AirportsZürich Airport is a large airport serving Zurich, in Zürich, Switzerland. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ZRH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ZRH
- ICAO code
- LSZH
- City
- Zurich
- State or region
- Zürich
- Country
- Switzerland
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 47.4581° N, 8.5481° E
- Elevation
- 432 m (1,417 ft)
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 3,700 m (12,139 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ZRH means Zürich Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LSZH. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 47.4581° N, 8.5481° E. It stands 432 metres (1,417 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Zurich, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Zürich Airport has 4 runways in the data. The longest is 3,700 metres (12,139 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 5 airports of Switzerland on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 2.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,700 m 12,139 ft | 60 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 14/32 | 3,300 m 10,827 ft | 60 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 10/28 | 2,500 m 8,202 ft | 60 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 01H/19H | 308 m 1,010 ft | 28 m | Grass | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bodensee Airport FriedrichshafenFriedrichshafen, Germany | FDH | 76 km |
| Sankt Gallen Altenrhein AirportSt. Gallen | ACH | 76 km |
| EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgBâle / Mulhouse, France | BSL | 79 km |
| Bern AirportBern | BRN | 100 km |
| Strasbourg AirportStrasbourg, France | SXB | 138 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,148 km | 7 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,540 km | 8 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,769 km | 6 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 788 km | 1 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,310 km | 8 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,535 km | 12 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,306 km | 12 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,588 km | 12 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,568 km | 20 h 30 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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