Geneva Airport
International airport serving Geneva, Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Geneva Airport[lower-alpha 1] (IATA: GVA, ICAO: LSGG), formerly and still unofficially known as Cointrin Airport, is an international airport of Geneva, the second most populous city in Switzerland. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest[4] of the city centre. It surpassed the 15-million-passengers-a-year mark for the first time in December 2014.[5] The airport serves as a hub for Swiss International Air Lines and easyJet Switzerland. It features a route network of flights mainly to European metropolitan and leisure destinations as well as some long-haul routes to North America, China, Africa, and the Middle East, amongst them Swiss International Air Lines' only long-haul service (to New York–JFK) outside of Zürich.
Geneva Airport Aéroport de Genève Flughafen Genf Aeroporto di Ginevra-Cointrin | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Canton of Geneva | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Genève Aéroport | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Grand Genève | ||||||||||||||
Location | Le Grand-Saconnex, Meyrin and Bellevue | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 11 October 1919; 104 years ago (1919-10-11)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | Swiss International Air Lines | ||||||||||||||
Operating base for | easyJet Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,411 ft / 430 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°14′15″N 6°06′33″E | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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The airport lies entirely within Swiss territory,[6] however, 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 municipality of Meyrin and partially in the municipality of Le Grand-Saconnex.[7][8]