Connection time calculator, immigration and security, and how to move between terminals at GVA.
At Geneva airport, passengers connecting between two international flights can usually stay in the transit area without going through immigration.
The airport has 4 terminals or concourses (Gates A, Gates B and D, Gates C (non-Schengen), French sector (Gates E and F)).
Is your layover at GVA long enough? Pick your connection and get an estimate with the times of this airport.
Terminals / concourses: Gates A, Gates B and D, Gates C (non-Schengen), French sector (Gates E and F)
Getting between them: Walking inside Terminal 1, with underground corridors and moving walkways to the B and D gates
All scheduled flights use Terminal 1 (Terminal 2 is only for check-in of ski charters and seasonal flights, with buses to the Terminal 1 gates). Gates B and D are reached from the A area by underground corridors with moving walkways; passport control leads from A to the non-Schengen C gates. The French sector is reached through a special security and customs checkpoint.
Schengen to non-Schengen: passport control on the way to the C gates. Non-Schengen to Schengen: immigration in a separate corridor, then security.
Estimate based on typical times at this airport, not your airline's official minimum connection time. Immigration and security lines change with the time of day and season. On a single ticket, the airline must rebook you if you miss the connection; on separate tickets, it does not.
Sources: cestee.com.
Times are estimates: always check with your airline.
