Geneva International Airport

Geneva International Airport
Geneva International Airport
Aéroport international de Genève
Flughafen Genf
Cointrin Airport
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IATA: GVAICAO: LSGG
GVA is located in Switzerland
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GVA
Location of airport in Switzerland
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Geneva
Operator City of Geneva
Serves Geneva
Location Meyrin and Grand-Saconnex
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 1,411 ft / 430 m
Coordinates 46°14′18″N 006°06′34″E / 46.23833°N 6.10944°E / 46.23833; 6.10944
Website www.gva.ch/en
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 3,900 12,795 Concrete
05L/23R 823 2,700 Grass/Earth
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 11,785,522
Source: Swiss AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Geneva International Airport (IATA: GVAICAO: LSGG), commonly known as Cointrin Airport, is an airport serving Geneva, Switzerland. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest[1] of the city centre and has direct connections to motorways, bus lines and railways (SBB-CFF-FFS). Its northern limit runs along the Swiss-French border and the airport can be accessed from both countries. Passengers on flights to or from France do not have to go through Swiss customs and immigration controls if they remain in the French sector of the airport. The freight operations are also accessible from both countries, making Geneva a European Union freight hub although Switzerland is not a member of the EU. The airport is partially located within the commune of Meyrin and partially in the commune of Grand-Saconnex.[2][3]

The airport has a single concrete runway, which is the longest in Switzerland with a length of 3,900 m (12,795 ft), and a smaller, parallel, grass runway for light aircraft. It is a major hub for EasyJet Switzerland and Flybaboo, a lesser hub for Swiss International Air Lines and the former hub of Swiss World Airways, which ceased operations in 1998. Geneva International Airport has extensive convention facilities and hosts an office of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the world headquarters of Airports Council International (ACI).

In 2010, the airport served 11,785,522 passengers and 177,401 aircraft movements.[4]

Contents

Airlines and destinations

Passenger Airlines

An EasyJet Airbus A319-100 taxiing.
An Aeroflot Airbus A319-100 taxiing.
A Swiss International Air Lines Airbus A330-200 taxiing.
A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 taxiing.
A United Airlines Boeing 767-300 preparing for departure for Washington-Dulles as Flight 975.
Airlines Destinations
Aer Lingus Dublin
Seasonal: Cork
Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Air Algérie Algiers
Air Canada Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson
Air Europa Madrid [begins 26 March], Palma de Mallorca
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air France operated by Régional Seasonal: Ajaccio, Biarritz
Air Malta Catania, Malta
Air Mauritius Mauritius
Alitalia Rome-Fiumicino
Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways Vienna
Baboo Florence, Lugano, Nice, Rome-Fiumicino, Valencia, Venice-Marco Polo
Seasonal: Biarritz, Ibiza, Saint-Tropez
Belair Pristina
Blue Islands Guernsey, Jersey
Bmibaby Nottingham/East Midlands
Seasonal: Belfast-City [begins 17 December], Birmingham
British Airways London-Heathrow
Seasonal: London-Gatwick
British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer Seasonal: London-City
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Seasonal: Olbia, Cagliari
Czech Connect Airlines Prague
Continental Airlines Newark
Darwin Airline Florence, Lugano, Nice, Rome-Fiumicino, Valencia, Venice
Seasonal: Athens, Biarritz, Cagliari, Ibiza, Olbia, Saint-Tropez
EasyJet Bristol, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester
Seasonal: Belfast-International, Bournemouth, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Stansted, Newcastle upon Tyne
EasyJet Switzerland Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Brindisi, Bristol, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Hurghada, Lisbon, London-Gatwick, Madrid, Málaga, Marrakech, Nantes, Nice, Oviedo, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Porto, Pristina, Rome-Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Sharm el-Sheikh, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tel Aviv, Toulouse
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Birmingham, Cagliari, Dubrovnik, Faro, Heraklion, Ibiza, Mykonos, Naples, Olbia, Split
EgyptAir Cairo, Hurghada
El Al Tel Aviv
Edelweiss Air Hurghada, Kos, Larnaca, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Pristina, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South
Emirates Dubai
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
Finnair Helsinki
Finnair operated by Flybe Nordic Helsinki
Gulf Air operated by PrivatAir Bahrain
Iberia Madrid
Iceland Express Seasonal: Reykjavík-Keflavík
Jet2.com Leeds/Bradford
Seasonal: Belfast-International, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International [begins 23 December], Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham/East Midlands
Jet4you Casablanca
KLM Amsterdam
KLM
operated by KLM Cityhopper
Amsterdam
Kuwait Airways Frankfurt, Kuwait
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw
Lufthansa Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 3 June], Frankfurt, Munich
Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways Munich
Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings Düsseldorf
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich
Luxair Luxembourg
Middle East Airlines Beirut
Monarch Seasonal: Birmingham, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester
Nouvelair Seasonal: Djerba, Monastir
Norwegian Air Shuttle Oslo-Gardermoen
Qatar Airways Doha
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
Royal Jordanian Amman-Queen Alia
Saudi Arabian Airlines Jeddah, Riyadh
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Oslo-Gardermoen [begins 21 January]
Skyways Berlin-Tegel [begins 5 March]
Sun d'Or International Airlines operated by El Al Seasonal: Tel Aviv
Swiss International Air Lines Athens, Barcelona, London-Heathrow, Madrid, Moscow-Domodedovo, New York-JFK, Nice [begins 10 February], Zürich
Swiss International Air Lines operated by Swiss European Air Lines London-City, Prague, Zürich
Seasonal: Málaga, Manchester, Palma de Mallorca
TAP Portugal Lisbon, Porto
Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal: Manchester
Thomson Airways Manchester
Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton
Transavia.com Seasonal: Rotterdam
Tunisair Tunis
Seasonal: Djerba, Monastir
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
Twin Jet Marseille, Milan-Malpensa
Ukraine International Airlines Kiev-Boryspil
United Airlines Washington-Dulles
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent

