Canton of Obwalden
Obwalden
Alpnach

Alpnach Air Base

The Air Base Alpnach is a Swiss Air Force airfield near the town in Canton of Obwalden in . It has a concrete runway with a length of 1,500 meters and a width of 40 meters, as well as several taxiways and hangars.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Swiss air base
  • Also known as: “LSMA”
  • Address: Eichistrasse 13, Alpnach, 6055

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alpnachstad PB railway station and Alpnachstad railway station.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Obwalden. It is the base station of the Pilatus Railway rack railway that ascends near the summit of .

Railway station
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is a railway station in the in the canton of Obwalden. It is on the Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that links and . , the lower terminus of the Pilatus Railway, a rack railway that ascends to the summit of , is located across the street.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the in the canton of Obwalden. It is on the Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that links and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sarnen and Stans.

Photo: pyraniton, CC BY 3.0.
is the capital of the canton of Obwalden and sits on the shore of Lake . is an ideal starting point for numerous excursions by train, car or bike; a variety of sports can be practised here or in the immediate vicinity.

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is the capital of the canton of in Switzerland. The official language of is German, but the main language is the local variant of Alemannic Swiss German.

Village
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is a village in the canton of in . It comprises the villages of Dorf, Alpnachstad and Schoried.

Alpnach Air Base

Latitude
46.9435° or 46° 56′ 37″ north
Longitude
8.2869° or 8° 17′ 13″ east
Open location code
8FRCW7VP+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1245804700
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Wiki­data ID
Q1934947
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Spanish—“Alpnach Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Base Aérea Alpnach”
  • German: “Militärflugplatz Alpnach”
  • Indonesian: “LSMA”
  • Japanese: “アルプナッハ空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Alpnach Mil”
  • Spanish: “Base Aérea Alpnach”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Truppenunterkunft ‘Chicherli’ and Gemeindehaus.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alpnach Air Base”. Photo: Alpöhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.