Buochs airfield
| Buochs airfield | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | LSZC / LSMU |
| IATA code | BXO |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 449.6 m (1475 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Street | A2 motorway |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1928 |
| operator | Airport Buochs AG |
| Start-and runway | |
| 06/24 | 2000 m × 40 m concrete |
The Buochs airfield ( ICAO code LSZC , mil: LSMU ) is a regional airfield and former Reduitflugplatz the Swiss Air Force in the community Buochs in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland . It has a hard-surfaced runway with a length of 2000 meters and a width of 40 meters, several taxiways and stands and hangar spaces.
business
The airfield is formally in the area of responsibility of the Swiss Air Force, but is operated civilly by Airport Buochs AG. Since January 1, 2004, the Buochs military airfield has only been a sleeping base for the Air Force. In the event of an extraordinary situation, the entire military infrastructure of the airfield can be made operational again. However, there are considerations that the military will withdraw entirely from the airfield.
use
The premises of the Pilatus Aircraft Works are located adjacent to the airfield . All test and delivery flights for the aircraft manufactured by Pilatus, such as the Pilatus P-3 , Pilatus PC-7 , Pilatus PC-8D , Pilatus PC-9 , Pilatus PC-12 , Pilatus PC- 21 and Pilatus PC-24 .
history
In 1940 the army created a runway for the Reduit airfield. The Mühlefluh artillery plant in Vitznau was responsible for the terrestrial defense of the airfield. Conversely, the artillery plant could be protected by the Flab dispositiv of the Buochs airfield ( rapier ).
In the last few years of operation, the aircraft Mirage III S, Mirage IIIRS, Mirage IIIBS, Mirage IIIDS and F-5E Tiger II were used as an army airfield in Buochs . Buochs airfield is equipped with an aircraft cavern , and the A2 motorway was built in such a way that Mirages IIIS could have been deployed from this motorway with the help of JATO start-up missiles, see the military significance of Swiss motorways . However, such starts were never carried out on the A2.
The airfield was actively used as a jet airfield by the Swiss Air Force until 2003. The Reconnaissance Squadron 10 was from 1968 until its dissolution in 2003 with the III Mirage stationed RS in Buochs. At times the Militia Squadron 8 with F-5E Tiger II was based in Buochs and most recently from 2000 to 2003 the Militia Squadron 19 with its F-5E.
With the end of Buochs as an active military airfield, the Mirage IIIRS were also decommissioned, so two Mirage IIIRS were given a special paint job in black and white. The Mirage IIIS, which were taken out of service in 1999, were parked in Buochs for several years until they were scrapped; Occasionally, Pilatus PC-6, PC-7, Alouette III , Super Puma, Mirage IIIDS were also operated, rarely was the use as an alternative to F / A-18 . The safety ropes for F / A-18 and F-5 at both ends of the runway can be lowered flush with the runway so that they are not an obstacle for small aircraft.
With the Revita exercise in spring 2014, the airfield was activated by the Meiringen airfield command for four days. Missions with F-5E and F / A-18 were flown from Buochs.
In March 2016, the renaturation of taxiways that were no longer needed began. A total of 60,000 to 70,000 square meters of space are to be demolished within 10 years at a cost of between 7 and 9 million francs.
Other uses
The airfield area is also used for different occasions, for example the 35th World Championship for military parachutists took place there in July 2010, and a big concert with Bonnie Tyler was held at the same time . In May 2012, the Nidwaldner trader organized the trade show "Iheimisch" and in September the same year, the fourth was Airshow Swiss Aero Expo organized.
On August 1, 2014, the PC-7 team showed an airshow at Buochs airfield, where the team officially flew the show with smoke generators for the first time. The reason for this was the Swiss National Day , the 25th anniversary of the PC-7 team and the rollout of the Pilatus PC-24 .
The Nidwalden model flying group (MGN) also uses the airfield.
Web links
- Airfield website
- Sleeping Base Buochs on the Swiss Air Force website
- Buochs NW - Reduit airfield with rock caverns , on the private website hermannkeist.ch with information on the history of the airfield
Individual evidence
- ↑ Buochs airfield: Military could withdraw Article in the Neue Nidwaldner Zeitung from July 28, 2012
- ^ Toni Bernhard, Henry Wydler: Air Force. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ↑ Uno Zero Zero - A Century of the Swiss Air Force. Aeropublications, Teufen / ZH 2013, ISBN 978-3-9524239-0-5 , p. 230
- ↑ Only humus from the region makes sense , Neue Luzerner Zeitung Online, March 26, 2016
- ^ Dismantling the runway and paths at Buochs airfield , Neue Luzerner Zeitung Online, January 21, 2016
- ↑ website of the trade show Iheimisch
- ↑ Homepage of the Swiss Aero Expo air fair ( memento of the original from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Homepage of the model flight group Nidwalden
