed.

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