BRN

Bern Airport

ICAO LSZB46.9127°N 7.4988°E509 m / 1,671 ftMedium airport
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Bern Airport (IATA: BRN, ICAO: LSZB) is a medium airport in Bern, Switzerland. It opened in 1929. It has 5 runways; the longest is 1,730 m (5,676 ft). In 2025 it handled 52 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1929–1929
1929
OpenedBern Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal
14/32140° / 320° · LIT
LENGTH1,730 m5,676 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt
14L/32R140° / 320°
LENGTH650 m2,133 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass
14R/32L140° / 320°
LENGTH648 m2,125 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass
16R/34L
LENGTH515 m1,690 ftWIDTH50 m164 ftSURFACEGrass
16L/34R
LENGTH152 m500 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEGrass

Passengers per year

2014–2025
178K
175K
167K
168K
137K
22K
6K
23K
43K
51K
48K
52K
141516171819202122232425

Routes

4 destinations · 3 countries
Most destinationsSky Alps 2Avanti Air 1Chair Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BRN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Bern Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers52K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,074of 3,974 · #435 Europe · #4 CHLongest runway1,730 m5,676 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=5,153of 29,823 · =868 Europe · #12 CHElevation509 m1,671 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=10,753of 43,341 · #688 Europe · #26 CHAgeOpened 19292026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=369of 15,079 · =232 Europe · #9 CHRunways51 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=14of 29,943 · =5 Europe · #1 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

7 channels
A/DAPP/DEP127.325
ATISATIS125.130
MISCGLIDER123.400
OPSALPAR135.750
TWRTWR (Secondary)121.030
GROUND131.410
TWR119.700