Model aircraft flying field · Cossato (BI) · since 2004
We flyat Cossato.
Associazione Aeromodellisti Biellesi: 32,000 m² of meadow, a 200-metre grass runway and a flying school with club-owned models and radios.
At the field now
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The field
A field built by its members
The club was founded on 28 September 2004 by twenty-four members, nearly all from the model flying section of the Aero Club di Biella, which had been left without a field after works at the airport.
Today we fly on 32,000 m² of meadow in Cossato. The covered shelter, the toilets with drinking water and the equipment came thanks to the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Biella; the members look after the runway and the grass.
- Area
- 32,000 m² · 320 × 100 m
- Runway
- grass, 200 × 20 m
- Orientation
- NNW – SSE, sun behind the pilot
- Covered shelter
- 250 m² · 41 × 6 m
- Meeting room
- heated 60 m² cabin
- Elevation
- 212 m above sea level
Runway 16 heading south-south-east, runway 34 heading north-north-west.
Calendar
Upcoming events
Fly-ins, competitions and parties at the field. You don't need to be a member to take part: sign up online, on the event page.
There are no events scheduled at the moment. Check back soon.
Flying school
Learn to fly with us
The field has its own flying school. You don't need a model of your own: for the first lessons the club provides one.
Come to the field
Book a free trial online: you fly on a buddy box with an instructor, with a club model and radio.
Become a member
€130 a year plus €40 for model flying insurance: then you can use the field and the equipment.
A1–A3 certificate
You get it online with a course and a multiple-choice test: from ENAC, or free from Luxembourg.
d-flight registration
You register as an operator and put the QR code on every model.
First solo flight
When your instructor gives you the go-ahead, the sky is yours.
Members' app
The field in your pocket
The members' area installs on your phone like an app, without going through the app stores. You sign in with your email: no password to remember.
Your membership card, always with you
With your photo and your d-flight pilot QR code, to show at the field and at other clubs' fly-ins.
Fees and insurance
See whether this year's fee is paid and note when your certificate and insurance expire: the app reminds you in advance.
Manuals and documents
Field rules, manuals and forms, kept up to date by the board.
Calendar and sign-ups
Find your fly-in sign-ups and read notices from the board.
Hi Mario
Membership card2027
Mario Rossi
No. 0128 · member since 2011
d-flight operatorITA ···· ···· 0128
2027 fee paid
- Next fly-inChestnut roast · 25 Oct
- DocumentsField rules
- Board noticeRunway mown on Saturday
App preview: sample data
Members' models
In the Cossato hangar
Scale models, jets, seaplanes and aerobatic models. Many are built by members, working from the plans of the full-size aircraft.
Home-built
In the members' workshop we also make the parts you can't buy in the shops.
All the home-built projects, with photos, videos and build notes →
From 2006 to today
Twenty years of fly-ins
Kids' days, summer meetings, chestnut roasts and rounds of the Italian F3A aerobatics championship.
Find us
Regione Pobbia, Cossato
45° 31′ 54,7″ N · 8° 12′ 2,4″ E · 212 m s.l.m.
From Cossato
Follow signs for Mottalciata – Vercelli. At Castellengo, enter the roundabout, go halfway round and take the exit on the right at the “Campo volo aeromodelli” (model airfield) sign.
From the Turin – Milan motorway
Exit at Carisio, towards Biella. After 4 km, at the roundabout, turn right onto the SS232 towards Cossato. After 7.2 km, at the second roundabout, follow the “Campo volo aeromodelli” (model airfield) sign.
From the A26
Follow A5 Aosta – A26 Santhià, exit at Vercelli Ovest, then head towards Biella as far as the Carisio roundabout.
The board
- PresidentAndrea Migliorini
- Vice-presidentGiorgio Boario
- TreasurerAndrea Mainini
- Board memberLorenzo Perona
- Board memberAndrea Piola