Raron Airfield
| Raron Airfield | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | LSTA |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 638 m (2093 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 5.5 km west of Visp |
| Street | National road A9 |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1942 |
| operator | Flight group Upper Valais |
| Start-and runway | |
| 10/28 | 1000 m × 40 m asphalt |
The private airfield Raron ( ICAO code LSTA ) is a former Reduit airfield and is located in the Swiss canton of Valais in the area of the municipality of Raron .
The airfield is located in the Rhone valley , 5.5 km west of Visp . Air Zermatt's Raron base (ICAO code LSER) is in the immediate vicinity .
history
The airfield was opened as a military airfield in October 1942 (ICAO code LSMN). The visible small splinter protection hangars date from that early period.
The airfield has been used for civilian purposes by the Oberwallis flight group since 1977. After the end of the Cold War, the Swiss Air Force gave up the airfield in 1995, which had an underground aircraft cavern . On January 30, 2002, the Raron airfield with its shortened runway was included by the Swiss Federal Council as a civil airfield in the civil aviation infrastructure plan.
Flight operations
Between 1992 and 2001, an average of 3350 aircraft movements per year took place at Raron airfield.
Picture gallery
View from the hangar to the slope head 28
Clubhouse of the Oberwallis flight group and aircraft hangar 1
Aircraft hangar 2
Aircraft hangar 4
In aircraft hangar 5 (cleared)
Aircraft hangar 7 with an emblem above the gate
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Visual approach sheet ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2007 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. (PDF; 370 kB) on the Oberwallis flight group website
- ↑ Airfield information ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2007 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. (PDF; 52 kB) on the Oberwallis flight group website
- ↑ a b FOCA : Procedure for the continued operation of former military airfields as civil airfields (implementation procedure) - leaflet ( memento of the original dated August 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (As of February 2004)
