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Seaplane hangar — Aero Club Como

The Aero Club Como's hangar on the lakefront, recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest seaplane club, with aircraft landing and taking off in front of the town.

Visit duration
20 min – 1 h
Booking
Not required
Area
First Basin
A seaplane on floats moored at the Aero Club's pontoon, the houses of Como on the hill behind.Qazxsw · Public domain
  • Gaspar Torriero · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ruthven · CC0

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A seaplane on floats moored at the Aero Club's pontoon, the houses of Como on the hill behind.

Qazxsw · Public domain

Why go

Seaplanes have taken off from the lake at Como for more than a century: in 1913, less than three years after the first seaplane flight, the town held the Gran Premio dei Laghi, won by Roland Garros.

Today it is the only one of the historic places of water flying where seaplanes still fly regularly. It is home to the Aero Club Como, founded in 1930: Guinness World Records recognises it as the oldest seaplane club in the world, and it is also a flying school. The iron hangar, with the wide apron in front, belongs to the Cittadella dello Sport laid out by the Rationalists in the 1930s and faces the lakefront, a short walk from the centre. The fleet holds aircraft from the club's history: a Piper PA-18, with the club since 1966, a Cessna 206 on floats and a 1946 Republic Seabee amphibian.

  • A piece of aviation history that still flies, in the middle of the town.
  • You see the seaplanes up close, and take-offs on the water from the lakefront.

Highlights

  • The seaplanes at the pontoon
  • The iron hangar of the Cittadella dello Sport
  • Take-offs in front of the lakefront

Getting there

  • On foot from the centre of Como along the lake towards Villa Olmo: the hangar is on the lakefront, entered from Viale Puecher.

On the map

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