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St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport

Flugplatz St. Gallen-Altenrhein
AMSL
1,306 ft / 398 m
Coordinates47°29′07.9″N 9°33′40.0″E / 47.485528°N 9.561111°E / 47.485528; 9.561111
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ACH is located in Switzerland
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Location of airport in Switzerland
ACH is located in Canton of St. Gallen
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Location of airport in Canton of St. Gallen
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10R/28L 4,921 1,500 Asphalt
10L/28R 1,968 600
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St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport

Altenrhein in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, near Lake Constance. It is the home base for People's
.

History

At the end of World War II, Swiss authorities identified existing locations that were to be modernized as regional airports, a second tier of infrastructure to support the primary urban airports, with St. Gallen-Altenrhein being one of the five.[1]

Austrian Airlines served St. Gallen-Altenrhein from Vienna since 2003 when it took over the route from Rheintalflug, a predecessor of InterSky.[2] The airport decided to terminate the contracts with Austrian in 2011 and started their own airline, People's (formerly People's Viennaline), to serve the route.[2] Austrian decided to continue the route as well in direct competition. As a result, there were up to six daily flights from the small airport to Vienna during that period.[2] In spring 2013, Austrian announced the termination of its route to Vienna due to continuing losses as a result of the harsh competition.[2] After that, People's offered a codeshare agreement to Austrian, which it declined.[3]

Facilities

Control tower

Terminal

The airport features a small passenger terminal building and some apron and hangar stands for aircraft such as the

jet bridges
, walk-boarding is used.

Runway

The paved, eastbound runway 10 is equipped with an

Bombardier Q Series
.

Airlines and destinations

The following airline offers regularly scheduled and seasonal flights at St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport:[5]

AirlinesDestinations

The nearest larger airport is Friedrichshafen Airport in Germany, on the opposite side of Lake Constance, 45 kilometres (28 mi) to the north-west by car or by ferry.

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at ACH airport. See Wikidata query.

Ground transportation

The airport can be reached via motorway A1 (

Rorschach and Rheineck and their railway stations.[8]

Incidents and accidents

See also

References

  1. ^ Bell, E. A. (10 May 1945). "Swiss Planning". Flight and Aircraft Engineer. XLVII (1898). Royal Aero Club: 501. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "aero.de - Luftfahrt-Nachrichten und -Community". www.at.aero.de.
  3. ^ "Austrian Aviation Net: AUA-Rückzug - Peoples: Codeshare "beste Lösung"". www.austrianaviation.net. Archived from the original on 2013-03-09.
  4. ^ "Zahlen & Fakten | Peoples Businessairport St. Gallen – Altenrhein". www.peoplesbusinessairport.ch. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22.
  5. ^ peoples.ch - Flight schedule retrieved 26 December 2018
  6. ^ "Flights to Calabria - Rhomberg Reisen".
  7. ^ "EKSKLUZIVNO: People's pokreće letove za Zadar – zamaaero".
  8. ^ "Ihre Anreise an Flughafen St.Gallen-Altenrhein".
  9. ^ sda/lehs. "20 Jahre nach dem Cessna-Absturz: Ein einmaliger Bodensee-Krimi". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2017-10-09.

Notes

  1. ^ German: Flughafen St. Gallen-Altenrhein, French: Aéroport de St. Gallen-Altenrhein, Italian: Aeroporto di San Gallo-Altenrhein

External links

Media related to St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport at Wikimedia Commons