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Zurich International Airport (ZRH)

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About Zurich International Airport

Zurich International Airport (IATA: ZRH) is an airport located in the municipalities of Kloten, Rümlang, Oberglatt, Winkel, and Opfikon. It is the largest international airport in Switzerland and the hub airport for Swiss International Airlines

Zurich International Airport Location

The airport is located 8 miles north of central Zurich.

See the interactive map below to see the location of the airport:

Facilities

Facilities Include:

Large selection of shops and duty free outlets

Restaurants, coffee shops, takeaway facilities, and snack bars

ATMs, banks and bureau de change

Charging stations

Conference and business facilities

Information Desk

Free WiFi

Disabled traveler facilities

Car rental

Runways

The airport has three runways - one of which is usualy used for landings, and the other two for takeoffs, but patterns will differ depening on whether it is early morning or evening.

Terminals

There are 3 main terminals at Zurich airport: teminals A, B and E.

Terminal A is used for flights exclusively to and from the Schengen Area, including domestic flights within Switzerland.

Terminal B can accommodate both Schengen and non-Schengen flights.

Terminal E is a standalone satellite terminal and is exclusively for non-Schengen international flights.

Airlines that fly to ZRH

CITY AIRPORT
Aegean Airlines Athens *Seasonal:* Heraklion, Rhodes
Aer Lingus Dublin
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
airBaltic Riga
Air Canada Toronto–Pearson *Seasonal:* Vancouver
Air Europa Madrid
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Malta Malta
Air Serbia Belgrade
Alitalia Rome–Fiumicino
AlMasria Universal Airlines *Seasonal charter:* Hurghada
American Airlines Philadelphia
Austrian Airlines Vienna
BH Air *Seasonal:* Burgas, Varna
British Airways London–City, London–Heathrow *Seasonal charter:* Edinburgh
Bulgaria Air Sofia
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong
Chair Airlines Beirut, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Sharm El Sheikh *Seasonal:* Antalya, Burgas, Calvi, Heraklion, Kos, Larnaca, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Zadar *Charter:* Kittilä, Ohrid, Skopje
Corendon Airlines *Seasonal:* Antalya
Croatia Airlines Zagreb *Seasonal:* Dubrovnik, Pula, Split
Cyprus Airways *Seasonal:* Larnaca
Delta Air Lines New York–JFK *Seasonal:* Atlanta
easyJet Amsterdam, Berlin–Schönefeld, Berlin–Tegel, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Naples, Nice, Porto
Edelweiss Air Antalya, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cagliari, Cancún, Catania, Edinburgh, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Havana, Hurghada, Lamezia Terme, Lanzarote, La Palma, Larnaca, Marsa Alam, Mauritius, Ohrid, Orlando, Palma de Mallorca, Pristina, Punta Cana, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, San José (CR), Seville, Skopje, Tampa, Tenerife–South *Seasonal:* Agadir (begins 3 September 2020), Bodrum, Calgary, Cape Town, Chania, Colombo–Bandaranaike, Corfu, Dalaman, Denver, Djerba, Dubrovnik, Faro, Heraklion, Ho Chi Minh City, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Kalamata, Kos, Las Vegas, Mahé, Malé, Marrakesh, Menorca (begins 17 May 2020), Mykonos, Olbia, Paphos, Phuket, Pula, Rhodes, Samos, San Diego, Santiago de Compostela (begins July 4, 2020), Santorini, Split, Tirana, Vancouver, Varadero, Varna *Seasonal charter:* Kittilä, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rovaniemi, Tromsø
El Al Tel Aviv
Emirates Dubai–International
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
Eurowings Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg *Seasonal:* Palma de Mallorca
Finnair Helsinki *Seasonal:* Kittilä
Flybe *Seasonal charter:* Guernsey, Jersey
FlyEgypt *Seasonal charter:* Hurghada
Hainan Airlines Shenzhen
Helvetic Airways *Seasonal:* Calvi, Kittilä, Kuusamo, Olbia, Tromsø *Seasonal charter:* Araxos, Heraklion, Kos, Lourdes/Tarbes, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes
Iberia Madrid
Icelandair Reykjavík–Keflavík
KLM Amsterdam
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Montenegro Airlines Podgorica
Nouvelair *Seasonal charter:* Enfidha
Oman Air Muscat
Onur Air Antalya
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Qatar Airways Doha
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
Royal Jordanian Amman–Queen Alia1
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Singapore Airlines Singapore
SunExpress Ankara, Antalya, Dalaman (begins 31 May 2020), Gaziantep, İzmir
Swiss International Air Lines Amsterdam, Athens, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Beijing–Capital, Belgrade, Berlin–Tegel, Bilbao, Birmingham, Bordeaux, Boston, Bremen, Brindisi, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cairo, Chicago–O'Hare, Copenhagen, Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Dresden, Dubai–International, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Florence, Frankfurt, Gdańsk, Geneva, Gothenburg, Gran Canaria, Graz, Hamburg, Hanover, Hong Kong, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Kiev–Boryspil, Kraków, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London–City, London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Madrid, Málaga, Manchester, Marseille, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Montreal–Trudeau, Moscow–Domodedovo, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Naples, New York–JFK, Newark, Nice, Niš (ends 12 January 2020), Nuremberg, Osaka–Kansai (begins 1 March 2020), Oslo–Gardermoen, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Porto, Prague, Rome–Fiumicino, Saint Petersburg, San Francisco, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Shanghai–Pudong, Singapore, Sofia, Stockholm–Arlanda, Stuttgart, Sylt, Tel Aviv, Tokyo–Narita, Valencia, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw–Chopin, Washington–Dulles (resumes 29 March 2020), Wrocław *Seasonal:* Alicante, Bari, Bergen, Cork, Figari, Heringsdorf, Malta, Palermo, Thessaloniki
Tailwind Airlines *Seasonal charter:* Antalya
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon, Porto
Thai Airways Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Tunisair Djerba, Tunis *Seasonal:* Enfidha
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Twin Jet Lyon
Ukraine International Airlines Kiev–Boryspil
United Airlines Chicago–O'Hare (begins 28 March 2020), Newark, Washington–Dulles *Seasonal:* San Francisco
Vueling Alicante, Barcelona, Lanzarote, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca *Seasonal:* Santiago de Compostela

