Rome Urbe Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Roma-Urbe, ICAO: LIRU)[2] is a small civilian airport in Rome, situated in the northern part of the city, between Via Salaria and the Tiber River, about 2.7 NM (5 km, 3.1 mi) inside the Greater Ring Road (Italian: Grande Raccordo Anulare or GRA), the circular motorway around the city.

[4] Until World War II it was the main civilian airport in Italy, and the base for the Italian national airline Ala Littoria.

[9] In 1931 a car/plane challenge took place on the racetrack inside the airport: Vittorio Suster, piloting a Caproni Ca.100, defeated Tazio Nuvolari, who drove an Alfa Romeo 8C 2300.

[10] Since that moment the Rome Urbe Airport turned mostly into a facility for flying club activity, touristic flights and air taxi.

In 2010, thanks to the investment of €800.000 by the ENAC (the civil aviation authority of Italy, that manages the airport) a new terminal was opened for helicopters.