List of the busiest airports in Switzerland explained

Switzerland's seven busiest airports by passenger traffic are Zurich Airport, Geneva Airport, Basel Airport, Bern Airport, St. Gallen Airport, Lugano Airport and Sion Airport. Only Zurich, Geneva and Basel exceed one million passengers per annum.

The following lists give passenger numbers, with an indication of the annual change in numbers, for the years from 2010 to 2019.

2019

Switzerland's 7 busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2019[1]
RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers		Annual
change		Rank
change
1Zurich AirportZürich
2Geneva AirportGeneva
3Basel AirportBasel
4St. Gallen AirportSt. Gallen 1
5Lugano AirportLugano 1
6Bern AirportBern 2
7Sion AirportSion

2018

Switzerland's 7 busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2018[2]
RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers		Annual
change		Rank
change
1Zurich AirportZürich
2Geneva AirportGeneva
3Basel AirportBasel
4Bern AirportBern
5St. Gallen AirportSt. Gallen 1
6Lugano AirportLugano 1
7Sion AirportSion

2017

Switzerland's 7 busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2017
RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers		Annual
change		Rank
change
1Zurich AirportZürich
2Geneva AirportGeneva
3Basel AirportBasel
4Bern AirportBern 1
5Lugano AirportLugano 1
6St. Gallen AirportSt. Gallen
7Sion AirportSion

2016

Switzerland's 7 busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2016
RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers		Annual
change		Rank
change
1Zurich AirportZürich
2Geneva AirportGeneva
3Basel AirportBasel
4Lugano AirportLugano 1
5Bern AirportBern 1
6St. Gallen AirportSt. Gallen
7Sion AirportSion

2015

Switzerland's 7 busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2015[3]
RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers		Annual
change		Rank
change
1Zurich AirportZürich
2Geneva AirportGeneva
3Basel AirportBasel
4Bern AirportBern
5Lugano AirportLugano
6St. Gallen AirportSt. Gallen
7Sion AirportSion

2014

Switzerland's 7 busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2014[4]
RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers		Annual
change		Rank
change
1Zurich AirportZürich2.4%
2Geneva AirportGeneva5.1%
3Basel AirportBasel11.2%
4Bern AirportBern27.5%
5Lugano AirportLugano5.0%
6St. Gallen AirportSt. Gallen2.2%
7Sion AirportSion12.9%

2013

Switzerland's 7 busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2013[5]
RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers		Annual
change		Rank
change
1Zurich AirportZürich0.3%
2Geneva AirportGeneva3.9%
3Basel AirportBasel9.8%
4Bern AirportBern5.4%
5Lugano AirportLugano14.8%
6St. Gallen AirportSt. Gallen25.7%
7Sion AirportSion54.4%

2012

Switzerland's 7 busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2012[6]
RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers		Annual
change		Rank
change
1Zurich AirportZürich2.0%
2Geneva AirportGeneva6.0%
3Basel AirportBasel6.0%
4Bern AirportBern52.7%
5Lugano AirportLugano1.4%
6St. Gallen AirportSt. Gallen22.0%
7Sion AirportSion10.1%

2011

Switzerland's 7 busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2011[7]
RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers		Annual
change		Rank
change
1Zurich AirportZürich6.4%
2Geneva AirportGeneva10.7%
3Basel AirportBasel22.8%
4Bern AirportBern96.9%1
5Lugano AirportLugano3.5%1
6St. Gallen AirportSt. Gallen38.7%
7Sion AirportSion61.4%

2010

Switzerland's 7 busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2010[8]
RankAirportLocationTotal
passengers		Annual
change		Rank
change
1Zurich AirportZürich22,854,3584.3%
2Geneva AirportGeneva11,748,9725.1%
3Basel AirportBasel4,087,9317.0%
4Lugano AirportLugano159,4971.5%
5Bern AirportBern85,9819.6%
6St. Gallen AirportSt. Gallen68,3956.7%
7Sion AirportSion3,912192.2%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schweizerische Zivilluftfahrt 2019 | Publikation . 17 September 2020 .
  2. Web site: Schweizerische Zivilluftfahrtstatistik 2018 - 5. Passagiere - 1950-2018 | Tabelle . 25 September 2019 .
  3. Web site: Schweizerische Zivilluftfahrtstatistik 2018 - 5. Passagiere - 1950-2018 | Tabelle . 25 September 2019 .
  4. Web site: Swiss Statistics - Publications . 2016-07-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816201743/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/news/publikationen.html?publicationID=6728 . 2016-08-16 . dead .
  5. Web site: Swiss Statistics - Publications . 2015-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150308231459/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/news/publikationen.html?publicationID=5684 . 2015-03-08 . dead .
  6. Web site: Swiss Statistics - Publications . 2013-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131206053609/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/news/publikationen.html?publicationID=5321 . 2013-12-06 . dead .
  7. Web site: Statistique suisse - Aviation civile suisse - Résultats 2011 . 2013-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130311122458/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/themen/11/07/03/01/07.html . 2013-03-11 . dead .
  8. Web site: Statistique suisse - Aviation civile suisse - Résultats 2010 . 2012-01-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130313020641/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/themen/11/07/03/01/06.html . 2013-03-13 . dead .

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