Payerne Air Base
Payerne Air Base is a military airfield of the Swiss Air Force north of Payerne in Switzerland, located approximately halfway between Lausanne and Bern.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peter Gronemann, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
- Also known as: “LSMP”, “Payerne Airport”, and “Payerne Mil Airport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Payerne railway station and Payerne Priory.
Payerne railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Payerne railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Payerne, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Fribourg–Yverdon and Palézieux–Lyss lines of Swiss Federal Railways.
Payerne Priory
Church
Photo: Beckstet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Payerne Priory was a Cluniac monastery at Payerne, in Vaud, Switzerland. The monastery is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morens and Rueyres-les-Prés.
Morens
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Morens is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Morens, Bussy, Estavayer-le-Lac, Murist, Rueyres-les-Prés, Vernay and Vuissens merged into the new municipality of Estavayer.
Rueyres-les-Prés
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rueyres-les-Prés is a former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Rueyres-les-Prés, Bussy, Estavayer-le-Lac, Morens, Murist, Vernay and Vuissens merged into the new municipality of Estavayer.
Bussy
Village
Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bussy is a former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Bussy, Estavayer-le-Lac, Morens, Murist, Rueyres-les-Prés, Vernay and Vuissens merged into the new municipality of Estavayer.
Payerne Air Base
- Categories: air base and transportation
- Location: Payerne, Broye-Vully District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.8432° or 46° 50′ 36″ northLongitude
6.91506° or 6° 54′ 54″ eastElevation
441 metres (1,447 feet)IATA airport code
VIPICAO airport code
LSMPOpen location code
8FR8RWV8+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 1042047735OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From French to Tajik—“Payerne Air Base” goes by many names.
- French: “base aérienne de Payerne”
- French: “Base aérienne de Payerne”
- German: “Militärflugplatz Payerne”
- Indonesian: “LSMP”
- Japanese: “パイェルヌ空軍基地”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Payerne Mil”
- Persian: “فرودگاه پیرن”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Payerne”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи пирн”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Aéropôle and Ferme des Marais.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Base aérienne de Payerne and Musée de l’aviation militaire.
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