Italy · elevation 299 ft AMSL
· 44.9256, 8.6267
Alessandria Airfield (Alessandria (AL)) is an airport with the ICAO code LILA. Country: Italy. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Alessandria (AL). OurAirports classifies it as a small airport. Its ICAO code starts with the LI prefix, which marks airports in Italy. No IATA code is assigned, which is typical for airports without scheduled traffic. The airport reference point sits at 44°55'32"N, 8°37'36"E, at an elevation of 299 ft (91 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Europe/Rome.
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | 30° | 640 m (2,100 ft) | 30 m (98 ft) | grass |
| 21 | 210° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Alessandria Airfield (Alessandria (AL)) has one runway: 03/21 - 640 m long (2,100 ft), 30 m wide, grass surface.
All runways have a grass surface, which distinguishes this site from airports with a paved runway.
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 03/21 on 30° and 210° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 03/21 axis, wind from the south-east (around 120°) or from the north-west (around 300°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 30° or 210° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
Weather reports for Alessandria Airfield (Alessandria (AL)) are published under the ICAO code LILA. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the LILA report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for LILA, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Europe/Rome zone is GMT+01:00 in winter and GMT+02:00 in summer - that is the shift to apply to the time in the report to get local time at the airport.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Novi Ligure Eugenio Mossi Airfield (Novi Ligure (AL)) (LIMR, 21 km), Casale Monferrato Airfield (Casale Monferrato (AL)) (LILM, 24 km), Voghera-Rivanazzano Airfield (Voghera (PV)) (LILH, 31 km). When no report is available for LILA, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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