Airfield

Location Indicator: LSGG

In the 1950s

NDB approach runway 23 (October 1951) (Source: US DoD)

Airport (October 1951) - There is one runway - 052/232: length 1999 m, width 50 m (6560 feet x 164 feet). (Source: US DoD)

SBA and ILS approach runway 23 (1952) - This map from 1952 shows the SBA (Standard Beam Approach) and ILS (Instrument Landing System) approach to Geneva runway 23 - SCS 51 is another designation for the Instrument Landing System (ILS). Good recognizable are the different marker beacons (Outer Marker, Middle Marker, Inner Marker) for SBA and ILS/SCS 51. The non-Directional Beacons ("R Bn" = Radio beacon) Gland, Passeiry and Lancy are each equipped with Z Markers ("Z Mkr", 75 MHz), which signal the overflight. (Source: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv/Stiftung Luftbild Schweiz / Fotograf: Swissair / LBS_SR03-05712 / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Aerodrome (1952) (Source: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv/Stiftung Luftbild Schweiz / Fotograf: Swissair / LBS_SR03-05713 / CC BY-SA 4.0)

In the 1960s

NDB approach runway 23 (October 1960) - Now the runway is shown as - 05/23: length 3900 m, width 50 m (12795 feet x 164 feet). In addition, there is a grass strip - 05/23: length 1000 m, width 80 m (3280 feet x 263 feet). (Source: US DoD)

ILS approach runway 23 (October 1960) - Here the grass strip is shown with different dimensions - length 670 m, width 30 m (2198 feet x 98 feet). A radar-guided approach is also possible (GCA = Ground Controlled Approach). (Source: US DoD)

Index to the objects shown on the maps

Radio beacons:

• Geneva SBA, SBA Outer Marker, SBA Inner Marker, ILS "GE", ILS Outer Marker, ILS Middle Marker, ILS Boundary Marker
• Gland NDB "HEW", Z Marker
• Lancy NDB "LA", Z Marker
• Passeiry NDB "PY", Z Marker
• Versoix NDB "OG"

Air traffic control

• Geneva Approach Control, Geneva Tower

Source for all maps, if not marked otherwise: US Department of Defense (US DoD)

Title image: Douglas DC-4-1009 A, HB-ILA "Genève" on the ground Geneva Cointrin. First Swissair DC-4, HB-ILA, which landed in Geneva after a flight across the Atlantic with Captain Otto Heitmanek on 24 November 1946. This occasion was celebrated accordingly and the aircraft was christened "Genève. Source: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv/Stiftung Luftbild Schweiz / Fotograf: Swissair / LBS_SR01-03511, License CC BY-SA 4.0.