# Sion Airport (SIR / LSGS)

**Sion Airport** (IATA: SIR, ICAO: LSGS) is a medium airport in Sion, Valais, Switzerland. It opened in Jun 1935. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,000 m (6,562 ft). In 2025 it handled 23 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsgs

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SIR / LSGS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Sion, Valais, Switzerland
- Opened: Jun 1935
- Elevation: 482 m / 1,582 ft
- Coordinates: 46.2192, 7.3269
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,562 ft
- Passengers: 23,201 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Zurich
- Website: https://www.sionaeroport.ch/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sion_Airport (24 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q687463
- Weather station: LSGS · WMO 06720
- Ident: LSGS

## Timeline

- Jun 1935: Sion Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Asphalt | 073° / 253° | yes |
| 07G/25G | 560 m / 1,837 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass | 073° / 253° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 2,258 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 6,660 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 4,455 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 9,349 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 8,782 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 2,381 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 1,673 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 24,045 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 22,769 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 21,623 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 21,305 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 23,201 | Eurostat |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- 7T [Air Glaciers](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-glaciers)

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 23K (2025) | #2,384 of 3,974 | #493 in Europe | #5 in CH |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | =3,840 of 29,858 | =725 in Europe | #7 in CH |
| Elevation | 482 m / 1,582 ft | =11,392 of 43,403 | #765 in Europe | #30 in CH |
| Age | Opened 1935 | =593 of 15,079 | =336 in Europe | =11 in CH |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =5 in CH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | SWISS MILITARY RADAR | 134.275 |
| APP | RADAR | 126.825 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| INFO | INFO | 122.350 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.275 |

## Nearby airports

- [AOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limw.md) Aosta Corrado Gex Airport · 54 km / 33 mi
- [VIP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsmp.md) Payerne Air Base · 76 km / 47 mi
- [BRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszb.md) Bern Airport · 78 km / 49 mi
- [LFLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfli.md) Annemasse Airfield · 82 km / 51 mi
- [GVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsgg.md) Geneva International Airport · 94 km / 58 mi
- [NCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lflp.md) Annecy Meythet airport · 100 km / 62 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsgs/data