Locarno Airport

Aero Locarno SA. Accessed on August 17, 2010.

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The Aeroporto cantonale di Locarno is an airfield in the field of political community Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Location

The airfield is located approximately 6 km southeast of the center of Locarno and is therefore relatively far from its namesake for its size. He is the Magadinoebene near the Ticino River, which flows just a little over a mile west of the Lago Maggiore. It is a few kilometers from the A2 motorway, accessed via a main road. Apart from the river it is surrounded mainly ( through the nature reserve Bolle di Magadino conditionally ) by meadows and a farm. In the immediate vicinity there are the places Cadenazzo, Magadino, Tenero, Gordola and Quartino. In the airport area itself include companies such as the helicopter charter company " Eliticino ", a partner of Heliswiss, Europe's largest skydive center "Para Centro ", the flight school "Aero Locarno ", the aircraft maintenance company " Aeromecchanica " and the Swiss Air Rescue ( REGA ).

The airfield at the same time includes the airfield command Locarno with the ICAO code LSMO, although uses the same start and runways, however, has its own taxiways and parking and a large hangar.

The nearest stop to the Swiss Federal Railways is around 2 km from the railway station Riazzino Giubiasco Locarno.

Base of the REGA

Overview map of the airfield

History

The civilian part of the airport was opened in the summer of 1939. The military part followed already in the following winter. Since 1941 the military where it leads because of the good weather conditions from the basic flying training for military pilots.

Flight operations

The majority of aircraft movements is performed by smaller private aircraft. Many aircraft movements also come through training flights and training flights the Swiss Air Force, the helicopter charter company " Eliticino " and the local gliding club about, the latter being exclusively used the two grass runways.