St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport LSZR / ACH
A privately run business airport on Lake Constance, an hour east of Zurich and the closest field to Liechtenstein, Bregenz and the St. Gallen business cluster. Customs clearing with no advance notice; the midday closure and 1,500 m runway are the main constraints. Useful overflow during Zurich's WEF peak.
4,921 ft
Longest runway
75 min
Drive to Zurich
1
FBOs / handlers
1,306 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 06:30–12:00 & 13:30–21:00, Sat 07:30–12:00 & 13:30–20:00, Sun 10:00–12:00 & 13:30–20:00
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1, Avgas 100LL
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 95 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Turboprops, light and midsize jets; large-cabin (Falcon 900/2000, Challenger 650) with weight limits; no ultra-long-range types.
- Website
- www.peoples.ch
Private terminals (FBOs)
- People's Business Airport / ExecuJet St. Gallen-Altenrhein
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 4,921 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS 4,675 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000S 4,325 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 500 4,084 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 500 4,222 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 450 3,907 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Latitude 3,580 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Bombardier Learjet 45XR needs 4,680 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 600 needs 4,717 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G280 needs 4,750 ft
Other airports for Zurich
- Zurich Airport LSZH 12,139 ft · 15 min