Geneva Cointrin International Airport

Geneva Airport Aéroport de Genève
IATA: GVA ICAO: LSGG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Geneva
Operator	City of Geneva
Serves	Geneva, Switzerland
Location	Le Grand-Saconnex, Meyrin & Bellevue
Hub for	EasyJet Switzerland Etihad Regional
Focus city for	Swiss International Air Lines
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	gva.ch
Map
LSGG Location of airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 3,900 12,795 Concrete 05L/23R 823 2,700 Grass/Earth
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 16,532,691 Passenger change 15-16 4.83% Aircraft movements 189,840 Movements change 15-16 0.54%
Source: Geneva Airport Media Center January 17, 2017 Swiss AIP at EUROCONTROL

Passengers	16,532,691
Passenger change 15-16	4.83%
Aircraft movements	189,840
Movements change 15-16	0.54%

Geneva Airport (IATA: GVA, ICAO: LSGG), formerly and still unofficially known as Cointrin Airport, is the international airport of Geneva, the second most populous city in Switzerland. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of the city centre. It reached 15 million passengers for the first time in December 2014 and serves as a hub for Swiss International Air Lines, easyJet Switzerland and Etihad Regional. Geneva features a route network of flights mainly to European metropolitan and leisure destinations as well as some long-haul routes to North America, China and the Middle East, amongst them Swiss International Air Lines' only long-haul service (to New York City) outside of Zürich.

Its northern limit runs along the Swiss–French border and the airport can be accessed from both countries. 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 in the commune of Meyrin and partially in the commune of Le Grand-Saconnex.

Geneva airport was created in 1919 as a simple field in Cointrin, near the city of Geneva covering an area of 54 hectares (130 acres). From 1926 to 1931, the wooden sheds were replaced by three concrete ones. At the time, there was a small amount of air traffic, with Lufthansa flying from Berlin to Barcelona via Halle, Leipzig, Geneva and Marseille. Swissair also flew the Geneva–Lyon–Paris route in a codeshare with Air Union. In 1930 there were six airlines that flew to Geneva Airport, flying seven different routes.