OurAirports: Comments on airports in Switzerland

[LSZY] "re: Closed Airport." by david

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:23:44 -0500

Comment by @david on Porrentruy Airport, Switzerland:

Thanks for the update. I've marked the airport as closed for now, pending any more information.

[LSZF] "nice, sometimes quite busy on the small circuit" by piggydriver

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:56:59 -0500

Comment by @piggydriver on Birrfeld Airport, Switzerland:

nice, sometimes quite busy on the small circuit

[LSZY] "Closed Airport." by Anonymous Flier

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:39:39 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Porrentruy Airport, Switzerland:

Porrentruy Airport is closed. Must use Bressaucourt Airport since summer 2011. About 3 km SW of Porrentruy.

[LSZE] "FREQENCY" by Anonymous Flier

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:44:49 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Bad Ragaz Airport, Switzerland:

The Info freq is 123,500 MHz

[LSPF] "uuups ! where are the airplanes ?" by Anonymous Flier

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:14:08 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Schaffhausen Airport, Switzerland:

close it down morons!1

[LSGR] "Frequency" by Anonymous Flier

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:12:48 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Reichenbach Air Base, Switzerland:

127.700

[LSZE] "LSZE" by Anonymous Flier

Sun, 22 May 2011 06:10:28 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Bad Ragaz Airport, Switzerland:

great place, great landscapes and clear skies, whenever there is fog elsewhere :-). And a very nice Restaurant too!

[LSZK] "Restaurant" by FlyingBecky

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:45:57 -0400

Comment by @FlyingBecky on Speck-Fehraltorf Airport, Switzerland:

Excellent food at the restaurant! Gorgeous salads!!

[LSPK] "What a pitty!" by Anonymous Flier

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:47:43 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Hasenstrick Airport, Switzerland:

Flugplatz:LSPK(HASENSTRICK)

B) 09 DEC 2009 12:52 UTC C)30 JUN 2010 23:59 EST (B1231/09)

E) AD CLSD. ALL MARKINGS, WIND INDICATIONS AND BARRIERS REMOVED.

[LSZW] "Welcome to Thun LSZW" by eichair

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:50:56 -0400

Comment by @eichair on Thun Airport, Switzerland:

A very nice place close to Swiss alps! Homebase of eichair

[LSPK] "Status unknown" by Capitano.Nico

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:33:28 -0500

Comment by @Capitano.Nico on Hasenstrick Airport, Switzerland:

http://www.hasenstrick.ch/

[LSGK] "My home airport on ..." by Anonymous Flier

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:49:50 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Saanen Airport, Switzerland:

.. FSX missions;)

[LSGK] "Lovely" by Anonymous Flier

Mon, 10 May 2010 06:53:59 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Saanen Airport, Switzerland:

Lovely little airport!

[LSGG] "re: Arrive early for your flight" by Capitano.Nico

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 01:52:59 -0400

Comment by @Capitano.Nico on Geneva Cointrin International Airport, Switzerland:

Reply to @david:

Hi, Zurich LSZH is not far away by train and its super efficient!

Cheers,

Leo

[LSGG] "Broken WiFi" by david

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:00:57 -0400

Comment by @david on Geneva Cointrin International Airport, Switzerland:

There were only two open WiFi signals showing up in my departure area (the B gates), and both of them redirected to the same server error on 2010-03-14. Unless you have your own 3G stick, don't count on working online while waiting for your flight.

[LSGG] "Arrive early for your flight" by david

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:59:33 -0400

Comment by @david on Geneva Cointrin International Airport, Switzerland:

GVA is a only medium-sized hub, but it's slower than a lot of big airports like LAX or CDG.

When I arrived for an Air Canada flight on a Sunday morning, there were already hundreds of people in several confused long lines for the AC checkin counter more than two hours before the departure time, and service was very slow (most of them had skis in huge bags to check). The security line was also long and slow, and I heard loud British passengers complaining they were late for their flights. After security, you have to line up a third time to show your passport for exit control (that wasn't a long line), then you line up a fourth time to show your passport and boarding card at the gate about 30 minutes before boarding, then you line up the fifth (and final) time to board the plane.

The moral is not to cut it close: at least on the weekend, 2 hours early for an international flight from Geneva should be a minimum, not a maximum. Or if you can, pick an airport like Paris CDG or Frankfurt FRA that's a bit better organized.

[LSGG] "Ground transportation from GVA" by david

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:52:20 -0400

Comment by @david on Geneva Cointrin International Airport, Switzerland:

Taxis are expensive in Geneva, even for the short distance from the airport to the Pâquis or downtown (CHF 34, more than EUR 20, for a few kilometers).

The good news is that you can take the train to the main station in the Pâquis in 10 minutes (there's a train every 10 minutes or so), or the 5 bus in about 20 minutes (it passes the exposition hall and the United Nations on the way). If you're staying at a Geneva hotel, when you check in you'll get a card for free Geneva public transit — including the tram, bus and train — for the duration of your stay, so the ride back to the airport will be free.

[LSPN] "First Solo!!" by Capitano.Nico

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:06:06 -0400

Comment by @Capitano.Nico on Triengen Airport, Switzerland:

Did my first sole here a looong time ago! Note the shortness of the strip which makes it good for training.

[LSMA] "Army" by Capitano.Nico

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:53:31 -0500

Comment by @Capitano.Nico on Alpnach Air Base, Switzerland:

I once served here when there were jets flying.

[LSTA] "re: ID?" by david

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:29:23 -0500

Comment by @david on Raron Airport, Switzerland:

Thanks, Paul. I've switched it to the civil identifier, since that's more generally useful.

[LSTA] "ID?" by ptomblin

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:11:55 -0500

Comment by @ptomblin on Raron Airport, Switzerland:

I think this is one of those airports where the military operation and the civil operation have different ICAO codes - if you google it, you get about 50/50 split between LSTA and LSMN. The ICAO "LocationIdentifiersbystate.pdf" says that LSMN is the military one.

[LSMA] "Helibase of Swiss AF" by oe-vap

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:42:49 -0500

Comment by @oe-vap on Alpnach Air Base, Switzerland:

viewing platform on the east side

[LSZD] "Closed?" by Capitano.Nico

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:33:56 -0400

Comment by @Capitano.Nico on Ascona Airport, Switzerland:

This airport has been closed for a while now.

[LSGB] "Contact info for Bex" by david

Thu, 29 May 2008 09:16:28 -0400

Comment by @david on Bex Airport, Switzerland:

An anonymous OurAirports visitor who wanted to book a sightseeing flight from Bex airport sent in this information:

"Just in case you ever want to know the number for Bex Airport, it's 024 463 24 40, and when you call that, they give another number: 078 607 97 22 and when you ring that, there's a message that he's flying and he'll get back to me ..."