Les Éplatures Airport | |
Icao: | LSGC |
Type: | Public |
Location: | La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland |
Elevation-F: | 3,366 |
Coordinates: | 47.0839°N 6.7928°W |
Website: | leseplaturesairport.ch |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 06/24 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,130 |
R1-Length-F: | 3,707 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source: DAFIF[1] |
Les Éplatures Airport (French: Aéroport Les Éplatures, German: Flugplatz Les Éplatures, Italian: Aeroporto Les Éplatures) is a small international airport near La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The airport primarily caters to executive and recreational flying, with some air taxi and charter service.
The first plane landed at the field in 1912, but the airport concession was not obtained until 1955. At the end of World War II, Swiss authorities identified existing locations that were to be modernized as regional airports, a second tier of infrastructure to support the primary urban airports, with Les Eplatures being one of the five.[2]
The airport resides at an elevation of 3368feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 06/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 1130mx27mm (3,710feetx89feetm).
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Les Eplatures Airport: