Nonstop flight route between Zürich, Switzerland and Mexico City, Mexico:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zürich, Switzerland and Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX), Mexico City, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,012 miles (or 9,675 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Zurich Airport and Benito Juarez International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Zurich Airport and Benito Juarez International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZRH / LSZH |
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| Location: | Zürich, Switzerland |
| GPS Coordinates: | 47°27'52"N by 8°32'57"E |
| Area Served: | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Zürich AG |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1416 feet (432 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 4 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ZRH |
| More Information: | ZRH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MEX / MMMX |
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| Location: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| GPS Coordinates: | 19°26'9"N by 99°4'18"W |
| Area Served: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Operator/Owner: | Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de México |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 7316 feet (2,230 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MEX |
| More Information: | MEX Maps & Info |
Facts about Zurich Airport (ZRH):
- In front of the terminal is a regional bus station and the airport stop of the Stadtbahn Glattal, a light rail system.
- The airport has three airside piers, which are known as docks A, B and E.
- The closest airport to Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of ZRH.
- In addition to being known as "Zurich Airport", another name for ZRH is "Flughafen Zürich".
- Zurich Airport handled 24,865,138 passengers last year.
- The noise of aircraft became an issue and a noise charge was instituted in 1980, and in 1984, an agreement was made regarding arrivals and departures to the airport via German airspace.
- Zurich Airport (ZRH) has 4 runways.
- The airport was again submitted and approved for renovation in 1970, and Terminal B was completed in 1971.
- The furthest airport from Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zurich Airport (meaning Zurich Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,087 miles (19,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The ground-side terminal complex comprises several buildings, and includes several airline check-in areas, a shopping mall, a railway station, car parks, and a bus and tram terminal.
- Zurich Airport railway station is located underneath the terminal.
- The first expansion of the airport was submitted in 1956, but the budget for the expansion was not approved by the Swiss Government until 1958 and the expansion was completed in 1961.
Facts about Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX):
- The national walkway was remodeled and expanded from 3,670 to 8,170m², an 122% increase.
- Benito Juarez International Airport handled 3,277,957 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX) is Santa Lucía Air Force Base (NLU), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) N of MEX.
- In addition to being known as "Benito Juarez International Airport", another name for MEX is "Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez".
- The airport has suffered from a lack of capacity due to restrictions on expansion, since it is located in a densely populated area.
- On December 2, 1963, Walter C.
- The AICM has continually improved its infrastructure.
- Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,294 miles (18,175 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Because of Benito Juarez International Airport's high elevation of 7,316 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MEX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MEX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
