# Schänis Airfield (LSZX)

**Schänis Airfield** (ICAO: LSZX) is a small airport in Schänis, St. Gallen, Switzerland. It opened in 1965. It has one runway, 520 m (1,706 ft) long, concrete.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / LSZX
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Schänis, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Opened: 1965
- Elevation: 416 m / 1,365 ft
- Coordinates: 47.1717, 9.0394
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 520 m / 1,706 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Zurich
- Website: https://flugplatz-schaenis.ch/
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugplatz_Sch%C3%A4nis (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1297750
- Weather station: LSMD
- Ident: LSZX

## Timeline

- 1965: Schänis Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 520 m / 1,706 ft | 15 m / 49 ft | Concrete |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 520 m / 1,706 ft | =26,788 of 29,858 | =2,683 in Europe | #50 in CH |
| Elevation | 416 m / 1,365 ft | =13,168 of 43,403 | =979 in Europe | #51 in CH |
| Age | Opened 1965 | =5,474 of 15,079 | =1,029 in Europe | #32 in CH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =13 in CH |

## Nearby airports

- [LSZM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszm.md) Mollis Airfield · 11 km / 6.6 mi
- [LSPV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lspv.md) Wangen-Lachen Airfield · 14 km / 8.4 mi
- [LSZK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszk.md) Speck-Fehraltorf Airfield · 31 km / 19 mi
- [LSVV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsvv.md) Vorabgletscher Mountain Landing Site · 34 km / 21 mi
- [LSZE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsze.md) Bad Ragaz Airfield · 38 km / 23 mi
- [LSMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsmd.md) Dübendorf Air Base · 39 km / 24 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/lszx/data