Payerne Air Base

ICAO LSMP46.8432°N 6.9151°E447 m / 1,465 ftMedium airport

Payerne Air Base (IATA: VIP, ICAO: LSMP) is a medium airport in Payerne, Fribourg, Switzerland. It opened in 1921. It has one runway, 2,858 m (9,376 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Swiss Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1921–1921

1921

OpenedPayerne Air Base opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

05/23048° / 228° · LIT

LENGTH2,858 m9,376 ftWIDTH40 m130 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

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

Longest runway2,858 m9,376 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,545of 29,823 · #242 Europe · #3 CH Elevation447 m1,465 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=12,323of 43,341 · #879 Europe · #39 CH AgeOpened 19212026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=196of 15,079 · =153 Europe · #3 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

5 channels

APPAPP/DEP141.800

ARRARR130.625

ARRARR34.027

INFOINFO138.050

TWRTWR128.675