List of airports in Switzerland
Locations of the three Swiss national airports |
Locations of the 11 Swiss regional airports |
The list of airports in Switzerland contains all the country's airports and regional airports of Switzerland .
In 2014, around 47.2 million passengers and 542,000 flight movements were recorded at the three national airports. At the 11 regional airports, the volume of traffic over the same period was around 568,000 passengers and 381,000 flight movements.
Explanation of the list
- Name of the airport: Provides the name of the airport and any additional names.
- IATA code: The IATA code consists of a combination of three Latin letters and is used to clearly identify the individual commercial airports. The IATA code is issued by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
- ICAO code: The ICAO code is issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization and consists of a unique combination of four Latin letters.
- Opening: states the year in which the airport was opened at the current location.
- Passengers: Indicates the total number of passengers at the airport in 2014.
- Flight movements: Indicates the total number of flight movements at the airport for 2014.
- Location: The airport is located in this village.
- Canton: The airport is located in this canton .
- Air traffic control: For controlled airfields, names the organization that is responsible for local control (tower).
- Image: Displays a picture of the airport.
- Position: A red dot shows the location of the airport on the Swiss map.
Note: The list can be sorted : clicking on a column header sorts the list according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting. Any desired combination can be achieved by clicking two columns in a row.
All national airports in Switzerland
Airport name Official designation |
IATA code | ICAO code | opening | Passengers | Flight movements | place | Canton | Air traffic control | image | position | |
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Basel-Mulhouse Airport Euro-Airport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg |
BSL / MLH / EAP | LFSB / LSZM | 1946 | 8,578,064 in 2018 |
in 2014 |
89,469 Hésingue , Saint-Louis ( France ) | - | DGAC |
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Geneva Airport Aéroport International de Genève |
GVA | LSGG | 1922 |
year 2014 |
15,140,682
in 2014 |
187,599 Cointrin |
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Zurich Airport Zurich Airport |
ZRH | LSZH | 1953 |
in 2014 |
25,506,289
in 2014 |
264,941 Balls |
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Regional airports
Airport name Official designation |
IATA code | ICAO code | opening | Passengers | Flight movements | place | Canton | Air traffic control | image | position | |
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Bern-Belp airport Bern-Belp regional airport |
BRN | LSZB | 1929 |
year 2014 |
192'465
in 2014 |
51,601 Belp |
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Birrfeld Airfield | LSZF | 1937 |
in 2014 |
14,166
year 2014 |
69,378 Birrfeld |
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Bressaucourt Airfield | LSZQ | 2011 |
year 2014 |
6,230
in 2014 |
8,311 Bressaucourt |
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Ecuvillens airfield | LSGE | 1953 |
year 2014 |
10'835
year 2014 |
15,391 Ecuvillens |
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Grenchen Airport Grenchen Airport |
LSZG | 1931 |
in 2014 |
58,972
year 2014 |
74'075 Grenchen |
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Les Eplatures airfield | LSGC | 1926 |
year 2014 |
5,645
year 2014 |
11'943 Les Eplatures |
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Lausanne-Blécherette airport | LSGL | 1910 |
in 2014 |
2,618
in 2014 |
46,112 Lausanne |
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Airport Lugano-Agno Lugano Airport |
LUG | LSZA | 1938 |
year 2014 |
145,254
year 2014 |
20,562 Lugano |
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Samedan Airfield | SMV | LSZS | 1938 |
in 2014 |
10,854
in 2014 |
14,284 Samedan |
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Sion airport Sion / Sion airport |
SIR | LSGS | 1935 |
year 2014 |
25'700
year 2014 |
39,941 Manners |
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St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport Business Airport St. Gallen-Altenrhein |
OH | LSZR | 1927 |
in 2014 |
94,795
in 2014 |
29,776 Altenrhein |
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Others
During the Second World War , the Bern cantonal government planned the construction of the Swiss central airport in Utzenstorf . The project was never realized and in 1945 it was abandoned in favor of Zurich Airport.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac FOCA - Swiss Civil Aviation 2015. (PDF; 1.67 MB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 18, 2016 ; accessed on August 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Simon Bratschi: http://www.bezg.ch/4_05/bratschi.pdf (link not available)