Kägiswil airfield
| Kägiswil airfield | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | LSPG |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 465 m (1526 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 1 km east of Kägiswil |
| Start-and runway | |
| 03/21 | 900 m × 40 m asphalt |
The airfield Kägiswil ( ICAO code LSPG ) is an airfield in Kägiswil , a district of Sarnen in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland . It is a former airfield of the Swiss Air Force . The Kägiswil airfield is located north of Sarnen and has a hard surface runway over 900 meters long. The planes are parked in a large wooden hangar and in the grass-covered shelters built by the military.
history
The Kägiswil airfield was built by the Swiss Army in 1943 and was used for civilian purposes from 1956. In 1995 the army still operated eight U-43 aircraft shelters for the light flier squadrons with Alouette II and Alouette III . In 1996 the field was retired as a military airfield.
The canton of Obwalden had plans to buy the airfield from Armasuisse and to convert most of it into agricultural land. Flight operations should cease by the end of 2016.
In order to maintain the airfield, the association Pro Flugplatz Kägiswil was founded in December 2012.
The loan required for the purchase was rejected by Obwalden voters in the referendum of March 3, 2013 with 62.42% no votes.
Todays use
There are only a few landings of military aircraft in Kägiswil.
The airfield is used by:
- Fluggruppe Sarnen-Kägiswil (FGSK)
(Flugbetriebs AG Sarnen-Kägiswil (FBAG) operates powered aircraft for the members of the Fluggruppe Sarnen-Kägiswil.) - Glider Group Obwalden (SGOW)
- Parachute group Titlis (FG-Titlis)
- Motorfluggruppe Pilatus (MFGP), an operational flight group of the Pilatus Flugzeugwerke
The airport operator is the Obwalden Airfield Cooperative (FGOW).
Web links
- Kägiswil Airfield on the Obwalden Airfield Cooperative website
- Country info
Individual evidence
- ↑ Military monuments in the area of the Air Force (PDF; 7.7 MB) ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Publication of the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport, 2008, page 10, accessed on April 30, 2012
- ^ Government wants to buy Kägiswil airfield , article in the Neue Obwaldner Zeitung from August 18, 2012
- ^ Website of the association Pro Flugplatz Kägiswil
- ^ Voting result of the referendum of March 3, 2013 on the purchase of military properties
- ^ Website of the Sarnen-Kägiswil flight group
- ^ Website of Flugbetriebs AG Sarnen-Kägiswil
- ^ Website Segelfluggruppe Obwalden
- ^ Website of the Parachute Group Titlis
- ^ Website of the Pilatus motor flight group
- ↑ Website of the Obwalden Airfield Cooperative (FGOW)
