The first flight field in Florence was created in the Campo di Marte area in 1910 when military authorities allowed the great field to be used for "Experiments in Air Navigation". Campo di Marte thus became Florence's first airport, and remained so throughout the Twenties. Soon surrounded by houses, the flight field became inadequate for the new aircraft that were then replacing the first canvas-covered craft. It was decided to find a more suitable area for the airport and in 1928 the locality "Cipresso del Nistro" on the plain between Florence and Sesto Fiorentino was chosen. The Peretola airport was inaugurated heSince April 9, 1998, AdF has a global concession for managing the airport infrastructures, and it has assumed responsibility for everything concerning the maintenance and development of Florence Airport. In late 1999 projects for restructuring and enlargement began, involving the departures and arrivals terminals, the aircraft parking areas and other areas dedicated to the operational and commercial management of the airport. In July 200 AdF made it debut on the stock market, while regards quality, in 2001 Amerigo Vespucci was among the first European airports to have obtained UNI EN ISO 9001/2000 certification for all of its services. re in the early Thirties.

The Societ? Aeroporto Toscano S.p.A. (SAT) is the company that runs Pisa?s Galileo Galilei Airport. SAT manages all airport activity and is responsible for the planning and financing of Galileo Galilei?s development in terms of air traffic, infrastructures and passenger services. SAT?s balances have always been on the credit side since 1995, while freight and passenger traffic has seen a steady increase since 1997.