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ICAO airport codes in Switzerland:

L = Southern Europe

S = Switzerland

Z = Flight Information Region (FIR) Zürich with telex (back then) G = Flight Information Region (FIR) Geneva with telex (back then) P = Flight Information Region (FIR) Zürich without telex (back then) T = Flight Information Region (FIR) Geneva without telex (back then) M = Military X = Heliport

Some examples:

LSZH = Zürich International Airport LSZX = Schänis Private Airfield (but with telex back then!)

LSGG = Geneva International Airport LSGK = Saanen Private Airport

LSME = Emmen Military Airfield LSMM = Meiringen Military Airfield

LSPV = Wangen-Lachen Private Airfield LSPN = Triengen Private Airfield

LSTR = Montricher Private Airfield

LSXS = Schindellegi Private Heliport

An interesting case is Bâle-Mulhouse, a binational French-Swiss airport located in France:

It's primary ICAO code is LFSB (F = France), however, for AFTN, there's also LSZM.

AFTN = Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network.



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