Comiso Airport
airport located in the town of Comiso in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy and serves Comiso (5 km [3.1 mi]), Ragusa (15 km [9.3 mi]), Vittoria and Gela
Comiso Airport "Pio La Torre" (IATA: CIY, ICAO: LICB), also known as Vincenzo Magliocco Airport, is an airport located in the town of Comiso in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy. The airport serves Comiso (5 km [3.1 mi]), Ragusa (15 km [9.3 mi]), Vittoria and Gela. It changed from military to civil use during 2005–2008. The airport was opened to commercial and general aviation 30 May 2013.
History
1935–1980
The installation began as an aerodrome that was constructed in southeastern Sicily, at the foot of the Hyblaean Mountains ("Monti iblei") and near the city of Comiso. The airport was designed in 1934 under the fascist regime but building works did not start until 1935 and were finished in 1939. Magliocco Aerodromo was dedicated in 1936 and named in honor of Major General Vincenzo Magliocco, the first Sicilian to become a general officer in the Italian Air Force. Magliocco had been killed in the Ethiopian war in 1936.
It became one of several key aerodromes in southern Sicily during the Second World War. German forces were stationed there in 1941, as part of Italy's Axis Alliance, and the German Luftwaffe in 1943 conducted air operations against Allied positions in Maghreb and Malta after its withdrawal from Tunisia.
“Comiso Airport” enters the record as airport located in the town of Comiso in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy and serves Comiso (5 km [3.1 mi]), Ragusa (15 km [9.3 mi]), Vittoria and Gela. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Comiso, Airport and airport can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1431127. Authority coordinates are 36.992, 14.607. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2005, 2008, 2013 and 1935.
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