Not to be confused with the similarly named airport in Italy Riviera Airport The airfield was used in the past for fighter aircraft of the type: de Havilland Venom, Hawker Hunter and de Havilland Vampire and for various liaison aircraft of the Swiss Air Force The A3 motorway was constructed that it could if necessary be used as a runway.

This was also practised in exercises, "Strada 91" being the last such exercise [2] [3] Lodrino Airport is no longer operated by the Swiss Air Force, local Swiss Air Force flight operations are coordinated by AFB Locarno.

PC-7 basic trainers also practise circuits here and PC-6 load paratroopers (Armee-Aufklärungsdetachement 10, Fallschirmaufklärer Kompanie 17) to jump over the Locarno area.

The interior of the tower was partially dismantled in 2010 and the building is now occupied by "The Swiss Drone Center" and various other drone-related companies.

Visiting fixed-wing traffic is only permitted with authorization from the operator Riviera Airport.