207 Mobility and transport Neuchâtel 208 Swiss civil aviation 207
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Table of contents Aerodrome infrastructure 4 2 Aircraft 6 3 Employment 8 4 Aircraft movements 0 5 Passengers 4 6 Energy and Emissions 20 7 Accidents 22
Aerodrome infrastructure Civil aerodromes: overview 207 T Foundation Year Longest runway Metres Concrete surface runways Number Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Procedures (yes/no) Total airports and airfields 33 Total national airports 6 Zurich 948 3 700 3 yes Geneva 922 3 900 yes Basel-Mulhouse 946 3 900 2 yes Total regional airports Bern-Belp 929 730 yes Lugano-Agno 947 350 yes Sion 935 2 000 yes St. Gallen-Altenrhein 926 500 yes Birrfeld 937 725 no Bressaucourt 20 800 no Ecuvillens 953 800 no Grenchen 93 000 yes La Chaux-de-Fonds- Les Eplatures L a u s a n n e - La Blécherette 92 30 yes 90 875 no Samedan 937 800 no Total airfields 6 Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 4
Civil aerodromes, 207 Basel-Mulhouse Bressaucourt Birrfeld Zurich St.Gallen- Altenrhein Grenchen La Chaux-de-Fonds- Les Eplatures Bern-Belp Ecuvillens Samedan Lausanne- La Blécherette Sion Geneva 0 25 km Lugano- Agno National airport Regional airport Airfield, heliport Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 5
2 2 Aircraft Registered aircraft T 2. 2000 2005 200 205 206 207 Total aircraft 4 048 3 84 3 705 3 494 3 44 3 333 Total aeroplanes 2 04 892 93 850 823 786 < 2 250 kg MTOM 572 502 43 397 382 358 2 250 5 700 kg MTOM 57 49 97 69 62 74 > 5 700 kg MTOM 285 24 303 284 279 254 Helicopters 254 285 327 326 337 335 Gliders 024 949 824 696 658 625 Powered gliders 246 254 25 253 249 249 Airships 6 9 9 8 9 Free balloons 504 452 38 358 339 329 MTOM = Maximum Take Off Mass Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 6
2 Registered aircraft, 207 G 2. Total: 3 333 aircraft 9% 0% 0.3% 7% 4% Aeroplanes <2 250 kg MTOM Aeroplanes 2 250 5 700 kg MTOM Aeroplanes >5 700 kg MTOM Helicopters Gliders Powered gliders Airships Free balloons 0% 8% 5% MTOM = Maximum Take Off Mass Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 Registered aircraft 2 500 2 000 500 000 G 2.2 Aeroplanes Gliders Free balloons Helicopters Powered gliders 500 0 990 995 2000 2005 200 207 Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 7
3 3 Employment Swiss aviation companies T 3. 2000 2005 200 205 206 207 Total companies 420 355 322 299 296 282 Companies with scheduled traffic 5 5 9 9 8 8 Other companies with commercial traffic 72 09 8 66 62 53 Maintenance companies 94 87 90 84 85 84 Flying schools 49 54 42 40 4 37 Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 8
3 Flight personnel Licence holders T 3.2 2000 2005 200 205 206 207 Private pilots 6 792 5 928 5 58 4 872 4 777 4 695 Commercial pilots 42 000 952 050 083 050 Airline transport pilots 2 223 2 086 2 266 2 57 2 492 2 490 Multi-Crew pilots 0 0 46 87 70 52 Helicopter pilots 036 082 68 043 068 036 Glider pilots 3 45 2 764 2 67 75 766 675 Free balloon pilots 449 428 340 255 247 242 Validations 2 420 38 8 8 0 Flight engineers 4 8 2 2 3 Radio navigators 30 27 0 4 5 6 Including Air Transport Pilot Licence ATPL (H) 2 Recognition of foreign licences (Validation) Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 9
4 4 Aircraft movements Aircraft movements: scheduled and charter traffic Takeoffs and landings T4. 2000 2005 200 205 206 207 Total airports 537 83 48 956 46 460 978 468 226 467 263 Total national airports 509 584 404 428 404 92 445 349 452 788 454 40 Zurich 29 044 229 982 227 85 23 095 235 93 236 48 Geneva 8 950 6 545 23 73 46 440 48 85 47 65 B a s e l - Mulhouse 99 590 57 90 53 933 67 84 68 672 70 368 Total regional airports 28 229 4 528 90 5 629 5 438 2 862 Bern-Belp 2 489 4 28 3 486 7 928 7 636 5 832 L u g a n o - Agno 2 07 7 74 5 479 5 397 5 87 4 008 Sion 530 80 92 572 476 52 St. Gallen- Altenrhein 3 93 2 579 2 33 732 2 39 2 50 Swiss and French traffic Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 0
