Ambri serves the surrounding area and is home to a gliding school, a helicopter base and has sufficiency for VFR flying.

It is flanked to the north by the A2 motorway and the river, and to the south by the Gotthard railway and the villages of Ambri and Piotta.

Ambri Airport began as a Swiss Air Force base, built during World War II.

[1] The mountains surrounding the airport housed bunkers of which were home to tactical buildings, fighter aircraft and troops.

[1] In 1994 the Swiss Air Force base was deactivated, and the airfield converted into a civilian airport.