Aviosuperficie Valentino

Economic and land use conversion. The primary reason for the closure was the sale or lease of the land for the development of a large-scale photovoltaic (solar) power plant. This represented a more profitable use of the land compared to maintaining a small, private airfield.

The site is now a large solar farm. The entire area of the former runway and its surroundings is covered with rows of photovoltaic panels. The faint outline of the runway is still visible in satellite imagery, but the land has been completely repurposed for renewable energy generation. The buildings that may have served as hangars or clubhouses appear to be either repurposed or still standing adjacent to the solar array. The site is definitively no longer an aviation facility.

Aviosuperficie Valentino was a private airfield, not a commercial or military airport. Its ICAO code 'IT-0060' was an unofficial identifier used in aviation databases and flight simulators, as it was not a nationally certified airport with an official 'LIxx' code from the Italian authority (ENAC). Its significance was local, serving as a crucial hub for the general aviation (GA) and ultralight (ULM) flying communities in the province of Cuneo. It was home to an aero club and provided a base for recreational pilots, flight training, and private aircraft owners. The airfield featured a single grass/unpaved runway, approximately 600-700 meters long, suitable for light aircraft.

Effectively zero. The presence of a permanent, high-value industrial installation (the solar farm) on the former airfield makes any prospect of reopening for aviation purposes unfeasible. It would require the complete and costly removal of the entire power plant, making a return to its original use economically and logistically improbable.