Geneva Cointrin International
GVA · Switzerland airport logo & info
IATA: GVA
ICAO: LSGG
Geneva Cointrin International Logo Variants
GVA
LSGG
Quick Facts
CountrySwitzerland
TimezoneEurope/Zurich
Elevation1,411 ft
Coordinates46.2381, 6.1090
About Geneva Cointrin International
Geneva Airport (IATA: GVA, ICAO: LSGG) – formerly and still unofficially known as Cointrin Airport – is the international airport for Geneva, the second most populous city in Switzerland. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of the city centre. It surpassed the 15-million-passengers-a-year mark for the first time in December 2014. The airport serves as a hub for Swiss International Air Lines and easyJet Switzerland. It features a network of flights mainly to continental European 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 outside Zürich, to New York–JFK.