Sion Airport[a] (IATA: SIR, ICAO: LSGS) (Military: LSMS) is the airport of the city of Sion, Switzerland[2] and is located 2.5 km southwest of Sion city in the Rhone Valley.[3] The airport opened in 1935.[4]
Sion Airport Aéroport de Sion | |||||||||||||||
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| Serves | Sion, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 483 m / 1,585 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°13′10.53″N 7°19′36.35″E / 46.2195917°N 7.3267639°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | sionairport | ||||||||||||||
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  SIR Location of airport in Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Statistics from Sion Airport.[1] | |||||||||||||||
Airlines and destinations
editThe following airlines operate seasonal and seasonal charter flights at Sion Airport:[5]
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| Air Mountain | Seasonal: Alghero,[6] Calvi, Figari, Rome–Fiumicino, Saint-Tropez |
| Helvetic Airways | Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca[7] |
The nearest larger international airport is Geneva Airport, approx. 110 kilometres (68 mi) to the west, while the smaller Bern Airport is equidistant to the north.
Statistics
edit25,992 passengers were travelling through Sion Airport in the year 2019.[8]
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Military usage
editThe Swiss Air Force uses Sion as one of their four jetfighter air bases, the others being Payerne, Meiringen and Emmen. It is known as Flugplatzkommando 14 Sion. In addition to the prop-types Pilatus PC-6, Pilatus PC-7, Pilatus PC-9 and Pilatus PC-21 as well as helicopters, it uses Sion intensively with the fighter jets F/A-18 and F-5 Tiger. It is the home base of the militia pilot unit Fliegerstaffel 19 Swans with F-5E. Sion Airport is, at both ends of the runway, equipped with retractable arresting gear devices (used by the F/A-18 and in case of a problem by the F-5).
Due to the redimension of the Swiss Air Force, it was planned that the Air Force would leave Sion after 2017 and Sion would be used by civil aviation only, acting only as alternate airfield for the Air Force.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Kennzahlen und Karte" [Key figures and map]. sionaeroport.ch (in Swiss High German). Sion Flughafen. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ Priceline Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Piste25
- ^ "About Us". Sion Aeroport. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Flights".
- ^ "Schedule - Air Mountain CH".
- ^ "Flights".
- ^ "Figures and Maps". Sion Aeroport. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Martino, Mirko (17 September 2015). ""L'aviation militaire à Sion après 2017? Pas exclu"" (in French). 20Minuten. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
Notes
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