# Payerne Air Base (VIP / LSMP)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VIP / LSMP
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Swiss Air Force
- Serves: Payerne, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Opened: 1921
- Elevation: 447 m / 1,465 ft
- Coordinates: 46.8432, 6.9151
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,858 m / 9,376 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Zurich
- Website: http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/fr/home/verbaende/einsatz_lw/payer.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payerne_Air_Base (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10853633
- Weather station: LSMP
- Ident: LSMP

## Timeline

- 1921: Payerne Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,858 m / 9,376 ft | 40 m / 130 ft | Asphalt | 048° / 228° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,858 m / 9,376 ft | #1,546 of 29,858 | #244 in Europe | #3 in CH |
| Elevation | 447 m / 1,465 ft | =12,335 of 43,403 | #879 in Europe | #39 in CH |
| Age | Opened 1921 | =196 of 15,079 | =153 in Europe | #3 in CH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =13 in CH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP/DEP | 141.800 |
| ARR | ARR | 130.625 |
| ARR | ARR | 34.027 |
| INFO | INFO | 138.050 |
| TWR | TWR | 128.675 |

## Nearby airports

- [LSGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsgc.md) Les Eplatures Airport · 28 km / 18 mi
- [BRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszb.md) Bern Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [LSZG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszg.md) Grenchen Airfield · 54 km / 33 mi
- [LFSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsm.md) Montbéliard-Courcelles Airfield · 72 km / 45 mi
- [SIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsgs.md) Sion Airport · 76 km / 47 mi
- [LFLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfli.md) Annemasse Airfield · 88 km / 54 mi

## Sources

- [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/lsmp/data