Top Destinations

Top European Destinations

RANK AIRPORT PASSENGERS
1 London 888,876
2 Berlin 508,589
3 Vienna 492,968
4 Düsseldorf 403,759
5 Amsterdam 402,922
6 Frankfurt 330,326
7 Paris 322,188
8 Barcelona 318,050
9 Hamburg 300,526
10 Madrid 290,174

Top Intercontinental Destinations

RANK AIRPORT PASSENGERS
1 Dubai – International 529,722
2 New York – JFK 478,645
3 Tel Aviv 447,661
4 Singapore 432,473
5 Bangkok – Suvarnabhumi 428,737
6 Hong Kong 383,789
7 Muscat 275,221
8 Newark 264,144
9 Miami 232,922
10 Chicago – O'Hare 208,142
11 Los Angeles 206,510
12 San Francisco 191,327
13 Boston 175,247
14 Doha 171,385
15 Toronto – Pearson 151,001
16 Beijing – Capital 150,989
17 São Paulo – Guarulhos 149,581
18 Delhi 147,132
19 Johannesburg – Tambo 144,704
20 Tokyo – Narita 144,410
21 Montréal – Trudeau 141,078
22 Mumbai 140,955
23 Abu Dhabi 140,256
24 Shanghai – Pudong 137,532
25 Washington – Dulles 120,840

How to get to Zurich International Airport

By Train

You can get to and from Zurich International Airport from the city centre using one of the most sophisticated public transportation systems in Europe - Zurich's train network. There are a number of train and metro lines leading in and out of Zurich HB station to Zurich Airport.

By Taxi

Taxis are available 24/7, making them a very convenient way to get between the airport and the city centre.

By Tram

There is a tram service which is the ideal way to experience Zurich when you first arrive in the city. Trams are available to and from the airport every 15 minutes from 9am until 9pm, and the journey takes around 35 minutes between the airport and city centre.