Airport Zurich - Flughafen Zürich

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airport Zurich
height
1,416 feet
IATA code
ZRH
ICAO code
LSZH
Terminals3
Number of passengers
31.113.488 (2018), 31.459.815 (2019), 8.341.047 (2020)
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airport Zurich

The airport Zurich, formerly also known as Zurich-Kloten, international: Zurich Airport, is the largest airport in Switzerland. It is located 13 kilometers north of the center of the city Zurich on the premises of the municipality Balls and partly in the communities of Opfikon, Rümlang, Oberglatt and Winkel.

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Zurich Airport is the largest airport in Switzerland. It is operated by the listed Flughafen Zürich AG. In 2009 it was voted the best airport in Europe by over eight million travelers in the Skytrax poll; worldwide he landed in fourth place. In 2012, the airport received the World Travel Award in the “Europe's leading airport” category for the ninth time in a row. The airport serves as a hub for airlines Swiss and Lufthansa and is the home airport of the airlines Swiss, Belair, Edelweiss Air and Helvetic Airways, as well as the seat of the Swiss Air Rescue (Rega).

Arrival and departure

Zurich Airport is very well connected by all means of transport and can be reached quickly, even during rush hour.

By train

The train stations, trams and bus stops are well signposted and can be reached directly from the arrival halls. The trains' departure plans are always up-to-date written on the baggage carousel.

  • The Airport train station is below the airport shopping. Check-in and arrival halls 1 and 2 can be reached in a few minutes. Trains run to and from Zurich main station every 10 to 20 minutes during rush hour. Regular direct InterCity and InterRegio train connections connect the airport with all important transport hubs in Switzerland (Basel, Bern, Brig, Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne, Constance, Romanshorn, St. Gallen and Zug every half hour or hour), from where other destinations can be achieved. All train types could be used with the same ticket. Trains in the direction of Zurich HB run mostly from platforms 3 and 4.
  • International connections: An EC (EuroCity) operates as a direct international connection to and from Munich with the route Zurich - Zurich Airport - Winterthur - St. Gallen - St. Margrethen - Bregenz (Austria) - Lindau (Germany) - Memmingen / Kempten - Buchloe - Munich Hbf. In addition, an IR (InterRegio) runs to Constancy (Germany). Travelers from Stuttgart can travel with the IC via Zurich HB, passengers from the direction Mannheim take the ICE to Zurich HB and change there.
  • With public transport to the airport train station:

With the tram

  • Line 10: Zurich, Bahnhofplatz / HB - Zurich airport, train station - Zurich airport, freight
  • Line 12: Stettbach, train station - Zurich airport, train station - Zurich airport, freight

By bus

  • Line 510: Kaiserstuhl AG, Bahnhof - Stadel b. N - Niederglatt ZH - Oberglatt ZH - Rümlang - Zurich airport, train station
  • Line 520: Embrach-Rorbas, train station - Zurich airport, train station
  • Line 521: Freienstein, old bridge - Zurich airport, train station
  • Line 524: Oberembrach, Dorf - Zurich airport, train station
  • Line 530: Bülach - Winkeln, Center - Zurich airport, train station
  • Line 531: Bülach - Bachenbülach, Schmide - Zurich airport, train station
  • Line 731: Kloten, Buchhalden - Zurich airport, train station
  • Line 732: Egetswil, Dorf - Kloten - Zurich airport, train station
  • Line 733: Kloten - Zurich airport, train station
  • Line 735: Kloten - Zurich airport, train station
  • Line 759: Wangen b D'dorf, Dorfplatz - Dübendorf - Wallisellen - Opfikon - Glattbrugg - Zurich airport, train station
  • Line 765: Dietlikon - Bassersdorf - Zurich airport, train station
  • Line 768: Zurich Oerlikon - Zurich airport, train station

Furthermore, long-distance buses, including those from Flixbus, stop at the airport.

