Ghisonaccia Alzitone Airport (ICAO: LFKG) is an airport in France, located 2 km (1.2 mi) north of Ghisonaccia in the Haute-Corse department, approximately 61 km (38 mi) southeast of Corte on Corsica.

Ghisonaccia Alzitone Airport
IATA: none ICAO: LFKG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	Ghisonaccia, France
Elevation AMSL	177 ft / 54 m
Coordinates	42°03′18″N 009°24′07″E
Map
Ghisonaccia Alzitone Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 800 2,625 Paved
Sources: French AIP[1]

The airport is used for general aviation, with no commercial airline service.

World War II

During World War II, Ghisonaccia Airfield was a military airfield used by the United States Army Air Forces. It was an all-weather temporary field built in late 1943 by the XII Engineer Command using Marsden Matting for runways and parking areas, as well as for dispersal sites. In addition, tents were used for billeting and also for support facilities; an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure; a dump for supplies, ammunition, and gasoline drums, along with a drinkable water and minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting. It was turned over to the Twelfth Air Force for operational combat use. Known units assigned to the airfield were:

• HQ 57th Bombardment Wing, 20 April-5 October 1944
• 310th Bombardment Group, 10 December 1943 – 7 April 1945, B-25 Mitchell
• 414th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), 9 January-4 February 1944; 20 March–July 1944, Bristol Beaufighter
• 417th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), 7 January–February 1944, (Ground echelon only)

After the war ended, the airfield was turned over to local authorities. Today the military airfield has been developed into a small, regional airport used by small aircraft.

References

• Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

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[fr] Aérodrome de Ghisonaccia Alzitone