Sion Airport alternate airfield for the Air Force. Sion Airport Sion Airport (Military: LSMS) is the airport of the city of Sion, Switzerland and is located 2.5 km southwest of Sion city in the Rhone Valley. The airport opened in 1935. The following airlines offer seasonal and charter flights at Sion Airport: The nearest larger international airport is Geneva Airport, approx. to the west, while the smaller Bern Airport is equidistant to the north. The Swiss Air Force uses Sion as one of their four jetfighter air bases, the others being Payerne, Meiringen and Emmen. It is known as "Flugplatzkommando 14 Sion".
Sion (periodical) Sion (periodical) Sion (in Armenian Սիոն) is a periodical of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem and its official organ. It started publication in Jerusalem in 1866 until 1877 when it ceased publication for 50 years. It resumed publication in 1927 by the order of Patriarch Yeghishe Tourian and has continued with brief interruptions until today. "Sion" has published extensive news of the Patriarchate and its activities in its territorial jurisdiction (Israel, Palestine and Jordan), asserting its special position in the Armenian Apostolic Church, its relation to the Mother Church in Armenia and relation to other churches, political authorities, organizations and