Zurich Airport

Zurich Airport

Flughafen Zürich
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorFlughafen Zürich AG
ServesZurich Metropolitan Area
LocationKloten, Rümlang, Oberglatt, Winkel and Opfikon, canton of Zurich[1]
Opened14 June 1948; 76 years ago (1948-06-14)
Hub for
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL432 m / 1,416 ft
Coordinates47°27′53″N 008°32′57″E / 47.46472°N 8.54917°E / 47.46472; 8.54917
Websitewww.zurich-airport.com
Map
ZRH/LSZH is located in Switzerland
ZRH/LSZH
ZRH/LSZH
Location of airport in Switzerland
ZRH/LSZH is located in Europe
ZRH/LSZH
ZRH/LSZH
ZRH/LSZH (Europe)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,500 8,202 Concrete
14/32 3,300 10,827 Concrete
16/34 3,700 12,139 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers28,885,506 [3]
Passengers change 2022–23Increase 28%
Aircraft movements247,456
Movements change 2022–23Increase 14%

Zurich Airport (IATA: ZRH, ICAO: LSZH) is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland, and, with its surface transport links, much of the rest of the country. The airport is located 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of central Zurich, in the municipalities of Kloten, Rümlang, Oberglatt, Winkel, and Opfikon, all of which are within the canton of Zurich.[4][1]

  1. ^ a b "Glider Map" (Map). Zurich Airport. 1:300 000. National Map 1:100'000. Wabern, Switzerland: Federal Office of Topography – swisstopo. 2019. ISBN 978-3-302-06014-9. Retrieved 19 May 2019 – via map.geo.admin.ch.
  2. ^ Drum, Bruce (31 October 2020). "Condor will fly from Zurich to the most popular vacation destinations in summer 2021".
  3. ^ "Flughafen Zürich: Passagierzahlen nähern sich Vorkrisenniveau an".
  4. ^ "Das Geografische Informationssystem des Kantons Zürich" [The Geographical Information System of the canton of Zurich] (in German). Amt für Raumentwicklung Zürich. Retrieved 29 June 2017.