With the taxi

Taxis are available from Arrivals Halls 1 and 2 and usually do not need to be reserved in advance. There are various taxi and limousine companies available, see the page of the airport Zurich. A ride to downtown Zurich costs around 60 CHF (around 60 €).

In the street

Zurich Airport is very well connected by the road infrastructure of the canton of Zurich. The highways A1/A51 are directly accessible via the airport, a Directions from Zurich Airport explains how to get there.

Airlines and Destinations

Zurich Airport is the hub and home airport of Swiss International Air Lines, an independent subsidiary of the German Lufthansa. This is not the only reason why there are direct connections to many major cities in Asia, Africa, Australia, North and South America. These fly from Zurich Airlines the following Destinations to (as of August 2013):

DestinationTravel timeAirlines
Alicante, Spain2h 15minSwiss
Amman, Jordan4h 0minRoyal Jordanian
Amsterdam, Netherlands1h 37minKLM, Swiss
Antalya, Turkey3h 12minSunExpress, Swiss
Athens, Greece2h 40minSwiss
Atlanta, GA10h 30mindelta
Bangkok, Thailand10h 57minThai, Swiss
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina1h 50minBH Airlines
Barcelona, ​​Spain1h 45minSwiss, Vueling
Bari, Italy1h 50minHelvetic
Beirut, Lebanon3h 40minSwiss
Belgrade, Serbia1h 40minSwiss, Jat Airways
Birmingham, UK1h 55minSwiss
Bodrum, Turkey2h 50minSwiss
Boston, MA8h 25minSwiss
Brindisi, Italy1h 52minHelvetic
Bristol, UK1h 50minHelvetic
Budapest, Hungary1h 30minSwiss
Bucharest, Romania2h 20minSwiss
Cagliari, Italy1h 37minSwiss
Calvi, France1h 10minHelvetic
Casablanca, Morocco3h 10minRoyal Air Maroc
Catania, Italy2h 0minSwiss
Chicago, IL9h 45minSwiss
Dalaman, Turkey2h 55minSwiss
Djerba, Tunisia2h 26minTunisair, Swiss
Doha, Qatar5h 55minQatar Airways
Dubai, United Arab Emirates6h 5minEmirates, Swiss
Dublin, Ireland2h 15minSwiss, Aer Lingus
Dubrovnik, Croatia1h 55minCroatia
Dusseldorf, Germany1h 16minSwiss, Lufthansa
Edinburgh, UK2h 20minbmi regional
Elba, Italy1h 30minInterSky
Enfidha, Tunisia2h 15minTunisair
Faro, Portugal2h 50minSwiss
Florence, Italy1h 10minSwiss
Tenerife South Airport, Spain4h 36minSwiss
Frankfurt / Main, Germany1h 5minLufthansa, Swiss
Funchal, Portugal4h 2minSwiss
Geneva, Switzerland0h 45minSwiss
Graz, Austria1h 30minInterSky
Hamburg, Germany1h 22minSwiss, Lufthansa
Hanover, Germany1h 15minSwiss
Helsinki, Finland2h 42minFinnair, SAS
Heringsdorf, Germany1h 30minHelvetic
Hong Kong12h 5minSwiss
Hurghada, Egypt4h 20minSwiss
Ibiza, Spain2h 5minSwiss
Inverness, UK2h 30minHelvetic
Heraklion, Greece2h 50minSwiss
Istanbul, Turkey2h 52minTurkish, Swiss
Izmir, Turkey2h 55minSunExpress
Jerez, Spain2h 40minSwiss
Saint Helier, Jersey2h 10minBlue Islands
Johannesburg, South Africa10h 25minSwiss
Cairo, Egypt4h 5minSwiss
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania8h 10minSwiss
