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Geneva International Airport
Aéroport international de Genève
Flughafen Genf
Cointrin Airport
IATA: GVA – ICAO: LSGG Location of airport in Switzerland
GVASummary 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 Website 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: GVA, ICAO: 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]
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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: CorkAeroflot 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-TropezBelair Pristina Blue Islands Guernsey, Jersey Bmibaby Nottingham/East Midlands
Seasonal: Belfast-City [begins 17 December], BirminghamBritish Airways London-Heathrow
Seasonal: London-GatwickBritish Airways operated by BA CityFlyer Seasonal: London-City Brussels Airlines Brussels
Seasonal: Olbia, CagliariCzech Connect Airlines Prague Continental Airlines Newark Darwin Airline Florence, Lugano, Nice, Rome-Fiumicino, Valencia, Venice
Seasonal: Athens, Biarritz, Cagliari, Ibiza, Olbia, Saint-TropezEasyJet Bristol, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester
Seasonal: Belfast-International, Bournemouth, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Stansted, Newcastle upon TyneEasyJet 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, SplitEgyptAir 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 MidlandsJet4you Casablanca KLM Amsterdam KLM
operated by KLM CityhopperAmsterdam 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 MallorcaTAP Portugal Lisbon, Porto Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal: Manchester Thomson Airways Manchester
Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-LutonTransavia.com Seasonal: Rotterdam Tunisair Tunis
Seasonal: Djerba, MonastirTurkish 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 GenevaAirlines 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 entranceThe 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.
- On 2 September 1998, Swissair Flight 111, bound for Geneva International Airport from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, New York, crashed off of the coast of Nova Scotia due to an in-flight fire originating from the wiring in the plane. All of the 229 passengers and crew died.
Other facts of interest
- The old airport building, located next to the current building, is shown in The Adventures of Tintin story "The Calculus Affair."
References
- ^ a b c EAD Basic
- ^ "Plan de commune." Meyrin. Retrieved on 29 September 2009.
- ^ "PLAN DIRECTEUR." Grand-Saconnex. 117 (3/4). Retrieved on 29 September 2009.
- ^ Geneva airport statistics
- ^ "Flybaboo SA." Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 22 June 2010. "21 rte de l'Aéroport Main Building 3rd floor Geneva 15 Geneva, 1215 Switzerland."
- ^ "Conditions générales de transport Flybaboo." Baboo. Retrieved on 22 June 2010. "Le siège social est domicilié 21 route de l'Aéroport - Genève [Suisse]."
External links
Categories:- Airports in Switzerland
- Buildings and structures in Geneva
- Transport in Geneva
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