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Zürich airport (Switzerland)
Zürich airport is located near Zürich, with Hagenbuechen at 1mi↑, Ruemlang / Ruemlang at 1mi↑, Rumlang at 1mi↑, Kloten / Freienberg (Chanzler-Chlini Chaseren) at 2mi↑, Winkel at 2mi↑, Oberglatt / Oberglatt at 2mi↑, Oberglatt at 2mi↑, Rietrain at 2mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Switzerland and Southernmost airports in Switzerland
→ See also airports in Switzerland
aerial view of Zürich airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : LSZH
- IATA code : ZRH
- Local code : -
Elevation : 432 m = 1417ft
→ See also Highest airports in Switzerland and Lowest airports in Switzerland
Runways
- runway 16/34 : 3700m = 12139ft
- runway 14/32 : 3300m = 10827ft
- runway 10/28 : 2500m = 8202ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Switzerland
Coming to Zürich airport
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
- Opfikon train station at 2mi
- Zürich Oerlikon train station at 4mi
- Regensdorf-Watt train station at 4mi
By plane :
- Zürich airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Emmen Air Base airport at 28mi : book on Trip.com
- Buochs airport at 35mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Zürich airport LSZH ZRH
METAR for Zürich airport LSZH ZRH
LSZH 131420Z 25006KT 220V290 9999 FEW028 BKN068 16/09 Q1010 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Zürich airport LSZH ZRH
METAR issued by LSZH on Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 14:20 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 33 hours and -1400 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 16°C = 61°F, dew point is 9°C = 48°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 63 %.
QNH is 1010hPa = 29.83inHg
Wind 11km/h = 6kt, direction is 250°.
Clouds : few clouds at 2800ft = 850m. broken at 6800ft = 2070m.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Zürich airport LSZH ZRH
LSZH 130825Z 1309/1415 24006KT 9999 FEW055 SCT075 TX17/1314Z TN09/1405Z TX19/1415Z PROB30 TEMPO 1309/1312 SHRA TEMPO 1312/1317 CAVOK PROB30 TEMPO 1318/1402 RA
Decoded TAF for Zürich airport LSZH ZRH
TAF issued by LSZH on Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 08:25 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 15 hours and 35 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Sunday, April 13, 2025 à 09:00 heure TU to Monday, April 14, 2025 à 15:00 heure UTC
1309/1415 24006KT 9999 FEW055 SCT075 TX17/1314Z TN09/1405Z TX19/1415Z
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 240°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 5500ft = 1680m scattered clouds at 7500ft = 2290m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Sunday, April 13, 2025 à 09:00 heure TU to Sunday, April 13, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 1309/1312 SHRA
shower rain
temporarily from Sunday, April 13, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Sunday, April 13, 2025 à 17:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1312/1317 CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Sunday, April 13, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Sunday, April 13, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 1318/1402 RA
rain
VAC for Zürich airport LSZH ZRH
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Zürich airport
Around Zürich airport (Switzerland)
near
- Hotels in Hagenbuechen
- Station de montagne Laax at 56mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 65mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 69mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 76mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 76mi↑
- Station de montagne Schnepfenried at 78mi↑
- Station de montagne Dolleren Le Schlumpf at 79mi↑
- Station de montagne Kandersteg-Sunnbüel-Oeschinensee at 80mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 81mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Trois Fours at 82mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 82mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 83mi↑
- for Zürich airport at 0mi↑
- for Dübendorf Air Base airport at 7mi↑
- for Winterthur airport at 11mi↑
nearest airports to Zürich airport (Switzerland)
- Dübendorf Air Base airport (LSMD ) at 7mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Winterthur airport (LSPH ) at 11mi↑NOTAM
- Speck airport (LSZK ) at 11mi↑NOTAM
- Birrfeld airport (LSZF ) at 15mi↑NOTAM
- Bohlhof Glider Field airport ( DE-0300) at 15mi↑
- Würenlingen heliport (LSXW ) at 15mi↑NOTAM
- Schaffhausen airport (LSPF ) at 16mi↑NOTAM
- Hausen am Albis airport (LSZN ) at 16mi↑NOTAM
- Buttwil airport (LSZU ) at 18mi↑NOTAM
- Flugplatz Hasenstrick airport (LSPK ) at 20mi↑defunct airport
- Lommis airport (LSZT ) at 22mi↑NOTAM
- Schindellegi heliport (LSXS ) at 22mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Switzerland
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap