Airports in the Alps for Pilots and Travellers
This is a visual guide to airports in the alps for your flight sim or holiday. Each airport is shown with its name, ICAO code and the surrounding environment. The sailplane/gliding community may find this especially useful to gauge the potential of unfamiliar locations.
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Alps Airport Locations
This map gives you a decent selection of alpine airports to choose from although its not intended to locate them all. You’ll be able to plan a route from your armchair a lot more easily. I can see why serious flight simmers/pilots want to memorise and use the ICAO codes, but let’s face it, this is a lot easier.
Here is a link to a global ICAO Airport locator
Alps Airports Video
- 00:10 Alpe D’Huez – LFHU
- 00:15 Alpnach – LSMA (near Buochs & Kagiswil)
- 00:20 Ambri – Piotta – LSPM
- 00:25 Annecy-Meythet – LFLP
- 00:30 Annemasse – LFLI
- 00:35 Aosta Valley – LIMW
- 00:40 Bad Ragaz – LSZE
- 00:45 Belluno – LIDB
- 00:50 Bern Belp – LSZB
- 00:55 Bex – LSGB
- 01:00 Bolzano – LIPB
- 01:05 Buochs – LSZC (near Alpnach & Kagiswil)
- 01:10 Challes Les Eaux – LFLE
- 01:15 Chambery – LFLB
- 01:20 Chateau-Arnoux – LFMX
- 01:25 Courchevel – LFLJ
- 01:30 Fribourg – Ecuvillens – LSGE
- 01:35 Gap Tallard – LFNA
- 01:40 Geneva – LSGG
- 01:45 Grenoble – LFLG
- 01:50 Gruyere – LSGT
- 01:55 Hohenems Dornbirn – LOIH
- 02:00 Innsbruck Kranebitten – LOWI
- 02:05 Interlaken – LSMI
- 02:10 Kagiswil – LSPG (near Alpnach & Buochs)
- 02:15 Kufstein-Langkampfen – LOIK
- 02:20 Lausanne – LSGL
- 02:25 Letalisce Bovec – LJBO
- 02:30 Lienz-Nikolsdorf – LOKL
- 02:35 Locarno – LSZL
- 02:40 Lugano – LSZA
- 02:45 Matarello (G Caproni) – LIDT
- 02:50 Mauterndorf – LOSM
- 02:55 Meiringen – LSMM
- 03:00 Meribel – LFKX
- 03:05 Montmeilleur – LFKK
- 03:10 Notsch im Gailtal – LOKN
- 03:15 Raron – LSTA
- 03:20 Reichenbach – LSGR
- 03:25 Reutte-Hoffen – LOIR
- 03:30 Saanen – Gstaad – LSGK
- 03:35 Salzburg – LOWS
- 03:40 Samedan – LSZS
- 03:45 Schanis – LSZX
- 03:50 Sion – LSGS
- 03:55 St Crepin – LFNC
- 04:00 St Johann – LOIJ
- 04:05 St Pons – LFMR
- 04:10 St Stephan – LSTS
- 04:15 Thun – LSZW
- 04:20 Unterwossen – ED05
- 04:25 Zell am See – LOWZ
Alps Airport Photos
VR Cost Considerations
Buying the VR headset is one thing, but getting good use of it is another. These are the additional things that I added to create a basic flight experience.
- VR Headset with controllers and a tether to a capable PC
- Recharger and rechargeable batteries for the controllers
- A Hotas flight controller
- A decent VR flight sim
- MS Flight Sim 2020 VR is all you need
- War Thunder is free and has optional upgrades
- X Plane is a capable flight sim
- There are a handful of good alternatives
- The best graphics card you can afford
Gliding in the Alps
Flying through the digital Alps is compelling and beautiful. I literally feel like I’ve been on a mini-holiday after each flight.