4 Aircraft movements: scheduled and charter traffic G 4. Thousand takeoffs and landings 600 500 400 300 200 00 0 995 2000 2005 200 205 207 Total scheduled and charter traffic Zurich Geneva Basel-Mulhouse Regional airports Swiss and French traffic Source: FSO, FOCA - Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208
4 Total aircraft movements in civil aviation, 207 Takeoffs and landings, including general aviation T4.2 Commercial flights Aeroplane Helicopter Non commercial flights Total Total airports and airfields 532 520 0 336 767 832 40 688 Total national airports 497 950 6 525 52 339 556 84 Zurich 252 653 059 6 724 270 436 Geneva 70 376 857 8 543 90 776 Basel-Mulhouse 74 92 3 609 7 072 95 602 Total regional airports 28 656 8 868 33 392 360 96 Bern Belp 9 0 3 444 34 886 47 34 Lugano-Agno 5 865 7 2 683 8 665 Sion 3 804 8 028 30 089 4 92 St. Gallen-Altenrhein 5 8 55 23 540 28 776 Birrfeld 944 0 65 444 66 388 Bressaucourt 6 4 8 323 8 343 Ecuvillens 0 0 4 899 4 899 Grenchen 669 274 67 66 68 559 La Chaux-de-Fonds- Les Eplatures 288 60 9 75 99 L a u s a n n e - La Blécherette 44 629 36 944 38 77 Samedan 734 5 57 9 27 6 08 Total airfields 5 94 75 943 402 0 483 958 Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 2
4 Aircraft movements in civil aviation, 207 National and regional airports only Basel-Mulhouse Bressaucourt Birrfeld Zurich St.Gallen- Altenrhein La Chaux-de-Fonds- Les Eplatures Grenchen Bern-Belp Lausanne- La Blécherette Ecuvillens Samedan Sion Geneva Lugano- Agno 0 25 km Number of takeoffs and landings 270 436 00 000 8 343 Type of traffic Scheduled flights Charter flights Other commercial flights Non-commercial flights excluding commercial pleasure flights Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 3
5 5 Passengers Air passengers: scheduled and charter traffic Passengers arriving and departing T 5. 2000 2005 200 Total airports 34 426 80 30 860 05 39 009 046 Zurich 22 450 494 7 877 978 22 854 358 Geneva 7 677 763 9 360 62 748 972 Basel-Mulhouse 2 3 699 94 3 26 762 4 087 93 Bern-Belp 205 34 78 423 85 98 Lugano-Agno 286 507 8 453 59 497 Sion 8 760 4 843 3 92 St. Gallen-Altenrhein 98 769 94 97 68 395 205 206 207 Total airports 49 392 700 5 800 530 54 9 905 Zurich 26 25 507 27 630 699 29 36 20 Geneva 5 682 28 6 444 335 7 259 942 Basel-Mulhouse 7 028 970 7 287 084 7 868 537 Bern-Belp 75 024 67 292 67 566 Lugano-Agno 56 435 67 686 35 534 Sion 6 660 4 455 9 349 St. Gallen-Altenrhein 9 976 98 979 09 776 Local and transfer passengers 2 Swiss and French traffic Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 4
5 Air passengers: scheduled and charter traffic G 5. Million passengers arriving and departing 60 50 40 30 20 0 0 995 2000 2005 200 205 207 Total scheduled and charter traffic Zurich Geneva Basel-Mulhouse 2 Regional airports Local and transfer passengers 2 Swiss and French traffic Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 5
5 Air passengers by continent of true destination, 207 Passengers in scheduled and charter traffic T 5.2 Europe Africa Asia Oceania Total airports 25 49 746 994 067 3 323 07 5 24 Zurich 3 290 283 549 030 2 606 840 97 324 Geneva 7 746 03 35 664 663 440 7 97 Basel-Mulhouse 2 4 78 338 28 793 50 002 0 Bern-Belp 84 494 24 0 0 Lugano-Agno 60 733 556 2 735 0 Sion 4 443 0 0 0 St. Gallen-Altenrhein 55 352 0 0 0 North America Central America South America Total all continents Total airports 2 420 349 95 06 330 090 32 797 526 Zurich 2 008 027 67 577 267 632 8 986 73 Geneva 404 433 26 93 6 738 9 236 226 Basel-Mulhouse 2 3 506 259 36 4 360 934 Bern-Belp 0 0 0 84 58 Lugano-Agno 4 383 249 684 69 340 Sion 0 0 0 4 443 St. Gallen-Altenrhein 0 0 0 55 352 Local and transfer passengers 2 Swiss and French traffic Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 6
