| Geneva International Airport Aéroport international de Genève Flughafen Genf Cointrin Airport | |||
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IATA: GVA – ICAO: LSGG  Geneva Airport Location of Geneva Airport | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Geneva | ||
| Location | Meyrin and Grand-Saconnex | ||
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| Elevation AMSL | 1,411 ft / 430 m | ||
| Coordinates | 46°14′18″N 006°06′34″ECoordinates: 46°14′18″N 006°06′34″E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 05/23 | 3,900 | 12,795 | Concrete |
| 05L/23R | 823 | 2,700 | Grass/Earth |
| Source: Swiss AIP at EUROCONTROL | |||
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 2009, the airport served 11,324,141 passengers, a decrease of 1.73% from 2008.
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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 Darwin Airline Saab 2000 taxiing.
A United Airlines 975 Boeing 767-300 preparing for departure for Washington-Dulles.
Note: Some of these airlines only serve Geneva seasonally, especially during the winter ski season
Airlines Destinations
Aer Lingus Dublin
Seasonal: Cork
Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Air Algérie Algiers, Oran
Seasonal: Constantine
AirBaltic Riga
Air Berlin operated by Belair Pristina
Air Canada Montreal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson
Air Europa Palma de Mallorca
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air France operated by Régional Seasonal: Ajaccio, Biarritz
Air Malta Catania, Malta
Air Mauritius Mauritius
Albinati Aeronautics London City , Paris Le Bourget, Saint-Tropez La Môle, Moscou Vnukovo
Alitalia Rome-Fiumicino
Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways Vienna
Baboo Bordeaux, Bucharest-Otopeni, Figari, Florence, Lugano, Nice, Rome-Fiumicino, Toulouse, Valencia, Venice-Marco Polo
Seasonal: Biarritz, Ibiza, Larnaca, Saint-Tropez
Blue Islands Guernsey, Jersey
Bmibaby East Midlands
Seasonal: Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester
British Airways London-Heathrow
Seasonal: London-Gatwick
British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer Seasonal: London-City
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Czech Airlines Seasonal: Dublin
Continental Airlines Newark
Darwin Airline Lugano
Dubrovnik Airline Seasonal: Dubrovnik, Split
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, Asturias, Barcelona, Bastia, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bordeaux, Brindisi, Bristol, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dubrovnik, Faro, Heraklion, Hurghada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lisbon, London-Gatwick, Madrid, Málaga, Marrakech, Nantes, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Porto, Pristina, Rome-Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela [begins summer 2011], Sharm el-Sheikh, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tel Aviv, Toulouse
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Birmingham, Cagliari, Ibiza, Mykonos [begins 15 June 2011], Naples, Olbia, Split
EgyptAir Cairo, Hurghada
El Al Tel Aviv
Edelweiss Air Hurghada, Kos, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Pristina, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South
Emirates Dubai [begins 1 June]
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
Finnair Helsinki
Flybe Seasonal: Exeter, Isle of Man, Jersey, Southampton
Gulf Air Bahrain [begins 27 March]
Hello Antalya, Corfu, Heraklion, Kos, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Pristina, Sharm el-Sheikh, Taba, Tarbes/Lourdes
Iberia Madrid
Iceland Express Seasonal: Reykjavík-Keflavík
Iran Air Tehran-Imam Khomeini
Jet2.com Leeds/Bradford
Seasonal: Belfast-International, East Midlands, Edinburgh [begins 20 February], Newcastle upon Tyne, Manchester
Jet4you Casablanca
KLM Amsterdam
KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper Amsterdam
Kuwait Airways Frankfurt, Kuwait
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw
Lufthansa Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich
Lufthansa Regional operated by Air Dolomiti 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 Djerba, Monastir
Norwegian Air Shuttle Oslo-Gardermoen, Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda
Qatar Airways Doha
Rossiya Seasonal: St Petersburg
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Marrakech
Royal Jordanian Amman-Queen Alia
Saudi Arabian Airlines Jeddah, Manchester, Riyadh
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda
Small Planet Airlines Seasonal: Dublin
Sun d'Or International Airlines Tel Aviv
Swiss International Air Lines Athens, Barcelona, Madrid, Moscow-Domodedovo, New York-JFK, Tel Aviv, Zürich
Swiss operated by BMI London-Heathrow
Swiss operated by Swiss European Air Lines Budapest, London-City, Prague, Zürich
Seasonal: Málaga, Manchester, Palma de Mallorca
TAP Portugal Lisbon, Porto
Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal: London-Gatwick
Thomson Airways Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, London-Gatwick, London-Luton
Seasonal: Manchester
Transavia.com Seasonal: Rotterdam
Tunisair Djerba, Monastir, Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
Twin Jet Marseille, Milan-Malpensa
Ukraine International Airlines Kiev-Boryspol
United Airlines Washington-Dulles
Uzbekistan Airways Madrid, Tashkent
Cargo Airlines
Cities with direct international passenger airlinks with Geneva
Airlines Destinations
AirBridgeCargo Airlines
DHL Aviation Brussels, Leipzig-Halle
El Al Cargo Tel Aviv
Farnair Switzerland Cologne/Bonn
Jade Cargo International Shanghai
TNT Airways Basel/Mulhouse, Liège
Other facilities
The airline Baboo has its head office on the grounds of the airport and in Grand-Saconnex.
Ground connections
Airport entrance
The airport is 4 km (2.5 mi) 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."
(source:wikipedia)
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