Statistics

The air traffic statistics (passengers, movements, freight) are available around the 10th of each month, for the previous month:

monthly statistics

Figures are temporary data, several checks still need to be done. However, the error towards the definitive figures is generally lower than +/-1%.

• 13.9 million passengers in 2012 (+ 73% in ten years).
  
  
• 192,944 movements in 2012 (+ 16.5% in five years).
  
  
• More than 120 direct-flight destinations: Europe, North America, Africa, Middle-East, Asia.
  
  
• More than 50 scheduled airlines, of which some 20 are non-European.
  
  
  
• Second European airport for private aviation, after Paris le Bourget.
  
  
• 840 staff in the independent government-owned corporation Genève Aéroport. More than 9,500 people on the site, spread over 200 companies and agencies.
  
  
• 6 million inhabitants living less than 120 minutes from the airport.
  
  
• Half the profits paid to the State of Geneva, or CHF 130 million between 2007 and 2011.
  
  
• No subsidies.
  
  
• CHF 345 million invested between 2007 and 2011.
  
  
• A place to live, with 100 shops, service providers and restaurants open 7 days a week.
  
  
• Multi-modal transport centre: planes (!), trains (200 trains a day), buses (7 routes), cars (motorway exit). Sustainable transport encouraged (Genève Aéroport won Swiss and European awards in 2009). Mobility plan and car-pooling site. 37% of employees and 45% of passengers use public transport to get to the airport.
  
  
• Around 4,000 VIP welcomes a year. A key role for western Switzerland on the international scene.
  
  
• A fully-equipped cargo hall with an area of more than 25,000 square metres. An asset for businesses in the region.
  
  
• More than 4,500 square metres of solar panels. Has just installed 282 ultra-high-vacuum flat thermal solar panels based on technology developed at CERN. This solar field is the largest of its kind in Europe.
  
  
• A 40 million CHF sound-insulation program for neighbouring dwellings. More than 2,700 homes that have received sound insulation so far from Genève Aéroport. This insulation enables a simultaneous improvement in energy efficiency: about 1 tonne of CO2 saved annually per home.
  
  
• Environmental policy. Detailed environmental report once every three years..
  
  
• Shopping centre with 100 stores and services open 7 days a week.
  
  
• A geographical location 5 km from Geneva city centre.

• 78 aircraft assistance operations
• 2'938 medical transfers
• 189 SCA alarms (automatic and technical alarms)
• 6'013 sick bay assistance operations
• 8'040 children looked after in the nursery
• 45'036 escort journeys made