Airports / Switzerland / EML
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
9 nm
To the nearest alternate
Alpnach Air Base (LSMA) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Emmen Air Base (LSME / EML) sits in Emmen, Switzerland, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 1,400 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into EML for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Alpnach Air Base (LSMA, 9 nm), Dübendorf Air Base (LSMD, 23 nm), and Zürich Airport (ZRH, 24 nm).
Charter pricing from EML depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Emmen.
Field capability
ICAO
LSME
IATA
EML
FAA / Local
LSME
Elevation
1,400 ft
Coordinates
47.0924° N · 8.3052° 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 1,400 ft, EML sits lower than 77% 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.
- 9nmLSMAAlpnach Air BaseAlpnach
- 23nmLSMDDübendorf Air BaseZurich
- 24nmZRHZürich AirportZurich
- 35nmBRNBern AirportBern
- 37nmLSZGGrenchen AirfieldGrenchen
- 44nmBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgBâle / Mulhouse
Location
Open the full mapLSME · Emmen Air Base · Emmen, Switzerland