St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport – ACH Altenrhein
With an airport code of ACH, St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport is public-used airport situated in Altenrhein close to Lake Constance in Switzerland. The airport caters St. Gallen, Lake Constance area and nearby cities of Dingelsdorf, Litzelstetten, Staad and Wollmatingen. The airport serves as the hub of People’s Airline, an Austrian airline in Vienna. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport is one of the five airports that were chosen by the Swiss Government after the World War II to be the alternate airports to its existing international airports.
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St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport has two grass and asphalt runways that can only accommodate small passenger plane like Embraer E-jets or the Bombardier Q-series. It has one terminal building with side hangar for general aviation aircraft and business jets. St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport flights is only being serviced by its sole air flight carrier, People’s Airline handling passengers to Vienna, Austria with seasonal flights to Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, Naples, Pula and Preveza.
What to Do & Area Attractions
Monotel Weisses Rossli is the closest hotel from St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, located nearly 0.7 miles away. It is a half-wooden building near Lake Constance offering the best amenities for a relaxing overnight stay. Other fascinating hotels to stay near the airport are Best Western Hotel Rebstock and Hotel & Landgasthof Linde.
Situated nearly 28 miles away from St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport is Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH). It is the closest bigger international airport located on the other side of Lake Constance that is already in the country of Germany.