Cologne, Germany1h 5minGermanwings
Copenhagen, Denmark1h 45minSwiss, SAS
Kos, Greece2h 50minSwiss
Krakow, Poland2h 0minEurolot
Lamezia Terme, Italy1h 58minHelvetic, Swiss
Lanzarote, Spain4h 10minSwiss
Larnaka, Cyprus3h 33minSwiss, Cyprus Airways
Las Palmas, Spain4h 33minSwiss
Lisbon, Portugal2h 47minTAP Portugal, Swiss
Ljubljana, Slovenia1h 10minAdriatic
London, UK1h 43minSwiss, British Airways, easyJet
Los Angeles, CA12h 35minSwiss
Lugano, Switzerland0h 45minSwiss
Luxembourg1h 0minSwiss
Lyon, France1h 0minSwiss
Madrid, Spain2h 22minSwiss, Iberia
Milan, Italy0h 55minSwiss
Málaga, Spain2h 35minSwiss
Malé, Maldives9h 45minSwiss
Valletta, Malta2h 15minAir Malta
Manchester, UK1h 55minSwiss
Marrakech, Morocco3h 30minSwiss
Marsa Alam, Egypt4h 37minSwiss
Miami, FL10h 25minSwiss
Mykonos, Greece2h 40minSwiss
Montreal, Canada8h 10minSwiss
Moscow, Russia3h 27minAeroflot, Swiss
Mumbai, India8h 25minSwiss
Munich, Germany0h 57minSwiss, Lufthansa
Nutmeg, Oman6h 35minOman Air
Nairobi, Kenya7h 40minSwiss
New Delhi, India7h 40minSwiss
New York City, USA9h 0minSwiss, United, American
Nice, France1h 10minSwiss
Nurnberg, Germany1h 0minSwiss
Olbia, Italy1h 35minSwiss
Oporto, Portugal2h 35minTAP Portugal, Swiss
Oslo, Norway2h 17minSwiss, SAS
Palma de Mallorca, Spain1h 50minSwiss
Paris, France1h 17minSwiss, Air France
Beijing, China9h 57minSwiss, Hainan
Podgorica, Montenegro1h 45minMontenegro Airlines
Prague, Czech Republic1h 23minSwiss, CSA,
Prishtina, Kosovo2h 3minSwiss
Puerto, Spain4h 15minSwiss
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic9h 50minSwiss
Reykjavík, Iceland3h 46minIcelandair, WOW Air, FlexFlight
Rhodes, Greece2h 55minSwiss
Riga, Latvia2h 40minAir Baltic
Rome, Italy1h 32minSwiss, Alitalia
Rostock, Germany1h 35minHelvetic
Salzburg, Austria1h 15minInterSky
San Francisco, CA12h 10minSwiss
Saint Petersburg, Russia3h 0minSwiss
Santiago de Compostela, Spain2h 35minVueling
Santorini, Greece2h 45minSwiss
São Paulo, Brazil12h 10minSwiss
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt4h 15minSwiss
Seoul, South Korea10h 35minKorean Air
Shanghai, China12h 5minSwiss
Singapore12h 20minSingapore Airlines, Swiss
Skopje, Macedonia2h 5minSwiss
Sofia, Bulgaria2h 5minBulgaria Air
Split, Croatia1h 40minCroatia, Swiss
City of Brussels, Belgium1h 15minSwiss
Stockholm, Sweden2h 20minSwiss, SAS
Stuttgart, Germany0h 45minSwiss
Tampa, FL10h 15minSwiss
Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel3h 50minEl Al, Swiss
Tokyo, Japan11h 50minSwiss
Toronto, Canada8h 55minAir Canada
Tunis, Tunisia2h 20minTunisair
Valencia, Spain2h 0minSwiss
Vancouver, Canada10h 40minSwiss
Varadero, Cuba10h 50minSwiss
Venice, Italy1h 5minSwiss
Varna, Bulgaria2h 25minSwiss
Warsaw, Poland1h 57minSwiss, LOT
Washington, DC9h 30minUnited
Vienna, Austria1h 18minSwiss, Austrian, Niki
Zagreb, Croatia1h 25minCroatia

