---
title: "Zurich Airport handles 2,948,839 passengers in April; YoY +6.1%"
sdDatePublished: "2026-05-13T16:06:00Z"
source: "https://newsroom.flughafen-zuerich.ch/key-figures-april-2026/"
topics:
  - name: "transport"
    identifier: "medtop:20000337"
  - name: "air transport"
    identifier: "medtop:20000338"
  - name: "business reporting and performance"
    identifier: "medtop:20001365"
  - name: "corporate earnings"
    identifier: "medtop:20000178"
locations:
  - "Natal"
  - "Florianópolis"
  - "Zürich"
  - "Iquique"
  - "Rio de Janeiro"
---


Zurich Airport handles 2,948,839 passengers in April; YoY +6.1%

Key Figures April 2026

13 Mai 2026 | 17:40 Europe

Ad hoc-Mitteilung gemäss Art. 53 KR

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2,948,839 passengers were handled at Zurich Airport in April (+6.1% vs. previous year). The number of local passengers increased by 7.2% and transfer passengers increased by 3.3%. The transfer rate, which was at 27.7% last April, is at 26.9% in the month under review.

In April, flight movements increased by 5.0% to 23,488 versus previous year.

Total turnover in April was CHF 54.0m (+2.1% vs. previous year). The increase divides into +7.9% for airside and -5.8% for landside.

At the international airports, the passenger count was as follows for the month under review:

382,635 at Florianópolis Airport (-0.1% vs. previous year)

Macaé Airports (+10.8% vs. previous year)

218,655 at Natal Airport (+30.3% vs. previous year)

120,014 at Iquique Airport (-3.3% vs. previous year)