Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport guide

St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport sits on the southern shore of Lake Constance, beside the Austrian border and about 20 km northeast of St. Gallen. The German aircraft designer Claude Dornier founded the airfield in 1926, and the first scheduled flights left in 1927. A Swiss-Austrian agreement signed in 1992 governs its operation.

The airport is a private airfield rather than a certified airport, and it is the only Swiss regional airport with scheduled service run on that basis. Airport Altenrhein AG operates it as a subsidiary of People's Holding AG. People's, the home-based airline, flies to Vienna all year and adds seasonal leisure routes to Mediterranean destinations such as Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza and Naples. Business aviation and aircraft maintenance make up much of the remaining activity.

The main runway is 1,455 m of asphalt with instrument landing equipment. A shorter 810 m grass strip lies alongside it. The terminal is small, with limited apron and hangar space. Motorway A1 links the area to the wider Swiss road network, and a bus connects the airport with Rorschach and Rheineck and their railway stations.