Editing Rimini (section)

=== Aviation ===
[[File:Rimini airport terminal 2018.JPG|thumb|[[Federico Fellini International Airport|Fellini Airport]] in March 2018]]
The city is served by [[Rimini Fellini Airport]], in the southern suburb of [[Miramare di Rimini|Miramare]]. The airport is a crucial nexus in the local economy, particularly for tourists visiting the {{Lang|it|riviera romagnola}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spadazzi |first=Manuel |date=12 July 2023 |title=Svolta per l'aeroporto. "Il Fellini ha bisogno di noi imprenditori: torniamo a investire" |trans-title=Turning point for the airport: "Fellini needs us entrepreneurs: let's go back to investing" |url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/rimini/cronaca/svolta-per-laeroporto-ieg-e-operatori-turistici-entrino-nella-gestione-cosi-aumentiamo-i-voli-40eb61b4 |access-date=8 January 2024 |website=[[Il Resto del Carlino]] |language=it-IT}}</ref> It recorded 215,767 passengers in 2022, rendering it the second-busiest airport in Emilia-Romagna.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2023 |title=Dati di traffico 2022 |trans-title=Traffic data 2022 |url=http://www.enac.gov.it/pubblicazioni/dati-di-traffico-2022 |access-date=22 December 2023 |website=[[Italian Civil Aviation Authority|Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile]] |page=181 |language=it}}</ref> The airport is mainly served by [[Low-cost carrier|low-cost carriers]] and [[Air charter|charter traffic]].<ref>{{Cite web |year=2008 |title=Atlante Aeroporti: L'Area Centro Nord (CN) |url=https://www.enac.gov.it/sites/default/files/allegati/2020-Ago/CAP_03_Atlante_Aeroporti-CN_web_compressed.pdf |access-date=11 January 2024 |website=[[Italian Civil Aviation Authority]] |pages=480–503 |language=it-IT}}</ref>

The airport was built in 1929 as an [[aerodrome]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malizia |first=Nicola |year=2011 |title=La nascita del "Giannetto Vassura" |trans-title=The birth of the "Giannetto Vassura" |url=https://www.rotaryrimini.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ar_48_ARIMINUM-genn-febbr-low.pdf |journal=Ariminum |series=January-February 2011 |language=it-IT |location=Rimini |publisher=[[Rotary International|Rimini Rotary Club]] |issue=1 |pages=10–12}}</ref> on the site of the former {{Interlanguage link|Rimini-Riccione Defence Section|lt=Rimini-Riccione Defence Section|it|Sezione Difesa Rimini-Riccione}} of the army's Aeronautical Service.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 April 2023 |title=L'aeroporto un pezzo di storia di Rimini. Per i cento anni dalla costruzione un ciclo di incontri |trans-title=The airport is a piece of Rimini's history: A series of meetings for the hundredth anniversary of its construction |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/social/aeroporto-storia-rimini-cento-anni-costruzione-ciclo-incontri.html |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=RiminiToday |language=it}}</ref> It ranked among Italy's busiest airports during the 1960s, supported by international tourists visiting Rimini's beaches.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=3 February 2017 |title=L'aeroporto di Rimini al quarto posto in Italia |trans-title=Rimini's airport in fourth place in Italy |url=https://www.riminiduepuntozero.it/laeroporto-di-rimini-al-quarto-posto-in-italia/ |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=Riminiduepuntozero |language=it-IT}}</ref> Its passenger use declined with the opening of the [[Autostrada A14 (Italy)|A14 tolled highway]] in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 August 2016 |title=A14, 50 anni fa il via al boom turistico |trans-title=A14: 50 years ago, the tourist boom kicked off |url=https://www.corriereromagna.it/news-rimini-19513-a14-50-anni-via-turistico-html/ |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=[[Corriere Romagna]] |language=it-IT}}</ref> Since the end of the [[Cold War]], Fellini Airport has been specially popular among tourists from the countries of the former [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rtv |first=San Marino |date=12 February 2004 |title=Aeroporto di Rimini: dalla guerra all'ingresso di San Marino |trans-title=Rimini Airport: From the war to San Marino's entry |url=https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/news/attualita-c4/aeroporto-rimini-dalla-guerra-ingresso-san-marino-a92887 |access-date=2 November 2023 |website=[[San Marino RTV]] |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 January 2012 |title=Un 2011 da record per l'aeroporto: oltre 900mila passeggeri |trans-title=A record 2011 for the airport: over 900 thousand passengers |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/economia/aeroporto-rimini-record-passeggeri-2011.html |access-date=22 December 2023 |website=RiminiToday |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Torri |first=Tommaso |date=2 May 2015 |title=Aeroporto "Fellini": arrivato il via libera all'operatività 24 ore su 24 |trans-title=Fellini Airport: The green light has been given for 24-hour operations |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/cronaca/rimini-aeroporto-fellini-arrivato-il-via-libera-all-operativita-24-ore-su-24.html |access-date=8 January 2024 |website=RiminiToday |language=it-IT}}</ref> Russian and Ukrainian passengers together represented 61% of Fellini Airport's passengers before the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 invasion]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zavagli |first=Stefano |date=22 October 2023 |title=Tra residenti e turisti 2,8 milioni di passeggeri, ma solo il 5% vola dal Fellini. "Enormi margini di crescita" |trans-title=Between residents and tourists, 2.8 million passengers, but only 5% fly from Fellini. "Huge room for growth". |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/cronaca/passeggeri-rimini-aeroporto-dati-enormi-margini-crescita.html |access-date=22 December 2023 |website=RiminiToday |language=it}}</ref> which was projected to lose the airport 300,000 passengers annually.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barducci |first=Giacomo |date=2 March 2022 |title=Aeroporto Federico Fellini: con la guerra circa 300.000 passeggeri in meno |trans-title=Federico Fellini Airport: With the war, about 300,000 fewer passengers |url=https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/news/attualita-c4/aeroporto-federico-fellini-con-la-guerra-circa-300-000-passeggeri-in-meno-a219552 |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=[[San Marino RTV]] |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zavagli |first=Stefano |date=2 March 2022 |title=La guerra azzera il turismo dall'Est, Corbucci: "Perderemo 50 voli a settimana e 300mila passeggeri" |trans-title=The war eliminates tourism from the East. Corbucci: "We will lose 50 flights a week and 300 thousand passengers." |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/cronaca/aeroporto-fellini-guerra-azzera-turismo-est-50-aerei-cancellati.html |access-date=22 December 2023 |website=RiminiToday |language=it}}</ref> Alongside its civilian history, the airport has a notable military history: it was the home of the {{Interlanguage link|5th Aerobrigade|lt=5th Aerobrigade|it|5º Stormo}} of the [[Italian Air Force]] between 1956 and 2010,<ref name="Carlino-2010">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=8 September 2010 |title=Volano via! L'Aeronautica militare lascia Rimini dopo 54 anni |trans-title=They're flying away: The Air Force leaves Rimini after 54 years |url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/rimini/cronaca/2010/09/08/381382-volano.shtml |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=[[Il Resto del Carlino]] |language=it}}</ref> and during the [[Cold War]], it was identified by the [[Warsaw Pact]] as a strategic target in the event of an all-out war,<ref name="Carlino-2010" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 January 2015 |title=L'Aeronautica Militare a Rimini |trans-title=The Air Force in Rimini |url=https://www.romagnazone.it/storia-di-rimini/aeronautica-militare-rimini.html |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=RomagnaZone |language=it-IT}}</ref> housing several thousand Italian and [[NATO]] soldiers and thirty [[B61 nuclear bomb|B61 nuclear bombs]]. Helicopters belonging to the [[7th Army Aviation Regiment "Vega"]] remain at the airport.<ref name="Carlino-2010" />

