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Zürich Airport

Zurich, Switzerland

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Routes out

247

Destinations

137

ICAO

LSZH

Elevation

1417 ft

The gateway in a glance

The Essence of Zürich Airport

ZRH

Location

Zurich · ZH · Switzerland

Connectivity

247 routes · 137 destinations

Position

47.458°, 8.548° · 1417 ft elev.

Visa & Entry

Schengen Visa (C)Official

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Switzerland's largest and busiest international gateway.

Opened

1953

Location

Zurich, Switzerland

Zürich Airport (ZRH/LSZH) is the primary international airport of Switzerland, located approximately 13 kilometres north of Zürich city centre in the municipality of Kloten. It is the largest airport in Switzerland by passenger volume, handling around 29–31 million passengers annually in pre-pandemic years. The airport serves as the main hub for Swiss International Air Lines and is a focus city for several other carriers. It offers direct connections to destinations across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Zürich Airport is consistently ranked among Europe's best airports for efficiency, cleanliness, and passenger experience, regularly appearing in Skytrax and other industry rankings.

Terminals

The airport operates three airside concourses (A, B, and D) accessible from a central terminal building, with Concourse E serving Schengen flights and connected via an underground transit system.

Getting to & from

Zürich Airport has a dedicated railway station beneath the terminal offering direct Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) trains to Zürich Hauptbahnhof in approximately 10 minutes, with connections to the broader Swiss rail network.

Airlines here

Swiss International Air Lines uses ZRH as its primary hub, with additional significant operations by Edelweiss Air, Lufthansa, and numerous other European and intercontinental carriers.

Notable facts

›The current main terminal complex opened in 1953, with major expansions in subsequent decades.
›Zürich Airport is partly privately owned and publicly traded on the Swiss stock exchange (SIX) under the ticker FHZN.
›The airport features an airside shopping and dining mall known as The Circle is a major mixed-use development adjacent to the airport campus.
›It is one of the few major European airports with a direct underground rail link into the national rail network.
›Zürich Airport handles significant cargo volumes, serving as an important freight hub for Switzerland and Central Europe.

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Route map (136 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Swiss International Air Lines

El Al Israel Airlines

Pacific Southwest Airlines

Ukraine International Airlines

Qantas

Qatar Airways

African Safari Airways

Travel Service

Routes

ZRH → BDS2L · 100

ZRH → BOD2L · 100

ZRH → BRS2L · 100

ZRH → LCA2L · 319

ZRH → LPA2L · 319

ZRH → RMF2L · 319

ZRH → DRS3L · DH3

ZRH → EBA3L · DH3

ZRH → GRZ3L · DH3

ZRH → SZG3L · DH3

ZRH → AYT4T · 320

ZRH → HRG4T · 320

ZRH → PRN4T · 320

ZRH → RMF4T · 320

ZRH → SKP4T · 320

ZRH → CGN4U · 320 319

ZRH → HAM4U · 319 CRJ

ZRH → LISA3 · 320

ZRH → JFKAA · 763

ZRH → LHRAA · 320 319

ZRH → PHLAA · 767

ZRH → ACEAB · 320

ZRH → ALCAB · 320 321

ZRH → BDSAB · 320

ZRH → CTAAB · 320 319

ZRH → DUSAB · 319 738 320 73G

ZRH → FNCAB · 320

ZRH → FUEAB · 320

ZRH → GWTAB · 73G DH4

ZRH → HELAB · 319

ZRH → HERAB · 320 319

ZRH → IBZAB · 320

ZRH → LCYAB · E90 E70

ZRH → LHRAB · 320 319 321

ZRH → LPAAB · 320

ZRH → MADAB · 319

ZRH → NAPAB · 320

ZRH → OLBAB · 320 738

ZRH → PMIAB · 738 320 332 321

ZRH → SUFAB · 320

ZRH → TFSAB · 320

ZRH → TXLAB · 319 738 321 320 73G

ZRH → VIEAB · 321 E90 320

ZRH → YULAC · 330

ZRH → YYZAC · 333

ZRH → CDGAF · 318

ZRH → BOMAI · 333

ZRH → DELAI · 333

ZRH → CMNAT · 738 73G

ZRH → HELAY · 319 320

ZRH → LISAY · 320 319

ZRH → FCOAZ · E75 E90 32S

ZRH → BLLBA · FRJ

ZRH → LCYBA · E90 E70

ZRH → LHRBA · 320 319 321

ZRH → RIXBT · 735

ZRH → LCACY · 320

ZRH → ATLDL · 76W

ZRH → DUBEI · 320

ZRH → DXBEK · 388 77W

Aircraft operating here

Airbus A320110 routes Airbus A31951 routes Airbus A32132 routes Airbus A330-30031 routes Avro RJ10026 routes Fokker 10017 routes Airbus A340-30016 routes 32A13 routes Boeing 737-80012 routes De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q10 routes Embraer 1908 routes Boeing 737-7007 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Zurich Airport 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 nine kilometres north of central Zurich, in the municipalities of Kloten, Rümlang, Oberglatt, Winkel, and Opfikon, all of which are within the canton of Zurich.

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