Having just flown into Genoa (29NOV), I can say this was probably one of the more interesting airports I have flown into in a while.
Approach on runway 29, takes you nicely over some high cranes, servicing the many cruise liners in port, with your go-around facing a rather large mass of unmoveable hill directly ahead of you. Now I know it was a tail wind landing, due to the fact that the wind-sock was pointing horizontally across and partly down the runway as we landed. Nice landing Air Alps by the way, shame about the braking. Now meeting over, we went back to the airport, where the wind had increased to we estimate around 20knts gusting a little higher. Pretty much across the runway, but more or less precluding a 11 departure. We were marginally surprised when our AirOne aged B737 took the active and backtracked for a 29 departure. Now knowing the hill was at the other end had us both looking at the wind sock and calculating the tailwind takeoff for an old B737-200. Nicely done in the end, with a low sharp left turn over the runway end.
My question being is, is there a set preference for runway use at Genoa. It's just a simple question which kind of made for discussion on our way down to Rome.