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St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (IATA: ACH, ICAO: LSZR) is a small airport in Altenrhein in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, near Lake Constance. It is the home base for People's airline.

St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport Flugplatz St. Gallen-Altenrhein
IATA: ACH ICAO: LSZR
Summary
Serves	St. Gallen, Switzerland and Lake Constance
Location	Altenrhein
Hub for	People's
Elevation AMSL	1,306 ft / 398 m
Coordinates	47°29′07.9″N 9°33′40.0″E
Website	peoples.ch
Map
ACH Location of airport in Switzerland Show map of Switzerland ACH Location of airport in Canton of St. Gallen Show map of Canton of St. Gallen
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10R/28L 4,921 1,500 Asphalt 10L/28R 1,968 600 Grass

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

Terminal

The airport features a small passenger terminal building and some apron and hangar stands for aircraft such as the Embraer 170, business jets or general aviation planes such as the Cessna 172. As there are no jet bridges, walk-boarding is used.

Runway

The paved, eastbound runway 10 is equipped with an Instrument landing system (ILS CAT I).[4] Due to its short length the main runway can only be used by smaller passenger aircraft such as the Embraer E-Jets or the Bombardier Q Series.

Airlines and destinations

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

Airlines	Destinations
People's	Vienna Seasonal: Cagliari, Ibiza, Kefalonia, Menorca, Naples, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Preveza, Pula

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

Ground transportation

The airport can be reached via motorway A1 (Zürich - Winterthur, Exit Rheineck-Thal). Taxis and a shuttle service are available. There is also a scheduled bus connection from the airport to the nearby towns of Rorschach and Rheineck and their railway stations.[6]

Incidents and accidents

• On 24 January 1994, a Cessna 425 crashed into Lake Constance at Rorschach during its approach to the airport, killing all 5 people on board.[7]

See also

• Transport in Switzerland
• RUAG

References

External links

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

• St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (German)
• Accident history for ACH at Aviation Safety Network

На других языках

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[de] Flugplatz St. Gallen-Altenrhein

Der Flugplatz St. Gallen-Altenrhein[5] (Markenname People’s Airport St.Gallen-Altenrhein) ist ein Regionalflugplatz in der Ostschweiz in Altenrhein SG, Gemeinde Thal, rund 20 Kilometer nordöstlich von St. Gallen am Ufer des Bodensees und unmittelbar an der Grenze zu Österreich gelegen. Die Betreiberin nennt ihn Flughafen St.Gallen-Altenrhein.

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- [en] St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto de San Galo-Altenrhein

El Aeropuerto de San Galo-Altenrhein (en alemán: Flugplatz St. Gallen-Altenrhein) (código IATA: ACH - código OACI: LSZR), está situado en Altenrhein, en el Cantón de San Galo, cerca del Lago de Constanza. Es base de la compañía aérea austriaca People's Viennaline.

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[fr] Aéroport de Saint-Gall-Altenrhein

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[ru] Санкт-Галлен (аэропорт)

Аэропорт Санкт-Галлен (ИАТА: ACH, ИКАО: LSZR) — аэропорт в кантоне Санкт-Галлен (Швейцария), вблизи Боденского озера. Является базовым аэропортом авиакомпании People's[en].

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