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Zurich Airport
Flughafen Zürich
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IATA: ZRH – ICAO: LSZH
ZRH is located in Switzerland
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ZRH
Location of airport in Switzerland
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Flughafen Zürich
Serves Zurich
Location Kloten, Rümlang, and Oberglatt
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 1,416 ft / 432 m
Coordinates 47°27′53″N 08°32′57″E / 47.46472°N 8.54917°E / 47.46472; 8.54917Coordinates: 47°27′53″N 08°32′57″E / 47.46472°N 8.54917°E / 47.46472; 8.54917
Website www.zurich-airport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 8,202 2,500 Concrete
14/32 10,827 3,300 Concrete
16/34 12,139 3,700 Concrete
04/22 3,716 1,132 Concrete
Statistics (2011)
Passengers 24'337'954
Source: List of the busiest airports in Europe

Zurich Airport (IATA: ZRH, ICAO: LSZH) also called Kloten Airport, is located in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, and managed by Flughafen Zürich AG. It is Switzerland's largest international flight gateway and hub to Swiss International Air Lines. It is partially in Kloten, Rümlang, Oberglatt, Winkel and Opfikon.[1] Skyguide is responsible for all Air Traffic Control for Zurich.

The airport is currently ranked as a 4-star by Skytrax along with 8 other airports around the world.[2]

Contents

[edit] History

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[edit] Structure

In 2003, Zurich Airport completed a major expansion project in which it built a new parking garage, a new midfield terminal, and an automated underground train to move passengers between the existing terminal complex and the new terminal. In November 2008, Unique Company announced a complete renovation and rebuild of the old fingerdock 'B' structure. The visitor terrace will be temporarily closed during construction, but airport officials announced that a terrace will be included in the new structure. Terminal building "E" is connected to the main terminal building by an underground short ride on the Skymetro. During the ride sounds of the Swiss Alps can be heard.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Adria Airways Ljubljana
Aer Lingus Dublin
Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo
AirBaltic Riga
Air Berlin Alicante, Arrecife, Berlin-Tegel, Catania, Düsseldorf, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Hamburg, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife-South
Seasonal: Brindisi, Corfu, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kos, Lamezia Terme, Olbia, Palermo, Patras/Araxos, Rhodes, Samos, Thessaloniki, Zakynthos
Air Canada Toronto-Pearson
Air Malta Malta
Air France operated by CityJet Paris-Charles de Gaulle
American Airlines New York-JFK
Austrian Airlines Vienna
Austrian operated by Tyrolean Airways Vienna
Belair Hurghada, Luxor, Pristina, Sharm el-Sheikh, Skopje
Seasonal: Antalya, Bodrum, Djerba, Marsa Alam
Belle Air Tirana
B&H Airlines Banja Luka, Sarajevo
Blue1 Helsinki [ends 24 March 2012]
Blue Islands Jersey
BMI Regional Edinburgh
British Airways London-Heathrow
British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer London-City
Bulgaria Air Sofia
Croatia Airlines Zagreb
Seasonal: Dubrovnik, Split, Zadar
Cyprus Airways Larnaca
Darwin Airline Genoa
Delta Air Lines Atlanta
Seasonal: New York-JFK
EasyJet London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester [ends 29 March 2012]
Edelweiss Air Agadir, Antalya, Arrecife, Beirut, Burgas, Cagliari, Cancun, Colombo, Corfu, Djerba, Fortaleza, Fuerteventura, Goa, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Holguin, Hurghada, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Kos, Larnaca, Lesbos, Luxor, Malé, Marrakech, Marsa Alam, Mersa Matruh, Minorca, Mombasa, Mykonos, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Phuket, Pristina, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Rhodes, Salvador da Bahia, Samos, Santorini, Sharm el-Sheikh, Skopje, Split, Tampa [begins 25 May 2012][3], Tenerife-South, Varadero, Varna, Zakynthos, Zanzibar
Seasonal: Alicante [begins 26 May 2012], Anchorage, Calgary, Cape Town[4], Dubrovnik [begins 27 May 2012], Faro, Funchal [begins 27 May 2012], Kittilä [5], Kilimanjaro, Orlando, Tokyo-Narita [begins 26 March 2012], Vancouver, Whitehorse
El Al Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Emirates Dubai
Finnair Helsinki
Free Bird Airlines Charter: Antalya
Germanwings Cologne/Bonn
Hainan Airlines Beijing-Capital
Hello Antalya, Burgas, Corfu, Djerba, Heraklion, Hurghada, Kos, Marsa Alam, Monastir, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Pristina, Rhodes, Santorini, Sharm el-Sheikh, Umeå, Varna, Zakynthos
Helvetic Airways Bari, Brindisi, Bristol, Cardiff, Herinsdorf/Usedom [begins 26 May 2012], Inverness [resumes 19 May 2012], Lamezia Terme, Ohrid, Olbia, Pula, Rijeka, Skopje
Seasonal: Rostock-Laage, Shannon
Iberia Madrid
InterSky Elba
Jat Airways Belgrade
KLM Amsterdam
Korean Air Seoul-Incheon
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw
Lufthansa Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich
Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways Munich
Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings Düsseldorf
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa Cityline Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Munich
Montenegro Airlines Podgorica
Niki Vienna
OLT Express Bremen, Dresden
Oman Air Muscat
Pegasus Airlines Antalya, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen
Pegasus operated by IZair Izmir
Qatar Airways Doha
Royal Jordanian Amman-Queen Alia
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda
Singapore Airlines Singapore
Sky Airlines Charter: Antalya
Skyways Express Gothenburg-Landvetter
SriLankan Airlines Colombo, Malé [ends 25 March][6]
SunExpress Antalya, Izmir
Swiss International Air Lines Amsterdam, Athens, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Beijing-Capital [resumes 11 February 2012],[7] Belgrade, Berlin-Tegel, Boston, Brussels, Bucharest-Otopeni, Cairo, Chicago-O'Hare, Copenhagen, Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Douala [ends 25 March 2012], Dubai, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Hanover, Hong Kong, Istanbul-Atatürk, Johannesburg, Lisbon, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madrid, Málaga, Manchester, Miami, Milan-Malpensa, Montréal-Trudeau, Moscow-Domodedovo, Mumbai, Muscat, Nairobi, New York-JFK, Newark [resumes 31 March 2012], Nice, Oslo-Gardermoen, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino, St Petersburg, São Paulo-Guarulhos, San Francisco, Shanghai-Pudong, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Thessaloniki, Tokyo-Narita, Valencia, Vienna, Yaoundé [ends 25 March 2012]
Swiss operated by Contact Air Prague, Stuttgart, Warsaw
Swiss operated by Darwin Airline Lugano
Swiss operated by Helvetic Airways Birmingham, Belgrade, Budapest, Lyon, Milan-Malpensa
Swiss operated by PrivatAir Newark [ends 30 March 2012]
Swiss operated by Swiss European Air Lines Basel/Mulhouse, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hanover, London-City, Luxembourg, Lyon, Milan-Malpensa, Munich, Nice, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Venice-Marco Polo
TAP Portugal Lisbon, Porto
Thai Airways International Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
Tunisair Djerba, Enfidha, Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
Ukraine International Kiev-Boryspil
United Airlines Newark, Washington-Dulles
US Airways Philadelphia
Vueling Airlines Barcelona, Paris-Orly, Santiago de Compostela
WOW air Reykjavik-Keflavik [begins 1 June 2012]

