Zürich Airport

LSZH / ZRH

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Zurich, SwitzerlandELEV 1,417 FT

Large airportScheduled service

Based operators

charter operators on the field

Field elevation

feet above sea level

Nearest alternate

nm to LSMD

Field standing

Computed · Google ratings × Bravo register

16 operators

Charter fleet based on the field

More resident charter operators than 98% of the 650 US fields with a based fleet on the register.

5 nm

To the nearest alternate

Dübendorf Air Base (LSMD) — 6 fields within 50 nm.

Overview

01 / Field brief

Zürich Airport (LSZH / ZRH) sits in Zurich, Switzerland, where it functions as a large commercial airport. The airport sits 1,417 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.

The airport anchors local charter capacity — Airport Helicopter, AXIS Aviation Group, and Cat Aviation AG are based here, 16 in all. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Dübendorf Air Base (LSMD, 5 nm), Emmen Air Base (EML, 24 nm), and Donaueschingen-Villingen Airfield (EDTD, 31 nm).

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