Sigonella Airport (military), Catania, Italy

Location & QuickFacts

Airport Codes	LICZ (ICAO) NSY (IATA)
Location	Catania, Italy
Airport Type	C
Longitude/Latitude	N 37° 24' 05.99" / E 014° 55' 20.49" 37.401664, 14.922358
Elevation	79 feet (24 meters)
Magnetic Variation	E002121 0408

Communications

Type	Name	Freq 1	Freq 2	Freq 3	Freq 4	Freq 5
Approach Control	CATANIA APP	119.25	340.1	264.8
Automatic Terminal Information Service	ATIS	138.175	387.625
Director (Radar/Approach Control)	CATANIA DIRECTOR	120.8	264.8
Ground Control	GND	121.95	279.175
Information	BASE OPS	344.6
Operations	AIR TRML OPS CNTR	118.2	377.8
Tower	TWR	118.05	122.1	257.8	337.6

Runway Information

Runway 10L/28R

Dimensions	8,012 x 98 ft (2442 x 30 m)
Surface	Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.
PCN	053RBWT

	10L	28R
Heading (Mag/True)	096.0° / 098.0°	276.0° / 278.0°
Latitude	N 37° 24' 18.52"	N 37° 24' 07.01"
Longitude	E 014° 54' 32.44"	E 014° 56' 10.69"
Elevation / TDZE	79 ft / 78.0 ft	66 ft / 62.0 ft
Displaced Threshold	146 ft	139 ft
Slope	-0.2°	0.2°
Declared Distances	Takeoff: 8012 ft Landing: 7866 ft	Takeoff: 8012 ft Landing: 7873 ft
Lighting System 1	Medium Intensity Runway Lighting System	Medium Intensity Runway Lighting System
Lighting System 2	Runway End Identifier Lights	Runway End Identifier Lights
Lighting System 3	None	Type 33

Runway 10R/28L

Dimensions	8,077 x 148 ft (2462 x 45 m)
Surface	Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.
PCN	057RAWT

	10R	28L
Heading (Mag/True)	096.0° / 098.0°	276.0° / 278.0°
Latitude	N 37° 24' 11.59"	N 37° 24' 00.14"
Longitude	E 014° 54' 30.77"	E 014° 56' 09.82"
Elevation / TDZE	79 ft / 78.0 ft	63 ft / 70.0 ft
Displaced Threshold	343 ft	349 ft
Slope	-0.2°	0.2°
Declared Distances	Takeoff: 8781 ft Landing: 7734 ft	Takeoff: 8837 ft Landing: 7728 ft
Lighting System 1	High Intensity Runway Lights	High Intensity Runway Lights
Lighting System 2	Runway End Identifier Lights	Runway End Identifier Lights
Lighting System 3	Type 41	Type 33
Lighting System 4	Type 50	Type 50
Lighting System 5	Type 51	Type 51

Radio Navigation Aids

ID	Type	Name	Freq	Ch	Var
CAT	4	CATANIA	112100M	058X	E002127 0408
NSY	3	NAVY SIGONELLA		049X	E002121 0408
NSY	5	NAVY SIGONELLA	297000K		E002121 0408
SIG	3	SIGONELLA		053X	E002125 0408
SIG	5	SIGONELLA	412000K		E002125 0408

Remarks

• [A-GEAR]
  BAK-12 used for abort-rollout gear. Rollout gear rigged Rwy 10R-28L. Rwy 10R BAK 12, max engagement 180 KIAS. Rwy 10R BAK 12 O/S UFN.
• [CAUTION]
  Rwy 10L-28R (parl twy) is more vis than Rwy 10R-28L which is ASP, use ctn when apch vis. Crash rescue hardstand lgt, drct S parl to rwy, may be mistaken for rwy lgt dur ngt hr. Twy B btn Rwy 10L-28R and 10R-28L has max wt rstd of 132,000 lb
• [CAUTION]
  .
• [FLUID]
  SP PRESAIR, NITROGEN, GASEOUS OXYGEN, avbl 0600-2200Z++, OT 24 hr ntc rqr. Ctc Air Trml OPS Cntr (ATOC)DSN 624-5371/72. Acft req reful ctc ATOC at least 15 min prior ldg. Acft on actual NATO msn, make voice rpt NATO on GND CON.
• [FUEL]
  100LL, J5, J8
• [JASU]
  6(GTC-85) 5(NCPP-105) 5(NC-10) 13(NC-8A)
• [LGT]
  Rwy lgt ctl fr fld. OLS avbl, 15 min PN Rwy 10R-28L. Mod Calvert sys avbl Rwy 10R. Calvert Rwy 10R, 28R O/S UFN.
• [MISC]
  Extv copter and F/W trng E sctr Catania CTLZ blw FL 70. USN OPS officer DSN 624-5511/2525. Flt wx biefings will be conducted by joint OPS at NAFD/21 OWS Sembach, GM. METOC DSN: 496-6145/46, C+49 6302 67 6145/46. Fax DSN: 496 6184 C+49 6302
• [MISC]
  67 6184, e-mail: ows.ops@sembach.af.mil. Lcl PMSV circuits no longer mnt at NAS Sigonella.
• [OIL]
  O-117-128-149
• [RSTD]
  PPR 48 hr prior arr to all acft. Transiting acft req PPR thru ATOC DSN 624-2745, C39-095-86-2745. Tran acft req ldg ctc Air Trml Ops Cntr (ATOC) DSN 624-2745. Practice apch req PPR ctc Base OPS/DSN 624-5417/5513/5886, STU III 624-5886 24
• [RSTD]
  hr. Hgr space req ctc Air Terminal Officer (ATO) DSN 624-2358. Mand all acft with VIP Code 6 or abv notify ATOC 30 min prior arr.
• [TRAN ALERT]
  Ltd svc/support and cargo handling 1530-0630Z++. Ltd tran qtrs avbl.