Paper mill
The airport's raison d'ĂȘtre, the Arbatax paper factory, has also seen its best days.
The paper mill opened in the 1960s in an attempt to revive the Sardinian economy. That worked for a while, but from the 1970s onwards, the factory dragged itself from one scandal to another. The curtain fell in 2005.
Much of the ruins have been blown up, but some buildings have stood the test of time.