Geneva, CH 🇨🇠Large International Airport Scheduled Service
LSGG
GVA
1411 ft
CH-GE
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Loading...GPS Code: LSGG
Local Code: Not available
Location: 46.238098° N, 6.10895° E
Continent: EU
Type: Large International Airport
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| Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Status |
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04/22 |
12795 ft | 164 ft | CONC | Active Lighted |
04L/22R |
2700 ft | 98 ft | GRASS CAUTION: ATC do NOT apply wake turbulence separation! | Closed |
| Type | Description | Frequency |
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| APP | APP | 120.3 MHz |
| ARR | ARR | 136.25 MHz |
| ATIS | ATIS | 135.575 MHz |
| DEP | DEP | 119.525 MHz |
| GND | GND | 121.675 MHz |
| GTE | APN | 121.75 MHz |
| TWR | TWR | 118.7 MHz |
Official, metered taxis are readily available at the taxi rank directly outside the Arrivals level. The journey to the city center takes approximately 15-20 minutes depending on traffic. Ride-sharing services like Uber are also permitted to operate for pick-ups and drop-offs at the airport.
Major car rental companies (e.g., Hertz, Avis, Europcar, Sixt) have desks on the Arrivals level. The airport is unique as it has both a Swiss Sector and a French Sector. It is important to book your car from the correct sector depending on your primary destination to avoid cross-border fees and ensure the car has the correct highway vignette.
The airport has excellent public transit links. A train station is located directly within the airport terminal, offering a 7-minute ride to Geneva's main station (Gare Cornavin). Public buses (TPG) also stop directly outside the terminal, connecting to various parts of the city and neighboring France. Arriving passengers can get a free 80-minute public transport ticket from a machine in the baggage reclaim hall.
This airport has a small but very nice play-area for your kids, there is also a kitchenette, beds and diaper changing stations. Well worth a visit with your restless kids :-)
Reply to @david:
Hi, Zurich LSZH is not far away by train and its super efficient!
Cheers,
Leo
There were only two open WiFi signals showing up in my departure area (the B gates), and both of them redirected to the same server error on 2010-03-14. Unless you have your own 3G stick, don't count on working online while waiting for your flight.
GVA is a only medium-sized hub, but it's slower than a lot of big airports like LAX or CDG.
When I arrived for an Air Canada flight on a Sunday morning, there were already hundreds of people in several confused long lines for the AC checkin counter more than two hours before the departure time, and service was very slow (most of them had skis in huge bags to check). The security line was also long and slow, and I heard loud British passengers complaining they were late for their flights. After security, you have to line up a third time to show your passport for exit control (that wasn't a long line), then you line up a fourth time to show your passport and boarding card at the gate about 30 minutes before boarding, then you line up the fifth (and final) time to board the plane.
The moral is not to cut it close: at least on the weekend, 2 hours early for an international flight from Geneva should be a minimum, not a maximum. Or if you can, pick an airport like Paris CDG or Frankfurt FRA that's a bit better organized.
Taxis are expensive in Geneva, even for the short distance from the airport to the Pâquis or downtown (CHF 34, more than EUR 20, for a few kilometers).
The good news is that you can take the train to the main station in the Pâquis in 10 minutes (there's a train every 10 minutes or so), or the 5 bus in about 20 minutes (it passes the exposition hall and the United Nations on the way). If you're staying at a Geneva hotel, when you check in you'll get a card for free Geneva public transit — including the tram, bus and train — for the duration of your stay, so the ride back to the airport will be free.