Terminals

On the landside, Zurich Airport consists of three departure and check-in areas (1, 2 and 3) and two arrival areas (1 and 2). Check-in area 3 is located directly above the airport train station in the Airport Center building and is available to travelers from the Lufthansa Group (Swiss, Lufthansa, Germanwings, Eurowings). Lufthansa Group travelers are handled in check-in area 1 in the main terminal building (above arrival area 1), while all other airlines are handled in the recently renovated check-in area 2 (above arrival 2). The transition to the airside security area (see below) takes place via a centralized boarding pass and security control between check-in areas 1 and 2.

On the airside, the airport is divided into four departure areas. In departure area A (to the right of the security check), only flights within the Schengen area are handled. Departure area B (to the left of the security check) also serves as a departure area for Schengen flights, while departure area D on the floor below, which serves the same gates, is primarily used for handling short-haul flights outside the Schengen area (before changing to passport control takes place on the lower floor), but isolated long-haul flights are also processed here. Departure area E is located in the satellite terminal on the other side of runway 10/28 and can be reached via an automated, underground gondola lift. Only flights to destinations outside the Schengen area are handled here, including almost all long-haul Swiss connections. Passengers in First Class with the local airline Swiss also have the option of being driven from the First Class Lounge near departure area A in a limousine through a road tunnel to the satellite terminal.

Arrival and departure

Parking / mobility

There are various parking garages directly at the airport. The parking rates can be found directly on the page of the Zurich Airport be retrieved; As a rule, when you check in at check-in 1, you park the closest in car park P1 and when you use check-in 3, car park P3 is closest (and analogously ...). The car park P6 can be reached by a longer footpath, but it is a little cheaper; There are also charging points for electric vehicles here. Vehicles over 2 meters high must be parked in parking lot P60. For the use of the long-term parking space in the P60, a Online booking necessary. Otherwise you will receive a ticket when entering the car park and pay the bill (cash or common cards) at the machine at the entrance from the car park to the airport area, the prices are considerably high!

Bringing and picking up

In front of the departure and arrival areas 1 and 2 there is a drive-by where departing passengers can be unloaded. The left of the two lanes is open to general traffic, the right of the lanes is reserved for limousine services, taxis and hotel shuttles. On the departure level, a parking ticket is to be drawn at the entrance to the barrier, which allows 5 minutes free stay in the short-term parking area. A comparatively high price of CHF 1 has to be paid for every additional minute. Since the renovated driveways were reopened, free entry is no longer possible on the arrivals level; In any case, a parking ticket has to be purchased for at least 15 minutes.

Short-term parking

  • Parking garage P1 (Check-In 1 / Arrival 1)
  • Parking garage P2 (Check-In 2 / Arrival 2)
  • Parking garage P3 (Check-In 3 / Arrival 3)
  • Parking garage P6 (Operation Center 1)

Long-term parking

Connection between terminals

Gates A and B or D are directly connected to each other and can be quickly reached on foot in a few minutes. Gate E is connected to Gate A with the Skymetro. When changing from departure areas A and B to departure area E, a passport control is carried out (exit from the Schengen area), and when changing from departure area E to departure areas A and B and to the exit, passport control is carried out to enter the Schengen area . Passengers arriving at the e-gates enter the terminal area, depending on the place of departure, on an intermediate level, from which the direct route (with the cable car) to the exit (with entry control) and to departure area D (without entry control, but a new security check is required) can be started. Connecting travelers can re-enter the departure level of gate area E after a security check without having to go through an entry check.

