Zürich Airport

Zürich Airport (LSZH) sits 8 miles north of central Zürich in Kloten. Commercial service is dominant — LSZH is the principal Swiss International Air Lines hub — and the field handles a substantial volume of business and charter traffic alongside the airline operations. For Zürich-area corporate flight departments and the central European banking and pharma corridor (Basel-Zürich-Munich), LSZH is the default international charter gateway. The three runways (16/34 12,139 ft, 14/32 10,827 ft, 10/28 8,202 ft) handle every current business jet without restriction. Two FBOs (Jet Aviation and TAG Aviation) handle business aviation movements with substantial hangar capacity. The strict Swiss noise framework constrains certain older equipment and applies a meaningful overnight curfew (2300–0600 local) that brokers must plan around. Slot pressure is real during the World Economic Forum staging week (the proper event is at Davos but the staging is at LSZH and LSGG), the Art Basel Basel fair, and major Swiss banking conference weeks. Field elevation is 1,416 feet, no density-altitude concerns at this elevation. The dominant operational consideration is winter weather — fog, low ceilings, and the Föhn wind that can drive turbulence on descent. Ground time into central Zürich is 15–25 minutes; Basel is 60–90 minutes; the major Alpine ski resorts are 90–180 minutes.