Airport to cityCity to airport

Zurich local time. Use the hour you expect to leave the centre. Leave it on Any time to see every option.

Home / Zurich / Zurich Airport / To the airport

Zurich city centretoZurich airport

City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

1 way to the airport

Recommended

The cheapest way to the airport. Nothing listed is quicker.

SBB train to Zürich HB

Regional · SBB, on a ZVV zone ticket
9–13 min rideEvery 5 min04:33–00:24
Zürich HBZürich Flughafen railway station
Luggage space
CHF 7.20total for 1 adultCHF 7.20 eachBuy ticketOn SBB, on a ZVV zone ticket
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Zürich HB, any platform — take whichever train comes first

The ZVV three-zone single: CHF 7.20 an adult in 2nd class (CHF 11.80 in 1st), valid one hour; CHF 3.60 for children 6 to 15 and Half-Fare holders; under-6s free. A Multikarte of six rides is CHF 41.00 and can be shared. A 24-hour ticket for the same zones is CHF 14.40 — exactly two singles. Valid on every train from this station, S-Bahn and InterCity alike.

Luggage. Mainline Swiss trains: racks and standing space by the doors.

Hours. Every few minutes by day, in 9 to 13 minutes; nothing between about 00:24 and 04:33.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: VBZ tram 10, N10 night bus, Pre-booked private transfer, Private transfer to Basel, Private transfer to Lucerne, Private transfer to Interlaken, Private transfer to Winterthur, Welcome Pickups transfer to Bern, Welcome Pickups transfer to Lucerne, Welcome Pickups transfer to Interlaken. Every way from Zurich airport into Zurich

How do I get from Zurich city centre to Zurich airport?

For one traveler the SBB train to Zürich HB is the way we recommend: CHF 7.20 in total, 9–13 min, boarding at Zürich HB. The first one leaves at 04:33 and is at the airport by about 04:44; the last leaves at 00:24.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first
SBB train to Zürich HB

First 04:33 from Zürich HB, at the airport by about 04:44.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Early flight?

Trains toward the airport also stop overnight: the last is around 00:24 and the first at 04:33, a gap of about four hours, close to the same shape as the airport-bound side.

Before you leave for Zurich Airport

From the centre to each way out
Early flights

Trains toward the airport also stop overnight: the last is around 00:24 and the first at 04:33, a gap of about four hours, close to the same shape as the airport-bound side.

Tickets

Buy the same three-zone ZVV ticket at any city station before you board — a machine or, where staffed, a counter. It is valid for travel in either direction.

Taxis to the airport

No fare is published for the ride to the airport either. The Airport Taxi app quotes a discount of around half against booking on the day, but neither figure is a fixed price.

Questions

When is the first SBB train to Zürich HB from Zürich HB?

04:33. It reaches the airport at about 04:44.

What does a taxi to Zurich airport cost from the centre?

No fare is published for the ride to the airport either. The Airport Taxi app quotes a discount of around half against booking on the day, but neither figure is a fixed price.

My flight is early. What runs before the first train?

Trains toward the airport also stop overnight: the last is around 00:24 and the first at 04:33, a gap of about four hours, close to the same shape as the airport-bound side.

Arriving instead? Every way from Zurich airport into Zurich
Strictly necessary

This choice, kept on your device so we do not ask again. Nothing else.

Always on
Full details