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Geneva International Airport

Geneva Airport – formerly and still unofficially known as Cointrin Airport – is an of , the second most populous city in .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: international airport serving Geneva, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “aéroport de Genève”, “aéroport de Genève-Cointrin”, “Aeroport Geneve-Cointrin”, “Aéroport Genève-Cointrin”, “Cointrin”, “Cointrin International Airport”, “Geneva Airport”, “GENEVA airport”, “Geneva Cointrin”, “Geneva Cointrin Airport”, “Geneva Cointrin International Airport”, “Geneva Contrin International Airport”, “Genève Aeroport”, “Genève Aéroport”, “Geneve Cointrin International Airport”, “Genf-Cointrin”, “GVA”, and “LSGG”
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Geneva Airport railway station and Geneva Arena.

Railway station
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is a train station located underground next to the terminal building of Geneva International Airport, in Grand-Saconnex, , .

Building
Photo: Sissssou, CC BY-SA 3.0.
SEG is an indoor arena in , . Part of the Palexpo complex, it opened in 1995, and it currently holds 9,500 spectators and hosts concerts and indoor sporting events, such as tennis and basketball.

Mosque
Photo: MHM55, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as the Petit-Saconnex Mosque is the largest mosque in , . It was financed by the Saudi-based Muslim World League and constructed in 1978 in the neighborhood of Le Petit-Saconnex.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Le Grand-Saconnex and Ferney-Voltaire.

Town
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is a municipality of the , Switzerland. Several international organizations and permanent missions to the United Nations are located in Grand Saconnex.

Town
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is a commune in the department in the region of eastern France. It lies between the Jura Mountains and the Swiss border; it forms part of the metropolitan area of .

Neighborhood
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is a commune in the , in . It is located in the western suburbs of .

Geneva International Airport

Latitude
46.2378° or 46° 14′ 16″ north
Longitude
6.10862° or 6° 6′ 31″ east
Elevation
430 metres (1,411 feet)
Operator
Aéroport International de Genève
IATA airport code
GVA
ICAO airport code
LSGG
United Nations Location Code
CH COI
Open location code
8FR864Q5+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 364428030
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
2660644
Wiki­data ID
Q289972
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Geneva International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Genève Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Arabic: “مطار جنيف الدولي”
  • Armenian: “Ժնև օդանավակայան”
  • Armenian: “Ժնևի միջազգային օդանավակայան”
  • Arpitan: “Aèrogâra de Geneva”
  • Arpitan: “Aèrogâra entèrnacionâla de Geneva”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional de Xinebra”
  • Basque: “Genevako nazioarteko aireportua”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional de Ginebra”
  • Cebuano: “Aéroport Genève-Cointrin”
  • Chinese: “日内瓦国际机场”
  • Chinese: “日内瓦机场”
  • Croatian: “Zračna luka Ženeva”
  • Czech: “Letiště Ženeva”
  • Danish: “Genève Internationale Lufthavn”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Geneve”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Genève”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار جنيف الدولى”
  • Esperanto: “Flughaveno Ĝenevo”
  • Esperanto: “GVA”
  • Esperanto: “LSGG”
  • Estonian: “Genfi lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “Geneven kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “Aéroport International de Genève-Cointrin”
  • French: “aéroport international de Genève”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Genève”
  • French: “Genève Aéroport”
  • French: “GVA”
  • French: “LSGG”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Xenebra”
  • German: “Aéroport de Genève-Cointrin”
  • German: “Flughafen Genf”
  • German: “Genève Aéroport”
  • German: “GVA”
  • German: “LSGG”
  • Greek: “Αεροδρόμιο της Γενεύης”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי של ז’נבה”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי של ז’נבה”
  • Hindi: “जिनेवा हवाई अड्डा”
  • Hungarian: “Genfi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Cointrin Jenewa”
  • Indonesian: “GVA”
  • Indonesian: “LSGG”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Ginevra-Cointrin”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Ginevra”
  • Japanese: “ジュネーヴ・コアントラン国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ジュネーヴ空港”
  • Japanese: “ジュネーブ空港”
  • Korean: “제네바 공항”
  • Korean: “제네바 국제공항”
  • Lithuanian: “Tarptautinis Ženevos oro uostas”
  • Lithuanian: “Ženevos tarptautinis oro uostas”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Geneva”
  • Marathi: “जिनिव्हा आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Genève internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Genève internasjonale lufthamn”
  • Norwegian: “Genève internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Persian: “GVA”
  • Persian: “LSGG”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی ژنو”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Genewa-Cointrin”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Genebra”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Geneva”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Geneva”
  • Romansh: “Eroport internaziunal da Genevra-Cointrin”
  • Romansh: “Eroport Internaziunal da Genevra-Cointrin”
  • Russian: “Женева”
  • Russian: “Женевский международный аэропорт”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Женева”
  • Serbian: “Аеродром Женева”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Ginebra”
  • Spanish: “Ginebra Aeropuerto Internacional”
  • Swedish: “Aéroport international de Genève”
  • Swedish: “Genèves internationella flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Байналмиллалии Женев”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ жинив”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติเจนีวา”
  • Turkish: “Cenevre Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Женева”
  • Urdu: “جنیوا ہوائی اڈا”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Geneva Cointrin”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Genève”

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