Lucca-Tassignano Airport is a public airport located in Tassignano, (Capannori), 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the center of the city of Lucca. The airport is open all days from 9:00 to 19:00, except on Tuesdays. Currently, the airport is a base for various helicopter enabled shutdown forest fires (including an Erickson Air-Crane S-64 and a Eurocopter AS350) and for a flying school of the local aeroclub.