5 Air passengers by continent of true destination, 207 Passengers in scheduled and charter traffic G 5.2 Total: 32.8 million passengers 3% 0% 0.4% 7% 0.6% % Europe Africa Asia Oceania North America Central America South America 78% Local and transfer passengers Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 7
5 Passenger-kilometres performed Incoming and outgoing scheduled and charter traffic T 5.3 Scheduled traffic: Passenger-km performed, in millions Charter traffic: Passenger-km performed, in millions 206 207 Change 206 207 Change Total 9 702 99 062 7% 723 738 2% Zurich 64 578 70 024 8% 292 22 32% Geneva 9 77 20 949 6% 42 5 5% Basel-Mulhouse 7 249 7 96 8% 232 3 25% Bern-Belp 87 94 7% 54 50 8% Lugano-Agno 7 5 3% 0 0 0% Sion 0 * 3 6 50% St. Gallen-Altenrhein 54 62 3% 0 0 0% Swiss and French traffic Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 8
5 Passenger-kilometres and seat load factor by continent Incoming and outgoing scheduled and charter traffic T 5.4 Passenger-km performed, in millions Passenger-km offered, in millions Seat load factor 206 207 206 207 206 207 Total 92 425 99 800 8 246 25 6 78% 80% Europe 40 0 42 256 50 838 52 72 79% 80% Africa 3 833 4 347 4 757 5 326 8% 82% Asia 26 930 29 867 34 722 37 966 78% 79% Oceania 0 0 0 0 * * North America 9 069 20 232 24 863 25 548 77% 79% Central America 742 53 94 435 8% 80% South America 839 945 2 52 2 64 85% 90% No direct flights from/to Switzerland Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 9
6 6 Energy and Emissions Fuel consumption and gaseous emissions of civil aviation Including general aviation T 6. 2005 200 205 206 207 Fuel consumption (tonnes) Filled up in Switzerland 52 388 390 824 602 39 679 034 723 77 Consumed in the Swiss airspace Gaseous emissions (tonnes) 496 760 580 808 556 077 575 660 582 674 CO 2 3 630 023 4 377 758 5 039 229 5 280 493 5 42 02 NO x 3 952 7 635 2 228 23 599 25 75 CO 707 6 70 6 809 6 466 6 466 HC 6 483 734 835 807 795 BC 34 33 33 PM 47 46 46 International and domestic flights. The calculation is based on the fuel quantity actually filled up in Switzerland. Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 20
6 Fuel consumption of civil aviation Including general aviation G 6. Million tonnes 2.0.5.0 0.5 0.0 995 2000 2005 200 205 207 Filled up in Switzerland Consumed in the Swiss airspace Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 CO 2 emissions in international and domestic civil aviation Including general aviation G 6.2 Million tonnes 6 5 4 3 2 0 995 2000 2005 200 205 207 International CO 2 Domestic CO 2 Source: FSO, FOCA Civil aviation statistics (AVIA_ZL) FSO 208 2
7 7 Accidents Accidents and serious incidents of Swiss registered aircraft at home and abroad T 7. 2000 2005 200 205 206 207 Total 80 7 45 75 83 79 Serious incidents are events that have nearly resulted in an aviation accident such as the unintentional convergence of two aircraft with a high risk of collision (Airprox). Source: STSB Aviation accident statistics FSO 208 Fatalities in Swiss registered aircraft at home and abroad T 7.2 2000 2005 200 205 206 207 Total 5 5 8 2 5 8 Total aeroplanes 36 8 5 7 3 5 < 2 250 kg MTOM 4 7 5 7 3 0 2 250 5 700 kg MTOM 0 0 0 5 > 5 700 kg MTOM 3 0 0 0 0 0 Helicopters 2 6 0 0 Powered gliders and gliders 3 3 4 2 2 Free balloons and airships 0 0 0 0 0 0 MTOM = Maximum Take Off Mass Source: STSB Aviation accident statistics FSO 208 22
7 Severely injured persons by Swiss registered aircraft at home and abroad T 7.3 2000 2005 200 205 206 207 Total 23 7 7 9 Total aeroplanes 8 3 4 3 6 < 2 250 kg MTOM 5 0 4 3 6 2 250 5 700 kg MTOM 0 2 0 0 0 > 5 700 kg MTOM 3 0 0 0 0 0 Helicopters 3 0 4 3 5 5 Powered gliders and gliders 2 0 0 0 0 Free balloons and airships 0 0 0 0 0 0 Severely injured persons whose treatment requires a hospital stay of more than 48 hours. MTOM = Maximum Take Off Mass Source: STSB Aviation accident statistics FSO 208 23
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