Air traffic More take-offs and landings at Zurich Airport again in August

Significantly more aircraft took off and landed at Zurich Airport in August than in the same period last year. However, the figures are still just below the level before the coronavirus crisis.

A total of 23,826 aircraft movements were registered at Zurich Airport in August. This is 1.6% less than in the previous month of July, although July is the month with the most flight movements every year due to the summer holidays.

Compared to the same month last year, however, significantly more aircraft took off and landed: aircraft movements increased by 4.7% compared to August 2023, as an analysis of data from the news agency AWP shows. In absolute figures, this means an increase of more than 1,000 flights.

However, air traffic at Zurich Airport was even higher on a monthly basis in August 2019, the year before the coronavirus crisis: at 25,511 take-offs and landings, there were 2.8% more movements than in August 2024.

The flight movement figures at Zurich Airport are based on daily updated statistics, in which all flights are recorded according to instrument flight rules. This so-called IFR traffic includes scheduled flights as well as cargo, business and private flights. However, the number of flight movements says nothing about the size of the aircraft handled and their capacity utilization.

Zurich Airport will publish detailed passenger and traffic figures for the month of August on September 11.

SDA