The city of Catania is the second city of Sicily in terms of number of inhabitants. Its location by the sea and at the foot of the famous Etna volcano, makes this destination popular with European tourists. Catania Fontanarossa Airport is 4 km south of the city. Air traffic is directed to the single runway 26-08 north of which the passenger terminal is located. A military base is located to the southwest of the site. The prevailing winds coming from the sea, it is therefore runway 08 which is mainly used. By observing the traffic, we see that the majority of flights are shared between the major European low-cost carriers such as Transavia, Air Berlin, Eurowings, Wizzair and Blue Air, Ryanair, Easyjet, Vueling and Volotea. The latter five even eat the shares of regular connections to mainland Italy, a mission nevertheless assigned to Alitalia. Regular routes are also provided by British Airways, Swiss, Lufthansa, Iberia and KLM. During the summer season, weekly charter flights are also observed from the main European cities organized by Smart Wings, TUI UK, TUI Belgium and Russian Ural Airlines, S7 and Redwings. Finally, some daily flights to the neighboring islands including Lampedusa come and go with ATR from Mistal Air. From a cargo point of view, some flights mainly late in the evening and early morning are insured to Europe to ASL Airlines. The military base of the Fontanarossa Navy allows to observe original maritime surveillance flights. The Dash 8, ATR42 or Atlantique II guard airplanes criss-cross the Sicilian border with their radars and observation equipment on board to spot suspicious boats. Many rescue helicopters at sea are based on this terrain.