Cable car · Airolo, Switzerland
Cable car near Airolo
Cable car near Airolo is a cable car near Airolo, Switzerland. It climbs 525 m over 851 m, from 1,531 m to 2,056 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 124 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
88/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Cable car near Airolo is scarier than 88% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 114 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 124 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 503 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 706 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 557 m of the 851 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Cable car near Airolo is near Airolo, Switzerland, at 1,531 m above sea level (46.53474° N, 8.58960° E). From there it runs 851 m up to the top station at 2,056 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Funivia Airolo–Pesciüm cable car · 2.2 km away · rises 557 m
- Funivia Pesciüm–Sasso della Boggia cable car · 3.2 km away · rises 325 m
- Gurschen-Bahn cable car · 9.8 km away · rises 770 m
- Robiei-Cavagnoli cable car · 11.4 km away · rises 322 m
- Gütsch-Express (Andermatt-Nätschen) gondola · 11.5 km away · rises 391 m
- Gütsch-Express (Nätschen-Gütsch) gondola · 12.6 km away · rises 534 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.