Car rental companies

The car rental companies are near the parking garage P3 housed. Avis, Budget, Europcar / National / Alamo, Firefly, Hertz and Sixt are currently working at the airport. These are usually open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

  • "AVIS" (Car rental service), Parking 3, 8060 Zurich, Switzerland. Tel.: 41(0)44 800 77 33. Open: 6.30 a.m. - 11.30 p.m. daily.
  • "Budget" (Budget car rental at Zurich Airport, Car rental), Kloten Airport, Zurich Airport, 8060 Zurich, Switzerland. Tel.: 41(0)44 800 77 33.
  • “Europcar” Zurich Airport (Car rental service), Parking 3, 8302 Kloten, Switzerland. Tel.: 41(0)43 255 56 56, Email: . Europcar, number 1 car rental company in Switzerland: small cars to family vans, luxury sedans to vans, convertibles and 4x4s.Open: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  • “Hertz car rental” Zurich Airport (Car rental service), Flughafenstrasse, 8058 Zurich, Switzerland. Tel.: 41(0)43 816 32 55. Open: 6.30 a.m. - 11.30 p.m. daily.
  • "Sixt" Zurich Airport (Car rental service), Parking 3, 8058 Zurich, Switzerland. Tel.: 41(0)848-884444, Fax: 41(0)43-8163524. Open: daily 6:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. (also on public holidays).
  • "Krystal Limousines" (Limousine service), Headquarters Krystal GmbH, Sternmatt 6 - 6010 Kriens-Luzern. Tel.: 41(0)800 677 677.

activities

  • Inexpensive shopping in the Migros supermarket before departure
  • The Spectator terraces visit (entry 4 - 5 CHF)
  • A Round trip to the high points or a sightseeing of Zurich Airport
  • Bicycles, inline skates or Nordic walking sticks on Service Center rent and explore the landscape around Zurich Airport on your own

Sightseeing flights

Four different companies are currently offering sightseeing flights at Zurich Airport:

  • Heli-Züri AG. Price: from CHF 250.
  • Flightbase Sightseeing flights - taxi flights (Passengerflug.ch). Tel.: 41 71 554 80 70, Email: .Flightbase on FacebookFlightbase on Instagram.Helicopter sightseeing flights and taxi flights from Zurich Kloten Airport. Book VIP transport to the hotel or a sightseeing flight over Switzerland.Feature: airport transportation.Open: 7 days 08: 00-22: 00.Price: CHF 320.-.Accepted payment methods: Master, Visa, Invoice.last change: Apr. 2020

Kitchen, restaurants and bars

Zurich Airport offers a few restaurants at Swiss prices, the Foodland (near Check-In 2), where the chains McDonald's and Nordsee can be found, is worth mentioning. There you can also find pizza & pasta, salads and Asian dishes. If you like it classy, ​​you can pass the time in the bar or in the restaurant of the Radisson Blu Hotel (opposite Arrivals 1). Two Starbucks complete the extensive range.

accommodation

In the transfer zone D in the airport itself, various rooms are rented for hours or nights. additional Information

The following larger hotels are located near the airport, sorted in ascending order by distance (max. 3 km away):

  • Radisson Blu Hotel Zurich Airport. 0.3 km.
  • Moevenpick Hotel Zuerich-Airport. 1.3 km.
  • Park Inn Zurich Airport. 1.6 km.
  • Hilton Zurich Airport. 1.6 km.
  • Hotel Fly Away Zurich Airport. 1.7 km.
  • Allegra. 1.8 km.
  • Holiday Inn Express Zurich Airport. 1.9 km.
  • NH Zurich Airport. 1.9 km.
  • Best Western Hotel Airport. 2.1 km.
  • Novotel Zurich Airport Messe. 2.7 km.

health

There are various facilities at Zurich Airport that ensure an emergency medical service. These are usually open daily, for more information see the Emergency services at Zurich Airport.

