Alpnach Air Base

ICAO LSMA46.9439°N 8.2842°E445 m / 1,460 ftMedium airport

Alpnach Air Base (ICAO: LSMA) is a medium airport in Alpnach, Obwalden, Switzerland. It opened in 1942. It has one runway, 1,498 m (4,914 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Swiss Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942

1942

OpenedAlpnach Air Base opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

01/19011° / 191° · LIT

LENGTH1,498 m4,914 ftWIDTH40 m131 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Longest runway1,498 m4,914 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#7,301of 29,823 · #985 Europe · #13 CH Elevation445 m1,460 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=12,344of 43,341 · =881 Europe · #40 CH AgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =619 Europe · =18 CH Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =13 CH

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels

ARRARR/DEP139.450

ARRARR/DEP133.787

INFOINFO138.050

TWRTWR119.625