Private aviation.
The places on the board are close to an airport a business jet can use, and some are known for nothing else. Which airport for which address.
The places on the board are close to an airport a business jet can use, and some are known for nothing else. Which airport for which address.
1,707 mThe altitude of Engadin Airport, Samedan
St. Moritz is served by Engadin Airport at Samedan, at 1,707 meters above sea level, which takes business jets in the winter season. Gstaad has a small airfield at Saanen. Courchevel has its altiport above the resort, a short sloping runway open to small aircraft and helicopters with pilots qualified for it.
18.6%The slope of the Courchevel altiport runway
The altiport above Courchevel sits at 2,008 meters, with a runway of 537 meters that climbs at 18.6%. It opened in the early 1960s, and in 1997 it played an arms bazaar in the opening of Tomorrow Never Dies. In Zermatt, Air Zermatt has flown helicopters under the Matterhorn since 1968, and pioneered rescue on a long line below the aircraft.
Monaco is reached from Nice by helicopter in minutes, landing at the heliport in Fontvieille.
The long-range business jets now fly New York to Hong Kong or London to Singapore without a stop. Bombardier calls its Global 8000, which entered service with its first delivery, the fastest business jet in the world. Gulfstream's G700 and G800 fly in the same class.
Flight times between the places on the board are on each place's own page, read from airline schedules.
St. Moritz🇨🇭 Switzerland
Gstaad🇨🇭 Switzerland
Courchevel🇫🇷 France
Monaco🇲🇨 Monaco
Palm Beach🇺🇸 Florida, United States
Aspen🇺🇸 Colorado, United StatesSources. Engadin Airport, Samedan · Nice Côte d'Azur Airport · Paris Air Show · Farnborough International Airshow · Bombardier, Global 8000 · Courchevel Altiport · Air Zermatt. Read October 2026. A record of places, houses and dates, published as research. Patrician.ch has no commercial relationship with any house named here.
Engadin Airport at Samedan, at 1,707 meters above sea level, a short drive from St. Moritz.
No. Nice Côte d'Azur is the closest, and helicopters fly to the Monaco heliport in Fontvieille.
The Courchevel altiport takes small aircraft and helicopters, flown by pilots qualified for its short sloping runway.
Larger jets use Chambéry or Geneva.
In odd-numbered years, at Le Bourget.
Farnborough holds its airshow in even-numbered years.
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