  • Airport Dental Services: dental treatments
  • Airport Medical Services: medical emergencies
  • Airport Medical Center Eye Clinic: Ophthalmologists at Zurich Airport
  • FVO Border Veterinary Service

Practical advice

Zurich Airport regularly wins awards for its good guidance and signage. Orientation and navigation through the building is therefore comparatively easy. Those who rarely travel should still plan enough time. The staff at the airport speaks at least German and English, and very often French.

The security check takes place on a total of 4 levels in the area between the main terminal and the so-called "Airside Center" (the area of ​​the main terminal that is only accessible to passengers). Passengers who follow the signs from check-in area 1 to the departures are directed to level 2 of the security controls and enter the Airside Center on the departures level. Passengers walking from check-in areas 2 and 3 as well as from the airport train station in the direction of departure are processed on level 3 and enter the Airside Center on the gallery above the departure area. Levels 1 and 4 are only open at peak times.

In the "Aiport Center" building above the airport train station, you will also find luggage storage on the upper level (transition to the main terminal / check-in area 2). There are also SBB luggage lockers right next to check-in area 3, behind the exits to platform 3/4.

There are lost property offices, border police offices, at the airport Emergency passport office, a rectory and other facilities that can help in various emergencies.

Above Check-in 3, right next to the food court, the Swiss Post operates a branch that is open seven days a week. Outside of the counter opening hours, only the Postomat is accessible. In addition, the three large telecommunications providers Orange, Sunrise and Swisscom are represented with their own stores. Telephone booths still exist, even if these have become much rarer due to the rapid increase in the use of mobile phones.

shop

As at almost every airport, the airport has its own shopping center, which is open 365 days a year. It is worth mentioning that Migros supermarket, which is open daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. and sells all standard products of a supermarket at the same, favorable conditions as in the rest of the country.

It should be noted that the shopping options in the main terminal, both in the public area and in the security area, are kept within narrow limits. Most of the shopping opportunities can be found in the "Airport Center" above the airport train station on the opposite side of the street from the terminal, which can be reached from check-in area 2 via a covered bridge and from arrivals area 1 via an underpass.

Lounges

The following airlines and aviation alliances have mostly First Class or Business Class lounges for passengers at Zurich Airport:

  • Dnata Skyview Lounge
  • Emirates Lounge (departure area "Dock E", only non-Schengen flights)
  • Swissport Aspire Lounge ("Airside Center" near departure area B for Schengen flights and departure area "Dock E", only for non-Schengen flights)
  • Primeclass Lounge (departure area "Dock E", only for non-Schengen flights)
  • SWISS Arrival Lounge (arrival area B / D, above baggage claim)
  • SWISS Business Lounge ("Airside Center" near departure area A on the upper level and departure area D, only for non-Schengen flights)
  • SWISS Alpine Lounge ("Airside Center" near departure area A, entrance via the stairs behind the bookstore next to the transit counters)
  • SWISS Senator Lounge ("Airside Center" near departure area A on the upper level)
  • SWISS First Lounge ("Airside Center" near departure area A on the upper level, access also landside via escalators from check-in area 1 with a separate security check)
  • Since the beginning of 2016, there has also been a SWISS Business, Senator and First Class Lounge in the "Dock E" departure area.

For more information, see the pages of the Zurich Airport.

Banks

There are branches or offices at Zurich Airport. ATMs Credit Suisse, Postfinance, Raiffeisen, Travelex, UBS and Zürcher Kantonalbank.

Internet

Additionally there is at the airport 60 minutes of free WiFi (After registering via SMS, you will receive a code that is valid for 6 months), however, further use is then chargeable and very expensive. The only exceptions to this restriction are visitors to a SWISS lounge in which they can log in with the same code and then activate free WiFi for a period of 24 hours. In addition, no SMS registration is required in the lounges; on request, a one-time valid registration code can be obtained from machines in the lounges after scanning the boarding pass.

take a shower

There are showers in the public as well as in the passenger area, prices and conditions can be found here. In addition, the SWISS lounges near departure area A and in departure area E are equipped with showers.

Web links

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