[edit] Cargo airlines

Airlines Destinations
Swiss WorldCargo Aberdeen, Amsterdam. Atlanta, Basel/Mulhouse, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Billund, Boston, Brussels, Budapest, Cork, Copenhagen, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow-International, Helsinki, Leipzig/Halle, Los Angeles, London-Heathrow, Lyon, Madrid, Manchester, Montreal-Trudeau, Munich, New York-JFK, Nice, Oslo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Sao Paulo-Guarulhos, San Francisco, Shannon, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Tokyo-Narita, Toronto-Pearson, Vienna, Warsaw
Turkish Airlines Cargo Istanbul-Ataturk, Tripoli-Mitiga

  • Interior of airport terminal

  • Interior of airside centre

  • Flights await departure at the airport

  • Skymetro Terminal in Gates E

  • Airside centre

  • Runways

  • Orientation of the runways

  • Airport map

  • Swiss aircraft at Zurich Airport

[edit] Other facilities

Swiss International Air Lines has an office on the property of Zurich Airport and in Kloten, consisting of the Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie buildings.[8][9] Swiss World Cargo has its head office in the Alpha and Bravo buildings.[10][11] Swiss Private Aviation has its head office in the Swiss complex.[12] Swiss European Air Lines and Swiss AviationTraining, subsidiaries of Swiss, are also headquartered on the airport property.[13][14]

Edelweiss Air has its head office in the Edelweiss Air Operations Center (OTC) on the airport grounds.[15] gategroup has its head office on the airport property.[16] Helvetic Airways has its head office on the grounds of the airport in Kloten.[17]

When Swissair existed, its head office was at Zurich Airport and in Kloten.[18][19] The head office was in proximity to the main airport facilities.[19] In 1985 Crossair was headquartered in Kloten.[20]

[edit] Traffic

The airport lost a lot of traffic when Swissair shut down its operations. Since Lufthansa took over its successor Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), traffic has started growing again. There are three runways on in operation and runway 14/32 is a unidirectional runway as it sits to the far north outskirts of the field.

