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]
Facilitiesedit
Control tower
Terminaledit
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.
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.
Statisticsedit
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Annual passenger traffic at ACH airport. See Wikidata query.
Ground transportationedit
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.[8]
^"EKSKLUZIVNO: People's pokreće letove za Zadar – zamaaero".
^"Ihre Anreise an Flughafen St.Gallen-Altenrhein".
^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.
Notesedit
^German: Flughafen St. Gallen-Altenrhein, French: Aéroport de St. Gallen-Altenrhein, Italian: Aeroporto di San Gallo-Altenrhein
External linksedit
Media related to St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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St Gallen Altenrhein Airport a 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 St Gallen Altenrhein AirportFlugplatz St Gallen AltenrheinIATA ACHICAO LSZRSummaryServesSt Gallen SwitzerlandLake ConstanceLiechtensteinLocationAltenrheinHub forPeople sElevation AMSL1 306 ft 398 mCoordinates47 29 07 9 N 9 33 40 0 E 47 485528 N 9 561111 E 47 485528 9 561111MapACHLocation of airport in SwitzerlandShow map of SwitzerlandACHLocation of airport in Canton of St GallenShow map of Canton of St GallenRunwaysDirection Length Surface ft m 10R 28L 4 921 1 500 Asphalt 10L 28R 1 968 600 Grass Contents 1 History 2 Facilities 2 1 Terminal 2 2 Runway 3 Airlines and destinations 4 Statistics 5 Ground transportation 6 Incidents and accidents 7 See also 8 References 8 1 Notes 9 External linksHistory editAt 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 edit nbsp Control tower Terminal edit 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 edit 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 editThe following airline offers regularly scheduled and seasonal flights at St Gallen Altenrhein Airport 5 AirlinesDestinationsPeople sVienna Seasonal Cagliari Ibiza Kefalonia Menorca Naples Olbia Palma de Mallorca Preveza Pula Seasonal charter Lamezia Terme 6 Zadar 7 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 editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Annual passenger traffic at ACH airport See Wikidata query Ground transportation editThe airport can be reached via motorway A1 Zurich 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 8 Incidents and accidents editOn 24 January 1994 a Cessna 425 crashed into Lake Constance at Rorschach during its approach to the airport killing all 5 people on board 9 See also editTransport in Switzerland RUAGReferences edit Bell E A 10 May 1945 Swiss Planning Flight and Aircraft Engineer XLVII 1898 Royal Aero Club 501 Retrieved 5 July 2016 a b c d aero de Luftfahrt Nachrichten und Community www at aero de Austrian Aviation Net AUA Ruckzug Peoples Codeshare beste Losung www austrianaviation net Archived from the original on 2013 03 09 Zahlen amp Fakten Peoples Businessairport St Gallen Altenrhein www peoplesbusinessairport ch Archived from the original on 2013 01 22 peoples ch Flight schedule retrieved 26 December 2018 Flights to Calabria Rhomberg Reisen EKSKLUZIVNO People s pokrece letove za Zadar zamaaero Ihre Anreise an Flughafen St Gallen Altenrhein 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 edit German Flughafen St Gallen Altenrhein French Aeroport de St Gallen Altenrhein Italian Aeroporto di San Gallo AltenrheinExternal links edit nbsp Media related to St Gallen Altenrhein Airport at Wikimedia Commons St Gallen Altenrhein Airport German Accident history for ACH at Aviation Safety Network Portals nbsp Switzerland nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Gallen Altenrhein Airport amp oldid 1196320061, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
