Lugano-Agno airport

Lugano Airport;
Characteristics
ICAO code	LSZA
IATA code	LUG
Coordinates	46 ° 0 '15 " N , 8 ° 54' 38" E Coordinates: 46 ° 0 '15 " N , 8 ° 54' 38" E
Height above MSL	279 m (915 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	3 km west of Lugano
Local transport	Station Agno S 60 of the S-Bahn Ticino
Basic data
opening	1938
operator	City of Lugano
Passengers	144,087 (2017)
Air freight	51.7 t (2017)
Flight ; movements	18,673 (2017)
Employees	82 (2017)
Start-and runway
01/19	1420 m × 30 m asphalt

The Lugano-Agno Airport (officially Lugano Airport ) is a Swiss airport in Ticino . It is named after the municipality of Agno , a place near the city of Lugano . The airport operator had to file for bankruptcy in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Location and transport links

The airport facilities (especially the runway) are on the territory of three municipalities: Agno , Bioggio and Muzzano .

The Agno train station of the FLP (Lugano-Ponte-Tresa-Bahn) is a 10-minute walk from the terminal. This means that Lugano-Agno is integrated into the Ticino S-Bahn network via the S60 line . The journey to Lugano FLP train station in downtown Lugano takes 16 minutes.

Apron and tower of the airport

St. Gallen-Altenrhein

Manners

Engadine

Locations of the 11 Swiss regional airports

Airlines and Destinations

From 2014 to 2018, Swiss served Zurich Airport four times a day from Lugano-Agno with the De Havilland DHC-8-400 operated by Austrian Airlines . From October 2018 to September 2019 this connection was carried out by Adria Airways with a Saab 2000 on behalf of Swiss. Since Adria Airways went bankrupt in September 2019, the airport has no daily scheduled flights.

In addition, the Czech airline Silver Air serves the Marina di Campo airport on the island of Elba twice a week with a Let L-410 during the summer months .

Furnishing

The airport has a runway of 1420 meters. Before the runway was expanded in August 2014, its length was 1,350 m.

Web links

Commons : Lugano-Agno Airport - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Lugano Airport - Travel Guide

Lugano-Agno airport website
Lugano-Agno Airport on the ETHorama platform

Individual evidence

↑ https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-79940.html
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rapporto di Gestione 2017. (PDF; 2.8 MB) Retrieved on March 3, 2019 (Italian).
↑ Lugano Airport Operator goes into liquidation. EN24, April 23, 2020.
^ To & From the Airport: Public Transport. Accessed March 3, 2019 .
↑ The Saab 2000 is celebrating its comeback on the Zurich - Lugano route. In: travelnews.ch. October 8, 2018, accessed March 3, 2019 .
↑ Nuova tratta aerea tra Lugano e l'Elba. In: Giornale del Popolo . February 28, 2014 (Italian, about the start of the connection Lugano-Agno-Elba)
↑ La pista di Agno si sta allungando. In: Corriere del Ticino . 17th July 2014

[1] ttps://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-79940.html

[Statistik-2] Rapporto di Gestione 2017. (PDF; 2.8 MB) Retrieved on March 3, 2019 (Italian).

[3] Lugano Airport Operator goes into liquidation. EN24, April 23, 2020.

[4] To & From the Airport: Public Transport. Accessed March 3, 2019 .

[5] The Saab 2000 is celebrating its comeback on the Zurich - Lugano route. In: travelnews.ch. October 8, 2018, accessed March 3, 2019 .

[Giornale_del_Popolo-6] Nuova tratta aerea tra Lugano e l'Elba. In: Giornale del Popolo . February 28, 2014 (Italian, about the start of the connection Lugano-Agno-Elba)

[7] La pista di Agno si sta allungando. In: Corriere del Ticino . 17th July 2014