Editing Transport in Switzerland (section)

==Air transport==
[[File:swiss.a320-200.hb-ijq.arp.jpg|thumb|right|[[Airbus A320-200]] of the  [[flag carrier|national carrier]] - [[Swiss International Air Lines]]]]
[[File:Edelweiss Air Airbus A340-300 on finals at Zurich.jpg|thumb|right|[[Airbus A340-300]] of [[Edelweiss Air]]]]
{{See also|List of airports in Switzerland}}
*64 (2012)
*Airports - with paved runways
**total: 41
**over {{Convert|3,047|m|4=-3|abbr=on}}: 3
***[[Zurich Airport]]
***[[Geneva Airport]]
***[[EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg]]
**{{Convert|2,438 to 3,047|m|4=-3|abbr=on}}: 2
**{{Convert|1,524 to 2,437|m|4=-3|abbr=on}}: 13
**{{Convert|914 to 1,523|m|4=-3|abbr=on}}: 6
***[[Bern Airport]]
***[[Lugano Airport]]
**under {{Convert|914|m|4=-3|abbr=on}}: 17 (2012)
*Airports - with unpaved runways:
**total: 23
**under {{Convert|914|m|4=-3|abbr=on}}: 23 (2012)
*[[Heliport]]s: 1
[[File:Zurichairportshopping.jpg|thumb|right|Interior of Zurich Airport]]

[[Zurich Airport]] {{Airport codes|ZRH|LSZH}} also called '''Kloten Airport''', located in [[Kloten]], [[canton of Zürich]], is Switzerland's largest international flight gateway and hub to [[Swiss International Air Lines]] and [[Lufthansa]]. The airport handled 27.6 million passengers in 2016.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/mobilite-transports/themes-transversaux.assetdetail.3342130.html|title=Civil aviation in Switzerland|website=statistique suisse|date=19 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424010457/https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/mobilite-transports/themes-transversaux.assetdetail.3342130.html|archive-date=2018-04-24|url-status=live|access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref> In 2003, Zurich International completed an expansion project in which it built a car park, a midfield terminal, and an automated underground train to move passengers between the existing terminal complex and the new terminal. Zurich International lost traffic when [[Swissair]] shut down its operations (most of its assets were then taken over by the former [[Crossair]]). When [[Lufthansa]] took over its successor [[Swiss International Air Lines]] (SWISS), traffic grew again.

Zurich Airport's railway station ([[Zürich Flughafen railway station|Zürich Flughafen]]) is underneath the terminal. There are trains to many parts of Switzerland; frequent [[S-Bahn]] services, plus direct Inter-regio and intercity services to [[Winterthur]], Bern, Basel and [[Lucerne]] (Luzern). By changing trains at [[Zürich Hauptbahnhof]] most other places in Switzerland can be reached in a few hours.

The second largest airport of the country, [[Geneva Airport]] {{Airport codes|GVA|LSGG}}, handled 16.5 million passengers in 2016.<ref name=":0" /> The airport has a single runway, the longest of its kind in Switzerland at {{Convert|3900|m}}, built in 1960. The runway could only be built after an agreement was reached with France to exchange a piece of territory since it wouldn't otherwise fit entirely in Switzerland. In compensation, the airport has a French sector in its terminals, and therefore flights incoming/outgoing from/to France are considered domestic and a segregated road leads to the airport from France without crossing the Swiss customs.

A turnaround occurred in 1996 when Swissair decided to abandon all the intercontinental routes departing from Geneva except for New York and Washington (that is, all its African destinations). The airport then requested the Swiss Federal Government to implement an open skies policy for Geneva and abolish the legal monopoly enjoyed by Swissair. Following the open skies policy, Geneva Airport now serves over 110 direct destinations from more than 55 airlines. It is the main hub for [[easyJet Switzerland]] and a focus airport for [[Swiss International Air Lines]], as well as home to the executive office of [[IATA]].

[[File:Geneva_airport_from_air.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of [[Geneva Airport]]]]

Road access to the airport is provided by highways: It is directly connected to the rest of Switzerland by the A1 highway and France via the A40. It has its own railway station, [[Geneva Airport railway station]], from the Swiss Federal Railways (CFF) located right besides the main terminal with trains regularly departing to the rest of Switzerland, towards Neuchâtel, Lausanne-Fribourg-Bern-Zürich, and Lausanne-Vevey-Montreux-Sion-Brig and stopping in all cases in Geneva main train station located in the city centre, which lies only 7 minutes away from the airport by train. Geneva train station is also connected via [[TGV Lyria|HSR to France]], and to the [[Léman Express]] rail network. The airport is also served by several Genevan public transport lines such as trolleybus line 10.

The third largest Swiss airport is [[EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg]] which handled 7.3 million passengers in 2016<ref name=":0" /> and is located entirely on French territory.

In addition, [[Sion Airport]] is a small airport in [[Sion, Switzerland|Sion]] ([[Valais]]) and [[St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport]] near [[Lake Constance]].