Locarno Airport

International Locarno Airport

Aeroporto cantonale di Locarno
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
LocationGordola, Ticino, Switzerland
Elevation AMSL198 m / 652 ft
Coordinates46°09′55″N 8°52′40″E / 46.1653°N 8.8778°E / 46.1653; 8.8778
Map
LSZL/LSMO is located in Switzerland
LSZL/LSMO
LSZL/LSMO
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08L/26R 800 2,626 Asphalt
08C/26C 780 2,560 Grass
08R/26L 780 2,560 Grass

International Locarno Airport[a] (ICAO: LSZL), mil ICAO code LSMO, also known as Locarno-Magadino Airport, is an airport located near the city of Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland. It is a mixed civilian and military airport. The airfield is used simultaneously by civilian aircraft and the Swiss Air Force from the "airfield command Locarno". Although they use the same runways, the Swiss Air Force has its own taxiways and parking and a large hangar. It is located in the community of Gordola, seven kilometers east of the Locarno city center. The nearest stop to the Swiss Federal Railways is the 2 km distant station Riazzino of railway Giubiasco Locarno.
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