After Fellini Airport, the closest major airports are [[Forlì Airport|Luigi Ridolfi Airport]] in [[Forlì]], [[Marche Airport|Raffaello Sanzio Airport]] in [[Ancona]], and [[Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport|Guglielmo Marconi Airport]] in [[Bologna]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dove siamo |trans-title=Where we are |url=https://www.riccione.it/it/it/dove-siamo |access-date=26 December 2023 |website=Comune di Riccione |language=it }}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A coach service operated by Shuttle Italy Airport connects Rimini with Bologna Airport.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Routes |url=https://www.shuttleitalyairport.it/en/routes/ |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=Shuttle Italy Airport}}</ref>

Between 1959 and 1969, a [[helicopter]] service flew between Rimini's port and a [[heliport]] next to [[Borgo Maggiore]]'s cablecar terminus in San Marino.<ref name="titanpostsm-2020">{{Cite web |date=5 April 2020 |title=La storia del servizio elicottero a San Marino, legato alla crescita del turismo di massa |trans-title=The history of the helicopter service in San Marino, linked to the growth of mass tourism |url=https://www.titanpostsm.com/1514/La%20storia%20del%20servizio%20elicottero%20a%20San%20Marino,%20legato%20alla%20crescita%20del%20turismo%20di%20massa/ |access-date=31 December 2023 |website=www.titanpostsm.com |language=it-SM |archive-date=31 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231160920/https://www.titanpostsm.com/1514/La%20storia%20del%20servizio%20elicottero%20a%20San%20Marino,%20legato%20alla%20crescita%20del%20turismo%20di%20massa/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Citta-2023b">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=29 June 2023 |title=30 giugno 1961 - Inaugurata la linea di elicotteri Rimini - San Marino - San Leo |trans-title=30 June 1961 – The Rimini – San Marino – San Leo helicopter line is inaugurated |url=https://www.chiamamicitta.it/30-giugno-1961-inaugurata-linea-elicotteri-rimini-san-marino-san-leo/ |access-date=1 January 2024 |website=Chiamami Città |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref name="Gambetti-2023b">{{Cite web |last=Gambetti |first=Nicola |date=5 August 2023 |title=Rimini - San Marino - San Leo in elicottero |trans-title=Rimini – San Marino – San Leo by helicopter |url=https://riminisparita.it/rimini-san-marino-san-leo-in-elicottero/ |access-date=1 January 2024 |website=Rimini Sparita |language=it-IT}}</ref> Operated by Compagnia Italiana Elicotteri, the service ran several times per day,<ref name="Citta-2023b" /><ref name="Gambetti-2023b" /> using a fleet of four-seater [[Bell 47J Ranger]]s and a three-seater [[Bell 47|Agusta-Bell AB-47G]],<ref name="titanpostsm-2020" /><ref name="Citta-2023b" /><ref name="Gambetti-2023b" /> which were serviced at Rimini's airport.<ref name="Gambetti-2023b" /> In 1964, the line was extended to [[San Leo]].<ref name="Citta-2023b" /><ref name="Gambetti-2023b" /> Tickets would cost up to 12,500 lire,<ref name="Citta-2023b" /> including the cablecar to the City of San Marino and a shuttle to the [[Forte di San Leo|Leonine fortress]]. The service would take fifteen minutes to reach Borgo Maggiore and twenty-five minutes to reach San Leo.<ref name="Citta-2023b" /><ref name="Gambetti-2023b" />