About us

After years of hard work by the municipality of Riviera and RASA SA (Riviera Airport SA), the company that will manage the airport, the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) released the authorization to LSPR (the new ICAO code) to operate as an aerodrome. In addition to welcoming helicopters, aircrafts and gliders Riviera airport will focus mainly on drone flights:
We all are happy and proud” to have reached this important milestone. It is in fact a fundamental step to allow the companies present on the so-called Aviation Technological Pole to develop further and to promote the Swiss drone base camp (SDBC), the competence center for drones of the Switzerland Innovation Park Ticino, in an even more incisive way developed by the Agire foundation on behalf of the Canton Ticino which aims to provide a platform for the collaboration of researchers, hi-tech companies and start-ups. A development that will allow above all to maintain qualified jobs in a peripheral region, but also to create new ones, generating an important induced activity.

The mayor of Riviera: Alberto Pellanda

The Riviera airport is located 9 km north of Bellinzona and is distinguished by its different types of flights: helicopters, planes, drones and aeromodellers. The asphalt runway is 773 m long and 40 m width. There is no air traffic services, this implies that aircraft crews only transmit information useful for a smooth and safe operation.
The airport is also used by the air force to train their future military pilots.

The airfield is PPR  to aircrafts not based in Lodrino.
Please note that the layout for the circuits has been modified and it has not been published yet. The new version is available here.
All pilots who would like to visit LSPR need a prior permission from Airfield Chief .

• MON-FRI: 0800-1200LT / 1315-1800 LT
• SAT: 0900-1200 / 1330-1700 LT
• SUN-HOL: 1330-1700 LT

Different company are based in Lodrino:

• Heli TV
  Offers helicopter passenger transport services, aerial work and hook transport.
• Karen SA
  Offers:
  • Helicopter Management
  • Continuing Airworthiness Management
  • Initial and continuous technical training
  • Initial and continuous pilot training
  • Maintenance, repairs and overhaul
  • Customised worldwide operations start-up
  • Commercial Air Transportation
• RUAG AG
  Is specialized in maintenance, repair, modification and overhaul on various systems, such as:
  • Aircraft Pilatus PC-6
  • Aircraft Pilatus PC-7
  • Engines PWC PT6A
  • Engines PWC PW206
  • Propellers (Hartzell, Mc Cauley, Sensenich)
  • Accessories and components (Safran, Honeywell, PWC, etc…)
• SDBC
  Swiss Drone Base Camp is the hub growing research, technology, aerospace, regulatory, and business know-how for communities and companies to explore, innovate and enable leading-edge drone applications and projects.
• EOS Helicopter
  The company’s main purpose is to introduce a new-generation cutting-edge flight academy. The theoretical training of future pilots will take full advantage of all the latest technological discoveries, such as a virtual platform for e-learning, an online database with over 2500 questions for the preparation of students and a personal tutor in order to guarantee a thorough, customized training. Practical training will be carried out on Robinson R22 and H125 B3.
• Air Evolution LTD
  AIR EVOLUTION LTD is an aeronautical services company established in 2008 and offers different types of flights:
  • Flight school
  • Ferry Flights
  • Sightseeing flights
  • Heli trades
  • Taxi flights