Geneva International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Geneva, Geneva (Switzerland)

IATA: GVA ICAO: LSGG

Longest Active Runway

12,795 ft

3,900 meters

Field Elevation

1,411 ft

430 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

1 closed, Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

46.2381°, 6.1090°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #101 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#161 of 7558

Top 2.1% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Switzerland)

#1 of 2 in CH

#1 of 10 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+28%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 GVA in numbers: 12,795 ft longest runway · tied #101 of 650 published · #161 of 7,558 worldwide (top 2.1%) · #1 in Switzerland.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway ≥10,500 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

GVA lies at 430 m (1,411 ft), #161 of 650 published airports by elevation and 74.3 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 3 ft below the Switzerland median (1,414 ft, 2 airports); ZRH is highest at 1,417 ft, 6 ft higher than GVA.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

2 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

Closest of 2 paved-runway (≥5,000 ft) neighbours within 100 NM: Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS), 52.5 NM, 13,124 ft. Next: TRN 89.7 NM. LYS has the radius's longest runway, 329 ft more than GVA.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 12,795 ft (3,900 m)

GVA runway: 04/22 12,795 × 164 ft concrete (con). National standing: #1 of 2 in Switzerland; 656 ft ahead of ZRH (12,139 ft). +28% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
04/22	12,795 ft (3900 m / 3.900 km)	164 ft (50m)	`Concrete (CON)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
04L/22R	2,700 ft (823 m / 0.823 km)	98 ft (30m)	`Grass / Turf (GRS)`	❌ Unlighted	⛔ Closed

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône)	`LYS`	52.5 NM (97.2 km)	13,124 ft	✅ Lighted
Turin Airport (Caselle Torinese (TO))	`TRN`	89.7 NM (166.1 km)	10,827 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →