GA Friendly Airfields in Switzerland

[Scottishflyer182]

GA Friendly Airfields in Switzerland

Hi All,

I'm planning a trip to Switzerland and would like to know of any good GA friendly airfields preferable the northern part of Switzerland. Plan is to find a good base and fly locally for 4 days. Any advice on flying in Switzerland would also be appreciated.

SF

[kenparry]

Try Bex, in the Rhone valley about 20 nm South of Montreux. Not sure if it is a Port of Entry - if not, perhaps look at Lausanne first.

There are Swiss restrictions on use of high-altitude fields, for which you need appropriate training and rating. I don't have the details, but Google might help.

[Pianorak]

Grenchen - customs airfield and said to be GA friendly. Hope to visit next month. Visited Saanen last year who will do customs clearance at 250 CHF.

[stickandrudderman]

wrote an account of flying from Bex in Switzerland acouple of years back and posted it on here.
Do a search and you'll probably find it.

[bookworm]

Grenchen (http://www.airport-grenchen.ch/flughafen.asp?s=940&l=en) is super. I'd describe it as "what Elstree should be like".

[Artistic Intention]

Another positive confirmation for Grenchen. Sion and Reichenbach are both good fun being in the valleys and GA friendly. I think for Reichenbach you should phone for PPR and they are often active with parachuting.
At the larger end Berne is also very straightforward and not expensive.

[akaSylvia]

If you want to visit Lake Constance, I can recommend <a href="http://www.fearoflanding.com/planning/destination-altenrhein-st-gallen/">Altenrhein (St Gallen)</a>.

[The Hat]

I have to say that I dont really know of any unfriendly GA airports here apart from Geneva :E. Even Zurich is not really a problem. There is plenty of fun to be had. Lots of small little airfields to visit and as for the scenery....well it just speaks for itself.

[ianmacphee]

I flew into Les Eplatures (LSGC) from France a couple of weeks back and received the warmest welcome ever, thoroughly worth the trip if you fancy a look at the Jura. Good entry point to CH as they will sort out customs blah blah for you without any hassle (via Colmar maybe, also a good customs choice as nobody ever there). Interesting approach too...

You can get a 1 month free trial with https://www.homebriefing.com if you register, should help with the Swiss flight planning.

Another place well worth a visit, quite near Zurich, is Birrfeld: Fliegerschule Birrfeld: Flugplatz Birrfeld (http://www.birrfeld.ch/)

Watch out for the rules on entry and exit if flying in from France as CH are in Schengen but not the EU, and have a special mutual "(dis)agreement" with France which means you must use a customs airport on exit from France and entry to Switzerland. Other Schengen countries play nicely with CH I believe.

If you end up anywhere near Basel, give me a shout.

Enjoy..