Les Eplatures Airport Explained

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.

History

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]

Facilities

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).

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Les Eplatures Airport:

References

  1. from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Bell . E. A. . 10 May 1945 . Swiss Planning . Flight and Aircraft Engineer . Royal Aero Club . XLVII . 1898 . 501 . 5 July 2016.

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