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Grenchen Airfield (LSZG) lies in the Swiss canton of Solothurn, serving the town of Grenchen at the foot of the Jura mountains. It is a long-established general aviation and training aerodrome with a control tower, offering a hard-surfaced main runway alongside several grass strips, making it a popular VFR destination for light aircraft, vintage types and parachute operations.
Grenchen Airfield is a public aerodrome serving Grenchen, a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. It is operated by Regionalflugplatz Jura-Grenchen AG (RFP) and has long been a centre for general aviation, gliding, powered flight training and vintage aircraft, making it an engaging stop for a sim pilot exploring the pre-Alpine part of Switzerland.
The airfield sits close to the town of Grenchen in Kanton Solothurn, in the northern Swiss lowlands beneath the Jura range, within reach of Bern to the south. Traffic is coordinated with Bern Approach, and the field operates as a controlled aerodrome with its own tower service.
Grenchen has four parallel physical runway pairs aligned roughly 06/24. The main runway, hard-surfaced and lit, is up to 3286 ft long on the 24 threshold (2849 ft on the 06 threshold). Alongside it run three grass runways: 06C/24C at around 2092 ft, 06R/24L at around 2022 ft, and the shorter 07L/25R at 1286 ft, all lit. There is no ILS at the field.
Bern Approach provides the approach service on 127.325 MHz (German and English). At the field itself, ATIS is broadcast on 121.1 MHz, Ground on 121.8 MHz, and the Tower on 120.1 MHz (German and English).
The airfield's origins trace back to 31 January 1931, when, on the initiative of Adolf Schild, the founding meeting of the AeroClub Grenchen took place; a hangar with an arched roof and a 210 by 120 metre grass runway were built soon after. A related site, the Oberer Grenchenberg airfield, saw its first official landing by pilot Otto Sallaz on 11 May 1948, flying HB-OUS. The airfield's operator today is Regionalflugplatz Jura-Grenchen AG. On 2 September 2021 the airfield marked its 90th anniversary with a celebration that included a unique joint formation of a civilian squadron, the Classic Formation from Grenchen, flying alongside the Swiss Air Force's PC-7 TEAM.
Grenchen remains active as a training and general aviation airfield, with hard and grass runway options suiting a range of light aircraft. It is home to a variety of interesting types, including a De Havilland Tiger Moth and a Broussard, and in summer parachute jumpers operate from a Pilatus Porter using the grass runway.