Alpnach Air Base

By the numbers

• 4,914 ft

  Runway, all told

  0.8 nm of pavement across 1 runway

• 9th

  Longest in Switzerland

  of 13 airfields in the country

• 4011th

  Longest in the world

  of 4,677 with a measured runway

• 7th

  Highest in Switzerland

  1,460 ft above sea level

• 9 nm

  Nearest airfield

  LSME, bearing 006

• Asphalt

  Surface

  Every runway lit