Sion Airport PC-6, Pilatus PC-7, Pilatus PC-9 and Pilatus PC-21 as well as helicopters it uses Sion intensively with the fighter jets F/A-18 and F-5 Tiger. It is the home base of the militia pilot unit Fliegerstaffel 19 Swans with F-5E. Sion Airport is, at both ends of the runway, equipped with retractable arresting gear devices (used by the F/A-18 and in case of a problem by the F-5). Because of the redimension of the Swiss Air Force it is planned that the Air Force will leave Sion after 2017 and Sion will be used by civil aviation only, acting only as
Aero Country Airport period ending December 31, 2015, the airport had 9,000 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 100% general aviation. At that time there were 244 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 7% multi-engine, 0% jets, 2% helicopters, and 1% gliders. Aero Country Airport Aero Country Airport is a privately owned public airport in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, United States, located approximately west of the central business district. The airport has no IATA or ICAO designation. The airport is used solely for general aviation purposes. Aero Country previously used the FAA LID of TX05 until at least July 1997.