Lausanne Airport

Lausanne Airport Aéroport de Blécherette
IATA: none – ICAO: LSGL – WMO: 06710
Summary
Serves	Lausanne, Switzerland
Elevation AMSL	622 m / 2,040 ft
Coordinates	46°32′43″N 6°37′00″E / 46.54528°N 6.61667°ECoordinates: 46°32′43″N 6°37′00″E / 46.54528°N 6.61667°E
Website	lausanne-airport.ch
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 775 2,542 Asphalt
Source: Airport Website[1]

Lausanne Airport or Aéroport de Lausanne-Blécherette in French a small civil airport located in the north of Lausanne, Switzerland. It has no scheduled commercial traffic and is used for general aviation. It also serves as a base for Swiss rescue services.

History

The city established a runway in 1910. Henri Speckner was the first pilot to land here. A year later it created one of the first civil airports in Switzerland around the runway. A hangar for maintenance of aircraft was built west of the runway in 1914, next to a farm. Due to increased usage of the airport another one was built in 1922. Since 1933 operations ahave been controlled by Aéroport de la région lausannoise "La Blécherette" S.A.

Infrastructure

Eurocopter EC 145 of Swiss rescue services based at Lausanne Airport

Facilities

The airport features two maintenance hangars as well as a main building containing a restaurant. There is also a Boeing 737 simulator available.^[2]

Runway

In May 2000 the grass runway was replaced by a paved one (36/18). The runway has a slope, which means the maximum length for takeoff/landing varies depending on the direction^[3] between 775 and 805m.

Ground transportation

Lausanne Airport can be reached via the A9 motorway or public bus lines 1 and 21 of Transports publics de la région lausannoise. By car it's a ten-minute drive from the city center.

See also

• Transport in Switzerland

References

1. Lausanne Airport, Official Website
2. JMS Boeing 737 Simulator
3. Diagram of slope

External links

Media related to Lausanne Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website