Zurich Airport handled 22.9 million passengers in 2010.[21]

[edit] Connectivity

Zurich Airport railway station (German: Bahnhof SBB Flughafen Zürich) is located underneath the terminal. There are trains to many parts of Switzerland; frequent S-Bahn Zürich services on the lines S2 and S16 and of the Glattalbahn (Zurich tram lines 10 and 12), plus direct InterRegio and InterCity services to Winterthur, Bern, Basel, Brig, St. Gallen, Lucerne (German: Luzern) and Konstanz in Germany. It also has EuroCity services to Munich in Germany. By changing trains at Zürich Hauptbahnhof most other places in Switzerland can be reached in a few hours.

Zurich Airport from inside

[edit] References

Portal icon Switzerland portal
Portal icon Aviation portal
  1. ^ "GIS-ZH". Amt für Raumentwicklung Zürich. http://www.gis.zh.ch/gb4/bluevari/gb.asp?app=Admin&vn=0%241%242%243%244%245%248%249%2410&rn=12&YKoord=0&XKoord=0&start=684929%2E613%24257081%2E786&Massstab=48540. Retrieved April 24, 2011. 
  2. ^ Skytrax - The World's 4-Star Airports
  3. ^ http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/tourism/edelweiss-air-to-begin-nonstop-service-between-tampa-international-airport/1191683
  4. ^ http://www.edelweissair.ch/d/destinations/plan/CPT/
  5. ^ http://edelweissair.ch/d/destinations/plan/KTT/
  6. ^ Airlines Summer 2012 International Flight Schedule - Effective 26 March 2012
  7. ^ http://www.swiss.com/web/EN/about_swiss/media/press_releases/Pages/pr_20110728.aspx
  8. ^ "Kloten." Ortspläne Schweiz. Retrieved on 2 October 2009.
  9. ^ "Swiss International Air Lines Zurich." Swiss International Air Lines. Retrieved on 24 September 2009.
  10. ^ "The head office of Swiss WorldCargo is located within the corporate headquarters of SWISS International Air Lines, in Zurich-Kloten, in close proximity to Zurich International Airport." and "How to find us by public transport: - From Zurich Airport take the 737 bus to “Obstgartenstrasse” (final stop of the bus line). - The bus stops right in front of the SWISS headquarters main entrance." and "MAILING adDress Swiss WorldCargo Swiss International Air Lines Ltd. PO Box ZRHLX/CSM 8058 Zurich Airport Switzerland" Swiss World Cargo. Retrieved on 17 September 2011.
  11. ^ "Map." Swiss World Cargo. Retrieved on 17 September 2011. "SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIR LINES AG 3TOPS GEBÄUDE ALPHA + BRAVO OBSTGARTENSTRASSE 25, 8302 KLOTEN ÜBERSICHTSPLAN"
  12. ^ "Contact." Swiss Private Aviation. Retrieved on 12 January 2010. "Swiss PrivateAviation AG Obstgartenstr. 25 8058 Zurich-Airport Switzerland"
  13. ^ "Swiss European Air Lines FACTS AND FIGURES." Swiss International Air Lines. Retrieved on 29 September 2009. "Headquarters Swiss European Air Lines AG Postfach CH-8058 Zurich Airport Switzerland"
  14. ^ "Siutation Map." (Archive) Swiss AviationTraining. Retrieved on 17 September 2011.
  15. ^ "Ground Map." (See image) Edelweiss Air. Retrieved on 17 September 2011.
  16. ^ "Contact Us." gategroup. Retrieved on 17 September 2011. "Global and European Headquarters Balsberg, P.O. Box QV CH-8058 Zurich-Airport Switzerland"
  17. ^ "Imprint." Helvetic Airways. Retrieved on 6 November 2009. "Helvetic Airways AG P.O. Box 250 CH-8058 Zurich Airport"
  18. ^ "facts & figures." Swissair. Retrieved on 13 June 2009. "Swissair AG, P.O. Box, CH-8058 Zurich Airport"
  19. ^ a b "Headquarters of Swissair Zuerich-Kloten." KSG,Architects G.Müller + G.Berger. Retrieved on 27 September 2011. The building is located here
  20. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 30 March 1985. 71." Retrieved on 17 June 2009. "Head Office: PO Box 630, CH-8058 Zurich Airport, Switzerland."
  21. ^ "Zurich Airport News Flash No. 5 / Financial Year 2010". Flughafen Zürich AG. http://www.zurich-airport.com/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-506/992_read-3791/. Retrieved March 26, 2011. 

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