Les Eplatures Airport

Les Eplatures Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: LSGC
Summary
Airport type Public
Location La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Elevation AMSL 3,368 ft / 1,027 m
Coordinates 47°05′02″N 006°47′34″E / 47.08389°N 6.79278°E / 47.08389; 6.79278Coordinates: 47°05′02″N 006°47′34″E / 47.08389°N 6.79278°E / 47.08389; 6.79278
Website leseplaturesairport.ch
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 1,130 3,707 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Les Eplatures Airport (ICAO: LSGC) is a small international airport near La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The airport primarily caters to executive and recreational flying, with some air taxi and charter service.

History

The first plane landed at the field in 1912, but the airport concession was not obtained until 1955. At the end of World War II, Swiss authorities identified existing locations that were to be modernized as regional airports, a second tier of infrastructure to support the primary urban airports, with Les Eplatures being one of the five.[3]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 3,368 feet (1,027 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 06/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,130 by 27 metres (3,707 ft × 89 ft).[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Les Eplatures Airport:[4]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Glaciers Seasonal charter: Calvi, Elba

The nearest major international airport is the EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg, approx. 100 kilometres (62 mi) to the northeast.

References

  1. 1 2 Airport information for LSGC from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ↑ Airport information for LSGC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ↑ Bell, E. A. (10 May 1945). "Swiss Planning". Flight and Aircraft Engineer. Royal Aero Club. XLVII (1898): 501. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  4. ↑ http://www.air-glaciers.ch/sion/images/pdf/Corsica_A4_LSGC_2015_web.pdf
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