Peretola
A Journey Through Time
1931 — 1996
1930s
1931
Peretola Airport opened on 4 June 1931 on the plain between Florence and Sesto Fiorentino, a location that had been chosen in 1928.
1938
In 1938 and 1939 an asphalt runway 1,000 metres long and 60 metres wide was built at Peretola, facing northeast.
1980s
1986
Regular flights resumed at Florence's Peretola airport in September 1986.
1990s
1990
In 1990 the airport was renamed after Amerigo Vespucci, the navigator and explorer who was born in the city of Florence.
1996
The runway at Florence was extended by 250 metres in 1996.
Present