sightseeing flight
big lakes
ÜETLIBERG | ZÜRICHSEE| TÜRLERSEE| HALLWILERSEE
Program
Example (times according to the above slots with a 45 min flight)
08.30 Arrival| Welcome Coffee at restaurant (individually)
09.00 Welcome at Birrfeld | greeting by the pilot
09.10 Briefing with the pilot on the biplane
09.20 Boarding the biplane | Warm up engine
09.30 Take off sighseeing flight
10.15 Landing at Birrfeld | Fotosession on Tarmac (with own cameras)
10.30 By by with pilot & biplane
When & Where
Booking Select a main date and time period as well as 1-2 alternate dates/times (weather/available slots) when requesting. You will receive an inquiry/booking confirmation.
On site We meet in front of the AIS Birrfeld (entrance to the flight school, at blue automatic sliding door)
Flugplatz Birrfeld | CH-5242 Lupfig
Weather
The flight takes place under favourable visual flight conditions (VFR). More information on the status bar at the top of this website. No instrument flight (IFR) is possible on this route.
Amount of participants
1 – 2 Persons per flight. Groups are possible.
Price
CHF 810 airfare 45 min in the biplane (7 min ground|38 min air)
CHF 17 landing fee Birrfeld
CHF 827 total price for 2 persons
The flight times given are indicative. The effective operating time is calculated at CHF 18 per minute according to the operating hours counter (HOBBS Time). Landing fees, passenger or customs fees according to the regulations of the airport. The flights are on a private basis, non-commercial and at cost price. Airfare is payable in advance. Final payment on site in cash or credit card. The credit card fee is not included in the total price.
Details
Üetliberg
The Uetliberg is the local mountain of Zurich. At the northern end of the Albis chain of hills, it rises 873 metres above sea level (Uto Kulm) above the Zurich districts of Leimbach, Wiedikon, Albisrieden and Altstetten. On the south side, it joins the Reppisch valley with Uitikon and Stallikon. The Uetliberg offers views over the entire city and Lake Zurich. In good weather, the distant view extends to Hohentwiel in the north and from east to south into the Glarus, Grisons and Bernese Alps.
Zürichsee
The lake lies southeast of Zurich in the cantons of Zurich, St. Gallen and Schwyz. The main tributary of Lake Zurich is the Linth. It comes from the canton of Glarus, flows into the lake as the Linthkanal near Schmerikon after an artificial detour over Lake Walen and leaves it as the Limmat in the city of Zurich. The lake water is of drinking water quality. Lake Zurich has the shape of a banana. It is around 28 km long up to Rapperswil, around 42 km together with the Obersee and 3.85 km wide at the widest point between Stäfa and Richterswil. Its deepest point is 143 m between Herrliberg and Oberrieden. The shore length is 87.6 km.
Türlersee
The lake is located for the most part on the municipal territory of Aeugst. The lake is about 1.4 kilometres long and about 500 metres wide. On the south-eastern shore is the Türlen campsite and lido. To the north the Reppisch river leaves the lake. A landslide at the Aeugsterberg changed the landscape at the end of the last ice age about 10000 years ago. At that time the Aeugsterberg, consisting of molasse, rose like an island from the ice masses formed by the Reuss and Linth glaciers. After the glacier melted, the pressure on the mountain flank decreased and at the same time the meltwater streams increased the erosion at the foot of the mountain. The slope lost stability, and 60 million cubic meters of rock slid down into the valley, damming the Reppisch to form Lake Türlersee.
Hallwilersee
The lake in the Swiss midlands is located in the Seetal, like Lake Baldeggersee a little further south. It is 8.4 km long, 1.5 km wide at its widest point and a maximum depth of 48 m. Its surface area is 10.3 km², five sixths of which are located in the Lenzburg district of Canton Aargau and one sixth in the Hochdorf district of Canton Lucerne. The main inflow or outflow is the Aabach, which flows into the Bünz at Möriken-Wildegg (which in turn flows into the Aare almost two hundred metres further on). Next to it, numerous small streams flow into the lake.