{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Emmen Air Base","iataCode":"EML","icaoCode":"LSME","city":"Emmen","country":"CH","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":47.092444,"longitude":8.305184},"elevationMeters":427,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"In 2024 Pilatus took over the Emmen aerostructures plant (formerly RUAG Aerostructures Schweiz) and its roughly 230 staff to build its own components there; the site employed 232 people by the end of 2025, feeding final assembly of the PC-12 and PC-24 at Stans. Emmen Air Base (IATA: EML, ICAO: LSME) in Canton Lucerne is itself a Swiss Air Force military airfield and an Armasuisse flight-test centre, with no civil passenger or cargo operations. For air freight in central Switzerland, Zurich Airpo","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/emmen-air-base-airport-eml","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/emmen-air-base-airport-eml","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Emmen Air Base · (IATA: EML) · Emmen, CH · 427 m"}