Rome Viterbo Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Roma-Viterbo (ICAO: LIRV)[4] is a proposed re-use of Viterbo Air Force Base, a civilian, commercial and military airport about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Rome, Italy.
Originally opened as a military airport in 1936, the airfield was dedicated to Tommaso Fabbri[5] and is situated 3 km (1.9 mi) northwest of the town of Viterbo in the Lazio region.
On November 26, 2007, Italian transport minister Alessandro Bianchi announced that Viterbo had been chosen by the Italian Ministry of Transport as the site of the next Airport to serve Rome, alongside Leonardo da Vinci Airport, and Rome Ciampino Airport.
In October, 2008, proposed operator, Aeroporti di Roma (ADR), signed a concession agreement with Italy's civil aviation authority, Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile (ENAC), under which ADR will prepare In October, 2008, the government of the Lazio region presented a plan to improve the Viterbo to Rome rail connections to offer a 70-minute travel time, and operate a train every 15 minutes.
It is currently the site of a non-directional beacon designated VIB,[9] but its IATA Airport Code has not yet been determined, though VTB has been proposed.