Les Eplatures airfield

Aéroport Les Éplatures
Characteristics
ICAO code	LSGC
IATA code	ZHV
Coordinates	47 ° 5 '3 " N , 6 ° 47' 37" E Coordinates: 47 ° 5 '3 " N , 6 ° 47' 37" E
Height above MSL	1026 m (3366 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	2 km southwest of La Chaux-de-Fonds
Street	Hauptstrasse 20
train	La Chaux-de-Fonds train station
Local transport	Bus 360/361, Les Éplatures / Aéroport stop
Basic data
opening	1927
operator	Aéroport Les Éplatures
Passengers	8,112 (2011)
Flight ; movements	15,407 (2011)
Employees	15 (2006)
Start-and runway
06/24	1165 m × 27 m asphalt

St. Gallen-Altenrhein

Manners

Engadine

Locations of the 11 Swiss regional airports

The airport Les Éplatures ( French Aéroport Les Éplatures , ICAO code LSGC ) is one of the seven regional airports without scheduled traffic in Switzerland . It is located in the Les Éplatures district of La Chaux-de-Fonds .

Flight operations

The airfield is open all year round from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., has several hangars , customs clearance and Schengen approval . It is the highest international airport in Europe with an instrument landing system and is mainly used for private and business aviation as well as for training flights.

The region in the Neuchâtel Jura is an important location for the watch industry and microelectronics. Business flights by companies in the catchment area in Switzerland and neighboring France generate around 35% of the airport's income. Charter flights to holiday destinations are carried out to a very limited extent.

history

The first flight meeting on the meadow in Les Éplatures took place in 1912, followed by a larger event in 1916 with the participation of the army . In July 1927, the first airport building was put into operation, and the first hard runway with a length of 740 m followed in 1956 (extended to 845 m in 1972).

In 1986 the tower was built, the runway completely renewed and equipped with lighting . The instrument landing system went into operation four years later. In 1998 taxiways were built and the runway was extended to 1,100 m, followed by a further expansion to 1,165 m in 2002.

Web links

Commons : Les Eplatures airfield - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website
Les Eplatures airport on the ETHorama platform

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b FOCA - Swiss Civil Aviation. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 26, 2014 ; Retrieved March 24, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Canton Neuchâtel, information from May 23, 2011: Maintenir l'aéroport civil d'importance régionale, page 3, accessed on May 25, 2014 (French)
↑ Flight review of October 1, 2013: Civil airports in Switzerland accessed on May 25, 2014
↑ RTS info of June 6, 2013: L'aéroport des Eplatures inaugure une liaison avec l'Ile d'Elbe , accessed on May 25, 2014 (French)
↑ Sandro Fehr: The development of the third dimension. Origin and development of the civil aviation infrastructure in Switzerland, 1919–1990 . Chronos Verlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-0340-1228-7 , p. 289.

[bazl-1] FOCA - Swiss Civil Aviation. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 26, 2014 ; Retrieved March 24, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[ne-2] Canton Neuchâtel, information from May 23, 2011: Maintenir l'aéroport civil d'importance régionale, page 3, accessed on May 25, 2014 (French)

[3] Flight review of October 1, 2013: Civil airports in Switzerland accessed on May 25, 2014

[4] RTS info of June 6, 2013: L'aéroport des Eplatures inaugure une liaison avec l'Ile d'Elbe , accessed on May 25, 2014 (French)

[5] Sandro Fehr: The development of the third dimension. Origin and development of the civil aviation infrastructure in Switzerland, 1919–1990 . Chronos Verlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-0340-1228-7 , p. 289.