The passenger numbers have, for the first time over the full year, exceeded pre-crisis levels. On an annual basis, never before in the airport’s history have more people traveled through Zurich Airport than in 2025. The number of air traffic movements was 270,116 in 2025, an increase of 3.5% compared to 2024 and 1.9% below the 2019 level. Passenger numbers therefore increased more strongly than the number of flight movements. As a result, seat occupancy in 2025 rose by 1.5 percentage points compared with 2019, to 79.8%. This was due both to the use of larger aircraft and to higher load factors.

A total of 440,930 tons of cargo were handled at Zurich Airport in 2025. Compared to the previous year, this represents an increase of 1.1% and compared to 2019, a decrease of 2.4%. 

Zurich Airport Ltd. will report in detail on the course of business in 2025 on 10 March 2026.

Key traffic figures December 2025  

In December 2025, 2,545,889 passengers passed through Zurich Airport, corresponding to an increase of 7.3% compared to last year.  

In December, the number of local passengers was 1,795,295. Transfer passengers amounted to 29.4%, equal to 746,048 passengers. 

Year on year, air traffic movements increased by 5.8% to 21,203 take offs and landings. The average passenger per movement figure increased to 135.6 (+1.7% vs. previous year). The average seat load factor was at 78.0% (-0.2 percentage points vs. previous year).  

A total of 35,824 tons of freight were transported at Zurich Airport during the month of December. This led to a decrease of 4.2% in freight volume compared to last year.