Sion Airport
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| Sion Airport Aéroport de Sion | |||
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IATA: SIR – ICAO: LSGS /LSMS
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| Serves | Sion, Switzerland | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 483 m / 1,585 ft | ||
| Coordinates | 46°13′10.53″N 7°19′36.35″E / 46.2195917°N 7.3267639°E | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 07R/25L | 6,562 | 2,000 | Asphalt |
| 07L/25R | 1,820 | 555 | Grass |
Sion Airport (IATA: SIR, ICAO: LSGS) is the airport of the city of Sion, Switzerland.[1] and is located 2.5 km southwest of Sion city in the Rhone Valley[2]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Glaciers[3] | Seasonal: Calvi, Figari |
Military usage
The Swiss Air Force uses Sion as one of their four jetfighter air bases, the others beeing Payerne, Meiringen and Emmen. It is known as Flugplatzkommando 14 Sion. In addition to the prop-types Pilatus PC-6, Pilatus PC-7, Pilatus PC-9 and Pilatus PC-21 as well as helicopters it uses Sion intensively with the fighter jets F/A- 18 and F-5 Tiger. It is the home base of the militia pilot sqd., Sqd.19 Swans with F-5E and Sqd.16 Dragons with F-5F.
References
External links
Media related to Sion Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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