Airports / Switzerland / LSMA
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
9 nm
To the nearest alternate
Emmen Air Base (EML) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Alpnach Air Base (LSMA) sits in Alpnach, Switzerland, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 1,460 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list LSMA as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Emmen Air Base (EML, 9 nm), Dübendorf Air Base (LSMD, 31 nm), and Bern Airport (BRN, 32 nm).
Trip costs from LSMA are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from LSMA to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
LSMA
IATA
—
FAA / Local
LSMA
Elevation
1,460 ft
Coordinates
46.9439° N · 8.2842° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Switzerland fields
state range 915–5,600 ft
At 1,460 ft, LSMA sits lower than 46% of the 13 Switzerland fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 9nmEMLEmmen Air BaseEmmen
- 31nmLSMDDübendorf Air BaseZurich
- 32nmBRNBern AirportBern
- 33nmZRHZürich AirportZurich
- 38nmLSZGGrenchen AirfieldGrenchen
- 50nmBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgBâle / Mulhouse
Location
Open the full mapLSMA · Alpnach Air Base · Alpnach, Switzerland