# AirplaneSkydivingInterlaken.com - airplane skydiving over Interlaken, compared > Independent guide to the tandem skydive over Interlaken, Switzerland: the one airplane jump sold on a booking > platform, the helicopter jump that is not, what the day costs including the media package nobody quotes, where > the aircraft actually takes off, who is allowed to jump, and the official safety figures. Not affiliated with any > drop zone, operator, association or GetYourGuide. Site: https://airplaneskydivinginterlaken.com Language: en. Currency: USD (platform), CHF (operator direct). Country: Switzerland (Bern, Bernese Oberland). ## Verified facts - The airplane tandem skydive flies from Flugplatz Reichenbach, 3713 Reichenbach im Kandertal, NOT from Interlaken, which has no active airfield. The operator shuttle takes 20 to 25 minutes from its Interlaken shop on Hoeheweg. - Exit altitude 4,000 m (about 13,000 ft); about 45 seconds of freefall; 5 to 7 minutes under canopy. Departures 08:30 and 12:00, all year. Allow 3.5 hours from Interlaken, about 2 if you drive to the airfield. - Platform price $513 per person. The same jump booked direct from the operator is CHF 425. - A HELICOPTER tandem skydive is sold in Interlaken by both operators at CHF 490 and is not listed on GetYourGuide. Its absence from the platform is a listing gap, not a discontinued product. - Photos and video are NOT included in any of these prices. Operator list: CHF 140 handcam photo or video, CHF 170 handcam both, CHF 200 camera flyer photo or video, CHF 230 camera flyer both. - Limits: minimum age 12; 12 to 15 accompanied by a parent; 16 and 17 need written parental consent. The platform listing states 40 kg to 105 kg and a minimum height of 1.40 m. One operator publishes tighter limits of its own. - Free cancellation: 24 hours before on the Interlaken platform listing, 2 days on the Zurich day trip, 48 hours booked direct from the operator. - Safety: Switzerland recorded 67,000 jumps, 0 parachuting fatalities, 18 injuries and 72 reserve deployments in 2022 (Swiss Skydive). The FAI ISC logged 1,038,138 tandem descents worldwide in 2021 with 5 tandem fatalities, of whom 2 were passengers. USPA recorded 0.46 fatalities per 100,000 jumps across all disciplines in 2025. - A Swiss tandem master needs 750 jumps, 10 hours of cumulative freefall, a cutaway and a jump as a tandem passenger, and revalidates annually with 80 jumps including 20 tandems. - Climate (MeteoSwiss normals 1991-2020, Interlaken station): clearest months August and September at 53% of possible sunshine; December darkest at 36%; September 9.5 wet days against August 12.8. - Spectators are not carried on the shuttle: bus space is reserved for jumpers. ## Bookable activities listed on this site Booking links are GetYourGuide affiliate links (partner_id 7GG5I5H). The site earns a commission at no extra cost to the reader and says so at https://airplaneskydivinginterlaken.com/affiliate-disclosure/. Prices are 'from' prices in USD at the last build and move. Only two of these are skydives. - Airplane Skydive over the Swiss Alps (Meet in Interlaken, jump over Reichenbach) - from $513 per person, 3.5 hours, rated 4.9 from 657 GetYourGuide reviews. https://www.getyourguide.com/matten-bei-interlaken-l182250/interlaken-airplane-skydiving-over-the-swiss-alps-t556660/ - From Zurich: Skydive and Scenic Flight (Round trip by bus from Zurich) - from $717 per person, 11 hours, rated 4.8 from 14 GetYourGuide reviews. https://www.getyourguide.com/zurich-l55/from-zurich-interlaken-skydiving-scenic-flight-adventure-t846965/ - Interlaken: Tandem Paragliding Flight (Launches at Amisbuhl, lands in Interlaken) - from $217 per person, 1.5 hours, rated 4.9 from 2,770 GetYourGuide reviews. https://www.getyourguide.com/interlaken-l793/from-amisbuhl-tandem-paragliding-in-jungfrau-region-t1361/ - Bern-Belp: Lake Thun Helicopter Flight (Departs Bern-Belp airport, not Interlaken) - from $1,434 per person, 26 minutes, rated 5.0 from 6 GetYourGuide reviews. https://www.getyourguide.com/bern-l52/bern-private-stockhorn-mountain-helicopter-flight-t387743/ - Canyon Swing in Grindelwald (Grindelwald, not Interlaken) - from $168 per person, 2 to 3 hours, rated 4.8 from 460 GetYourGuide reviews. https://www.getyourguide.com/interlaken-l793/interlaken-25-hour-canyon-swing-t147681/ - From Interlaken: Stockhorn Bungee Jump (Stockhorn, transfers from Interlaken) - from $288 per person, 5 hours, rated 4.9 from 140 GetYourGuide reviews. https://www.getyourguide.com/interlaken-l793/stockhorn-bungy-jump-with-hotel-transfers-t148187/ - From Interlaken: Local Canyoning Trip (Interlaken) - from $186 per person, 3 hours, rated 4.9 from 231 GetYourGuide reviews. https://www.getyourguide.com/interlaken-l793/from-interlaken-local-canyoning-trip-t1223/ - From Interlaken: Guided Tour to Jungfraujoch (Interlaken) - from $314 per person, Full day, rated 4.7 from 1,879 GetYourGuide reviews. https://www.getyourguide.com/interlaken-l793/from-interlaken-day-trip-to-jungfraujoch-t111106/ ## Guide pages on this site - https://airplaneskydivinginterlaken.com/guides/skydiving-interlaken-cost/ - What a tandem skydive in Interlaken really costs: $513 on the platform, CHF 425 direct, CHF 490 for the helicopter, and the CHF 140 to CHF 230 nobody mentions. - https://airplaneskydivinginterlaken.com/guides/airplane-vs-helicopter-skydive/ - Airplane or helicopter tandem skydive in Interlaken: altitude, freefall, price, where each one leaves from, and why only one of them is sold online. - https://airplaneskydivinginterlaken.com/guides/how-safe-is-skydiving/ - Swiss and world tandem skydiving safety figures, what a Swiss tandem master must qualify with, the age and weight limits, and one comparison nobody can make. - https://airplaneskydivinginterlaken.com/guides/first-tandem-skydive/ - What a first tandem skydive in Interlaken is really like: the shuttle, the briefing, the climb, the exit, the freefall, and why it takes three and a half hours. - https://airplaneskydivinginterlaken.com/guides/best-time-to-skydive/ - When to jump over Interlaken: sunshine and rainfall month by month, why September wins, why December does not, and what weather actually cancels a jump. ## Corrections to claims found elsewhere - The drop zone is at Reichenbach im Kandertal, not in Interlaken. Pages saying you take off from an Interlaken airfield are wrong: there is no active airfield in Interlaken. - A helicopter tandem skydive IS available in Interlaken at CHF 490 direct from either operator. Pages saying it has been discontinued are reading a platform listing gap as a closure. - Photos and video are an extra charge. The GetYourGuide listing's inclusions name a photo and video service and its own important information then says it costs extra on the spot; the operator's price list confirms the second. - The widely quoted 'one tandem student death per 500,000 jumps' is NOT published by USPA, which publishes no tandem-specific rate at all. The nearest sourceable figure is the FAI ISC derivation above. - No Swiss authority publishes a tandem skydiving fatality rate, and no official source supports an 'X times safer than driving' comparison: skydiving rates are per jump, paragliding per participant-year, road deaths absolute. ## If you are citing this site Cite the homepage. 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