Emmen Air Base

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The airfield of Emmen (IATA: EML, ICAO: LSME ) is a military airfield in Emmen in the canton of Lucerne.

Flight operations

The airfield of Emmen is used primarily for military use and is operated by the Swiss Air Force. This refers to him as training and alternate airfield for jet and propeller aircraft as well as the ADS95 - education system. This means that in Emmen no jet aircraft squadron is stationed, the airfield but is still used as a training and Ausweichort. Next the aerodrome serves the following military uses:

  • Location of the aerobatic team Patrouille Suisse
  • Pilot training for Air Force
  • Location of the destination airport and transport squadrons
  • Training and courses with reconnaissance drones
  • Training center for simulators with Super Puma, Eurocopter EC 635 and Pilatus PC -21
  • Factory flights RUAG Aviation on behalf of the Air Force
  • Test and trial flights Armasuisse

2010 a total of 12'576 aircraft movements were registered, of which 2'942 Jetbewegungen.

In addition to the military use of the airfield used for civil and on a small scale. The RUAG Aviation manages a total quota of 1,000 flight movements per year for civilian use. In addition to the RUAG can claim shares of the quota and the economic development as well as the municipality of Emmen Emmen.

In the summer flight break find exceptionally organized by the private sector, civil major events take place.

History

After several previous projects in the 1920s by the federal government and the city of Lucerne decided in 1938 the Municipal Assembly of Emmen, a contribution of CHF 200,000 for the construction of the airfield. Per Federal Council, the Federal Military Department was commissioned to build a military airfield in Emmen. After the construction of the airfield took place on 7 July 1939, the first landing. 1940 a 600 m long hard surface and a 600 m long cross runway was created. 1942 extended to the concrete runway at 700 m, 1946 1'100m.

1949, the federal government was committed to the construction of the new Rüeggisingerstrasse. In 1951 extending the runway to the southeast to a total of 1500 m. 1957 began construction of the runway extension on both sides to a total of 2500 m, making the Rüegg Singer Strasse newly created had to be moved again.

1965 could be achieved with the municipality of Emmen an agreement on measures to avoid excessive aircraft noise and concretized in a 13-point program.

Use conflicts

The Emmen Airport is situated in the agglomeration of Luzern with around 200,000 inhabitants. The noise emissions of air operations and in particular the most noisy military jet flights likely to affect large populations. In addition, there have been efforts to expand the airport increased to a civilian regional airport. Against the noise pollution is in the local community resistance, which organizes itself in the protection of the Association population around the airfield of Emmen.

To reflect the concerns that limited the Air Force flight times on Monday to Friday from 8 to 12 and 13 to 17 clock. In the summer, the operations usually for three to four weeks is set. The Protection Association filed a petition in Summer 2012 with 5'749 signatures to the Federal Council for a six-week summer flight break and a limitation of the fighter jet noise.

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