Cointrin
in Geneva of Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
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Geneva Cointrin International Airport (1 mi) -
Annemasse Airport (8 mi) - Annecy-Haute-Savoie-Mont Blanc Airport (21 mi)
- Megève Airport (38 mi)
- Chambéry-Savoie Airport (42 mi)
- Méribel Airport (61 mi)
- Courchevel Airport (63 mi)
- Besançon Thise Airport (72 mi)
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Torino / Caselle International Airport (103 mi) - Zürich Airport (144 mi)
- Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (186 mi)
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Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (199 mi)
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces (Unesco heritage, 36 mi)
- From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt (Unesco heritage, 50 mi)
- Historic Site of Lyons (Unesco heritage, 69 mi)
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning (Unesco heritage, 70 mi)
- Old City of Berne (Unesco heritage, 81 mi)
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (Unesco heritage, 110 mi)
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (Unesco heritage, 127 mi)
- Zoo la Garenne (zoo, (19 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 46.227 and 6.106 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 46° 13' 36" and E 6° 6' 19"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Franc - CHF
- Spoken languages:
- German, French, Italian, Romansh
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 08:12 AM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/Zurich
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:29 am and 8:37 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 4,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Switzerland.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Switzerland. Last Update: 2024-04-24 08:14:40
Explore Cointrin
Cointrin in Geneva (Canton of Geneva) is a city in Switzerland about 81 mi (or 130 km) south-west of Bern, the country's capital.
Local time in Cointrin is now 08:12 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 12 airports in the vicinity of Cointrin, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Switzerland is Geneva Cointrin International Airport in a distance of 1 mi (or 1 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Switzerland is Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces in a distance of 36 mi (or 57 km), North-East. We found 1 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Geneva, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, Gex, Chancy and Saint-Claude. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 51 °F
| Morning Temperature | -0°C / 31 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
| Night Temperature | 3°C / 38 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 42% |
| Air Pressure | 1009 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (3 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 8% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Friday, 26th of April 2024
13°C (56 °F)
6°C (44 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
14°C (58 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
12°C (54 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
InterContinental Hotels GENEVE
Moevenpick Hotel & Casino
Nash Airport Hotel
Novotel Genève Aéroport France
Home Swiss Hotel
Appart'hotel Odalys Ferney Geneve Residence de Tourisme
Residence Hoteliere la Réserve Genève Ferney
NH Geneva City
NH Geneva Airport
Starling Geneva Hotel And Conference Center
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
British Airways Airbus A320-200 landing at Geneva International Airport GVA
This British Airways Airbus A320-200 flight was my first time flying with the airline. The flight originated from London Heathrow LHR.
EasyJet takeoff from Geneva International Airport
Recorded with GoPro - 720p Before taking off, two planes took off and one landed. Because there's only one runway in this airport. You can see the planes in this video. Actual takeoff begins...
INSIDE AIRPORT GENEVA SWISS
Thursday April 25 , 2013.
Geneva to Chamonix
Geneva Airport (French sector) to Chamonix avoiding Swiss Motorways and therefore paying the vignette. http://biarritzairporttransfers.com/Geneva-to-Chamonix.html.
Mise en service partielle de la route douanière
Après de longs travaux, la mise en service partielle (circulation à 1 voie) de la route douanière, traversant l'ouvrage réalisé, a été inaugurée lundi 27 octobre 2014 à 8h. Pour...
Trans Expo 2014, 20e salon du modélisme à Genève Aéroport
20ème anniversaire de Trans Expo, le rendez-vous incontournable des amateurs de modélisme en Suisse romande les 29 et 30 novembre 2014 à la gare CFF de Genève Aéroport. Plus de 30'000...
Destination Zero
A three minute journey from the inception of powered flight to the present day, Destination Zero outlines the air transport industry's environment vision towards carbon neutral growth and eventuall...
Riding a IR (InterRegio) double decked train to Geneva from Geneva International Airport GVA
I rode on a single decked IR (InterRegio) train from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to the main Geneva Gare de Cornavin station during my first trip to the city. On this occasion there...
Robot showing people around Geneva Airport
A robotic concierge shows travellers around Geneva Airport, Switzerland. The touchscreen offers several common destinations (toilets, left luggage, duty free) and once selected, the robot drives...
Flash mob au son du cor des alpes à Genève Aéroport !
Vendredi 9 mai 2014 sur les coups de 17h, s'est déroulé un événement inattendu dans le terminal principal de Genève Aéroport. Une vingtaine de musiciens de l'Académie Suisse de Cor des...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Geneva International Airport
Geneva International Airport, formerly known as Cointrin Airport and officially as Genève Aéroport, is an airport serving Geneva, Switzerland. It is located 4 km northwest of the city centre and has direct connections to motorways, bus lines and railways. Its northern limit runs along the Swiss–French border and the airport can be accessed from both countries.
LHCb
LHCb (standing for "Large Hadron Collider beauty") is one of seven particle physics detector experiments collecting data at the Large Hadron Collider accelerator at CERN. LHCb is a specialized b-physics experiment, that is measuring the parameters of CP violation in the interactions of b-hadrons (heavy particles containing a bottom quark). Such studies can help to explain the Matter-Antimatter asymmetry of the Universe.
Palexpo
Palexpo is a convention center in Geneva, Switzerland. The buildings are owned by the State of Geneva while the company is a semi-private foundation. The center is located close to Geneva Cointrin International Airport. There are seven halls, and 102,000 square metres of exhibition space. The Salon International de l'Auto is held at Palexpo. In early 2009, the Palexpo underwent a renovation project to enhance and improve the convention center's architecture, furnishings and technology.
International University in Geneva
International University in Geneva (IUG) is a private university founded in 1997 and located in Geneva, Switzerland.
SEG Geneva Arena
SEG Geneva Arena is an indoor arena in Geneva, Switzerland. Part of the Palexpo complex, it opened in 1995, and it currently holds 9,500 spectators and hosts concerts and indoor sporting events, such as tennis and basketball.
Geneva Mosque
The Geneva Mosque was constructed in 1978 in the neighbourhood Le Petit-Saconnex in Geneva, Switzerland. The mosque was inaugurated by the Saudi Arabian King Khalid ibn Abd al-Aziz and President of the Swiss Confederation Willi Ritschard and is the greatest mosque in Switzerland. The building has space for 1,500 worshippers. The Imam of the mosque is Yahya Basalamah.
European University
The European University (EU) is a multi-campus business school, established in 1973 in Antwerp (Belgium) and in 1982 in Brussels (Belgium) by Dean Dominique Jozeau, with headquarters in Switzerland. It operates campuses in Switzerland, Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom, with an executive facility in Yvorne, Switzerland. European University's Spain campus was ranked at 52 out of 67 European business schools in the 2010 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) rankings.
Geneva Airport railway station
Geneva Airport railway station (French: Gare de Genève-Aéroport) is a railway station located under the runway of Geneva International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Genève), in Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland. The station is 250 metres away from the airport terminal (under the same roof) and very near to the Palexpo fairground. Like Zurich Airport railway station, it is an underground station. The station is a terminus station served by an average of five trains an hour.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Cointrin.
Cointrin: Aéroport, Cointrin (source)
Les Avanchets: A1 − Meyrin dir. Lausanne, Les Avanchets (source)
Vernier: A1 − dir France, Vernier (source)
Cointrin: A1 − dir Lausanne, Cointrin (source)
Vernier: A1 − dir Lausanne, Vernier (source)
Cointrin: A1 − dir France, Cointrin (source)
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