Zurich ZRH
Cheap flights from Zurich start at Zurich Airport, known by its code ZRH, the airport that serves the city and the surrounding region of Switzerland. Its route map covers short hops to Naples, Rome, Porto, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona and London, plus longer runs to Antalya and Istanbul. Which airlines fly each route, and how often, shifts with the season, so it is worth checking the carrier and the connection before you settle on a date.
Zurich at a glance
- Passengers per year
- 32.6 M (2025)
- Hub for
- Swiss, Helvetic Airways
- Elevation
- 1,417 m
- Opened
- 1953
- Official website
- flughafen-zuerich.ch
- Population of Zurich
- 452 k (2025)
Country facts: Wikidata
Getting to the city
Zurich Airport sits close enough to the city that the train is usually the simplest way in: services run from the airport station to the main rail hub, and onward connections reach most of Switzerland. Taxis and rental cars are there as well, and they make more sense if you are heading somewhere the rail network does not cover. Build in extra time in the morning and late afternoon, when commuters and business travellers share the roads and the platforms. If you land late, look up the last train before you decide, rather than assuming a taxi will be quick.