Zurich Airport Ltd. can issue a site ban or refuse access to the curbside lanes, or notify the authorities where the law is broken. Handing over vehicles, touting and blocking the lanes are prohibited.
The airport publishes no fine. Staying longer is simply charged by the minute.
Entrance barriers on the outer lanes, keycard on the inner lanes.
Meeting a flight at Zurich costs from the first minute: the five free ones belong to the departure level upstairs. Drivers with a permit use the inner lane instead.
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Pick-up and drop-off are on different levels and priced differently: the upper Departure lane gives 5 free minutes, the lower Arrival lane charges from the first minute.
Paying at Arrival 1 and 2 curbside lane and Departure curbside lane: Pay stations take CHF and EUR cash, cards and TWINT. Credit cards also work at the barriers.
Arrival 1 and 2 curbside lane
Arrival 1 and 2 · Lower level, outer (left) lane · kerb
Public
Drop-offnot published
Pick-upyes
Waitnot published
Free minutes
none
Longest stay
not published
Height limit
not published
Coming back in
More than two entries within two hours: an additional CHF 50 plus CHF 1 per minute.
The short-term pick-up lane right outside the arrival halls, priced to keep stays short. There is no free time: driving through is always charged. For longer waits the airport recommends car park P1 for Arrival 1 and P2 for Arrival 2.
10 min
CHF 8
30 min
CHF 27
60 min
CHF 57
The airport publishes no maximum stay and no height limit for the arrival lane.
Enter 1 to 1440 minutes. The prices below are for the last number that fitted.
For drivers and operators
Private hireTaxiMinibus
Pre-booked cars
The inner (right-hand, private) curbside lane on both levels, entered with a curbside lane permit or a single trip ticket bought at the gate. Permit holders wait in P12-100, buses and single trip users in P12-300 and RFS.
Official airport taxis also stand along the inner lanes of Arrival 1 and 2, and the airport does not publish whether permitted limousines and taxis use separate bays there.
Inner curbside lane, limousine service permit
Arrival Services and Check-in Services · Inner (right) lane on both levels · commercial lane
Private hire
Drop-offyes
Pick-upyes
Waitnot published
Free minutes
50 min
Longest stay
not published
Height limit
not published
Permit
required, CHF 180 per permit, each month, before VATApply by post to the ZRH Center with the form and a copy of the vehicle registration.
For premium passenger transport in private vehicles that picks up and drops off directly at the terminals. Fees are deducted from a keycard on exit.
A different price applies: Check-in Services lane (drop-off side). Free up to 30 min, then CHF 1 per minute.
10 min
free
30 min
free
60 min
CHF 10
The airport publishes no maximum stay and no height limit for the inner lanes.
Tariff
Stay
Total price
Stay up to 50 min
Total price free
Stay each further minute
Total price adds CHF 1
The main prices are for the Arrival Services lane, where pick-ups happen.
Arrival Services and Check-in Services · Inner (right) lane on both levels · commercial lane
Minibus
Drop-offyes
Pick-upyes
Waitnot published
Free minutes
30 min
Longest stay
not published
Height limit
not published
Permit
required, CHF 120 per permit, each month, before VAT
Only for buses and coaches, minibuses with more than nine seats including the driver, and vehicles over 2 metres high, for pre-ordered pick-ups and drop-offs.
A different price applies: Check-in Services lane (drop-off side). Free up to 20 min, then CHF 1 per minute.
10 min
free
30 min
free
60 min
CHF 30
The airport publishes no maximum stay and no height limit for the inner lanes.
Tariff
Stay
Total price
Stay up to 30 min
Total price free
Stay each further minute
Total price adds CHF 1
The main prices are for the Arrival Services lane. The hotel bus permit is priced the same.
The waiting area that comes with the limousine service permit (also with the diplomatic and reduced mobility permits). Wait here, then drive to the inner lane when the passenger is ready.
10 min
free
30 min
free
60 min
free
The airport publishes no maximum stay and no height limit for P12-100.
Single trips: more than one entry within 2 hours costs an additional CHF 4 plus CHF 4 per hour.
The waiting area for buses, coaches and single trip users. Each further day costs CHF 25.
A different price applies: single trip ticket. Free up to 60 min, CHF 4 up to 2 hours, CHF 8 up to 3 hours, then CHF 4 per 60 min, CHF 25 at most in one day.
10 min
free
30 min
free
60 min
free
The airport publishes no maximum stay and no height limit for P12-300 or RFS, and does not say what RFS stands for.
Tariff
Stay
Total price
Stay up to 2 hours
Total price free
Stay up to 3 hours
Total price CHF 4
Stay each further 60 min
Total price adds CHF 4
Stay most in one day
Total price CHF 25
The main prices are for the bus and coach permit (the hotel bus and occasional coach permits are priced the same). The airport names P12-300 and RFS together under one tariff.
The "bus and coach" curbside lane permit is issued only to buses/coaches, vehicles in the "minibus" category with more than nine seats incl. driver, and vehicles over 2 metres high. Public car parks: P4 takes up to 2.2 metres, P60 and P65 (online booking only) and P38 (up to 24 hours) take vehicles over 2 metres, every other car park is limited to 2 metres.
The prices and rules here are what the airport had published on the date shown beside each one. Airports change them without notice, and the sign at the barrier always wins. Terminal Rules is not the airport and cannot cancel or appeal a charge for you.