Cargo Airlines

Cities with direct international passenger airlinks with Geneva
Airlines Destinations
DHL Aviation Brussels, Leipzig/Halle
TNT Airways Basel/Mulhouse, Liège
UPS Airlines operated by Farnair Switzerland Basel/Mulhouse, Cologne/Bonn

Other facilities

The airline Baboo has its head office on the grounds of the airport and in Grand-Saconnex.[5][6]

Ground connections

Airport entrance

The airport is 4 km (2.5 mi)[1] from the Geneva city centre. There is a railway station with trains to Geneva-Cornavin station, and other cities in Switzerland. There are local buses that stop at the airport. There are also buses to and from Annecy, France, and also seasonal buses to ski resort Chamonix in France and ski resorts in Switzerland.

Winter weekends see dozens of coaches at the nearby Charter terminal (former cargo terminal) meeting charter flights from all over Europe, but primarily the UK. These take holidaymakers to/from ski resorts in France, Switzerland & Italy.

Before passing through customs, machines dispense free 80 minute tickets for Transports Publics Genevois, which are valid for both the city buses and trains to Geneva.

Incidents and accidents

  • On July 23, 1987 a hijacker was arrested by Swiss authorities on board an Air Afrique DC-10 after the plane had landed at Geneva to refuel. One passenger was shot and killed by the hijacker before he was overpowered by the crew prior to the plane being stormed by the authorities. 1 crew member and 3 other passengers were injured during the incident.

Other facts of interest

References

  1. ^ a b c EAD Basic
  2. ^ "Plan de commune." Meyrin. Retrieved on 29 September 2009.
  3. ^ "PLAN DIRECTEUR." Grand-Saconnex. 117 (3/4). Retrieved on 29 September 2009.
  4. ^ Geneva airport statistics
  5. ^ "Flybaboo SA." Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 22 June 2010. "21 rte de l'Aéroport Main Building 3rd floor Geneva 15 Geneva, 1215 Switzerland."
  6. ^ "Conditions générales de transport Flybaboo." Baboo. Retrieved on 22 June 2010. "Le siège social est domicilié 21 route de l'Aéroport - Genève [Suisse]."

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