Lugano Airport guide

Lugano Airport, also called Lugano-Agno, lies about 4 km west of the city centre, in the municipalities of Agno, Bioggio and Muzzano. It sits at 279 m above sea level in the valley mouth near Lake Lugano, and Milan is roughly 80 km to the south. The site opened in 1938 as a grass field and received its first paved runway in 1960.

The single asphalt runway, 01/19, is about 1,420 m long and has no parallel taxiway, so aircraft backtrack along it. The instrument approach is steep, at 6.65 degrees, because of the surrounding terrain. The airport has no regular scheduled service. The Zurich route flown for Swiss ended when Adria Airways collapsed in 2019, and most traffic is general and business aviation, plus a flying club and flight school. In 2018 it handled 97,375 passengers and 18,306 aircraft movements, and a 2023 report put movements at 18,755.

A shuttle bus links the airport with Lugano railway station and the city centre. Agno railway station is about a ten-minute walk away. In October 2026 the operating concession was renewed for 30 years.