Sion Airport

Sion Airport Aéroport de Sion
IATA: SIR – ICAO: LSGS /LSMS SIR Location of airport in Switzerland
Summary
Serves	Sion, Switzerland
Elevation AMSL	483 m / 1,585 ft
Coordinates
Website	sionairport.ch
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 07R/25L 6,562 2,000 Asphalt 07L/25R 1,820 555 Grass

Sion Airport (IATA: SIR, ICAO: LSGS)(Mil: LSMS) is the airport of the city of Sion, Switzerland. and is located 2.5 km southwest of Sion city in the Rhone Valley

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Sion Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Air Glaciers	Seasonal charter: Calvi, Elba, Figari, La Môle/Saint-Tropez
Etihad Regional operated by Darwin Airline	Seasonal: Lugano (begins 8 May 2016) Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca (begins 1 May 2016)

The nearest larger international airport is Geneva Airport, approx. 110 kilometres (68 mi) to the west.

Military usage

The Swiss Air Force uses Sion as one of their four jetfighter air bases, the others being 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. Sion Airport is, at both end of the runway, equipped with retractable Arresting gear devices (used by the F/A-18 and in case of a problem by the F-5). Because of the redimension of the Swiss Air Force it is planned that the Air Force will leave Sion after 2016 and Sion will be used by civil aviation only.

See also

• Transport in Switzerland

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Accident history for SIR at Aviation Safety Network

Swiss Air Force