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  • GVA Airport Contact
    PO Box 100
    Geneva, CH-1215
    Switzerland
    Phone: +4122 717 71 11
    Website for Geneva Airport: http://www.gva.ch

  • GVA Airport Overview
    The Geneva International Airport GVA, ideally located at the border of Switzerland, France and Italy, is one of Europe's busiest airports with an annual traffic of 8 million passengers. GVA Airport is only 4 km from Geneva's city center and easily reachable by train or by bus via Unireso transportation. Only one single ticket is required to travel by train, tram, bus or boat in the area France-Vaud-Geneva. The airport has only one terminal, however, as a sector of the Airport is situated on the French side, it allows travelers without a Swiss visa to take domestic French flights into the Airport's French sector, thereby enabling them to make connections to nearby French towns and ski resorts without passing through Swiss territory.

    As Geneva is host to a multitude of international organizations, international travel has no season, even though tourists arrive at the airport to head for the seasonal beauty of Switzerland, and the thrill of skiing there in winter. Geneva airport can well accommodate dignitaries from all over the world who come here on business.

    A host of major, minor and charter airlines serve Geneva International with direct and connecting flights to destinations all over the world. United Airlines has recently announced the start of a daily direct flight to Washington, DC, which connecting flights on to Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

    Note: For security reasons, Terminal T1 is closed from midnight to 4am to 04:00 am. No passengers are allowed inside the terminal during this time.


  • Main Terminal / Concourses at Geneva GVA Airport
    The airport has only one terminal, however, as a sector of the Airport is situated on the French side, it allows travelers without a Swiss visa to take domestic French flights into the Airport's French sector, thereby enabling them to make connections to nearby French towns and ski resorts without passing through Swiss territory.