Ponte Olivo Airfield | |
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Coordinates | 37°07′51.68″N 14°19′17.27″E / 37.1310222°N 14.3214639°E |
Type | Military airfield |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
Condition | Abandoned |
Site history | |
Built | Civil airfield prior to World War II |
In use | 1920s?-1944 |
Ponte Olivo Airfield is an abandoned pre-World War II airport and later wartime military airfield in Sicily, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of Gela. Its last known use was by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force in 1944 during the Italian Campaign.