Zurich Airport · ZRH · Switzerland's largest gateway · June 2026
Switzerland's largest and most affluent gateway, the central Airside Center hub that served about 31 million passengers across three docks with a finance-literate, high-transfer flow inside a strict night curfew, is now bookable by the hour, priced per play, matched to how Zurich's flight banks actually move.
Zurich Airport advertising spans from a few cents per play on concourse and gate screens to premium arrivals-hall LED and spectacular digital walls. On Blindspot, Zurich Airport screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.46, with no contracts or minimums.
The smart Zurich Airport play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the departures bank in the morning, the security and concourse dwell through the day, the arrivals halls when the long-haul flights land.
Billboard ranking points
Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.
The check-in hall and the central Airside Center funnel every departing passenger past premium digital media before the docks.
Queue lanes and tray-table dwell hold attention through the screening choke point.
Long-haul, Schengen and non-Schengen passengers wait out boarding dwell across the Dock A, B and E gate holdrooms.
Reclaim belts and the arrivals corridor catch a captive, recently landed audience of finance, business and leisure visitors to Switzerland.
The rail platform under the terminal, the tram stops and the taxi ranks repeat your brand on the ride toward Zurich Hauptbahnhof.
The airline lounges and the airside duty-free runs reach a higher-spend traveler before the flight.
The media estate · operator partners
Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Zurich Airport's media owners, APG|SGA (Zurich Airport concession), Clear Channel Switzerland, Zurich Airport Ltd. media program among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.
Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.
Formats
From a single gate screen to a full arrivals-hall takeover, Blindspot puts Zurich Airport's digital out-of-home on one map, each screen priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter airside and landside:
Large-format digital across check-in islands and departures, where every traveler dwells before security.
Captive screens along the security and passport queues, minutes of guaranteed attention per passenger.
Concourse and gate-lounge screens reaching seated, relaxed travelers with long airside dwell.
High-dwell arrivals and baggage-claim placements as passengers wait, the airport's longest captive window.
Boarding-bridge and gate-side panels in the final moment before the flight.
Iconic hall and atrium spectaculars for brand-statement reach across the whole terminal.
Location insights
Zurich Airport is Switzerland's largest and most affluent gateway, run by Zurich Airport Ltd. about 13 km north of the city in Kloten. Departing passengers pass through a central Airside Center before fanning out to three airside docks, A for Schengen, B and D for mixed traffic, and Dock E for non-Schengen reached by the underground Skymetro. Mornings push the long-haul and finance departure banks inside a strict night curfew, midday holds transfer dwell, evenings fill arrivals and the rail platform under the terminal toward Zurich HB. The January WEF week adds a surge of finance and political travel. One Airside Center, three docks, a finance-literate and high-spend audience. Buy the banks, not the dead hours.
Departures and check-in fill in the early-morning and late-afternoon banks. Book those hours and your frequency against business travelers climbs for the same budget.
Gates and the gate holdrooms hold seated, relaxed travelers for 60–90 minutes, long windows where dwell, not rush, does the work.
Arrivals fills as long-haul flights land in banks, high-value international passengers with time to read. Swap creative to match who just arrived.
Location intelligence summary
Zurich Airport doesn't have a rush hour; it has flight banks. Departures peak in the morning, long-haul arrivals land in waves, and between them travelers dwell for 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. The buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the banks when your audience is captive, skip the dead hours.
| Objective | Book these zones | Best hours |
|---|---|---|
| Brand launch / premium | Departures + Transit | All day · long-haul banks |
| Business travelers | Departures, Gates | Weekday 6–10 AM · 4–8 PM |
| Long-dwell layovers | Gates, Arrivals | 10 AM–8 PM |
| International arrivals | Arrivals, Retail | Aligned to long-haul landing banks |
| Duty-free & retail | Departures, Gates | Departures peaks |
A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Zurich Airport’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.
Security-line passengers read in seconds; gate-side travelers dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.
Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.
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Pricing · updated June 2026
Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.
| Format | Price per play | Typical presence | Why it works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Departures hall pillars & LED | from ~$0.46 per play | $100 buys hourly departures-hall slots | every departing passenger through the check-in hall and Airside Center |
| Gate concourse & holdroom screens | from ~$0.46 per play | $100 buys hourly holdroom slots | seated, long-haul and Schengen traveler attention before boarding |
| City transit | from ~$0.44 per play | $100 buys repeat exposure on the rail link | arrivals and visitors riding the train toward Zurich Hauptbahnhof |
| Arrivals & baggage reclaim | from ~$0.44 per play | $100 buys belt-side reclaim time | a captive, recently landed audience of finance, business and leisure visitors |
| Departures-hall spectacular | custom | flagship Airside Center takeover | dominant share of voice over the whole departures core |
No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen
Four things move the price on any Zurich Airport (ZRH) screen: the format (pricing runs higher on departures-hall spectacular than on departures hall pillars & LED), the zone (Departures hall carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.
What a campaign costs
Because you pay per play and schedule by the hour, your budget buys the exposure you actually need, not filler plays, so it works as hard on a big campaign as on a small one, with no minimum. Here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.
Concourse test
One dock's gate holdrooms across a morning long-haul departure bank
Multi-zone airport push
Departures hall, security lanes, the Dock A, B and E gate holdrooms and the arrivals corridor together
ZRH flagship takeover
Dominant share of voice across the departures core and the three docks, timed to WEF week
FAQ
No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, APG|SGA (Zurich Airport concession), Clear Channel Switzerland, Zurich Airport Ltd. media program among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.
Zurich Airport handles roughly 31 million passengers a year, a captive, high-income, hard-to-reach audience that dwells 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. Few channels deliver that quality of attention.
Arrivals halls and baggage reclaim lead for dwell and recall; departures and security queues for guaranteed exposure to every passenger; concourse and gate holdrooms for long, relaxed attention.
Yes. On Blindspot every Zurich Airport screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum, so you can buy only the morning departures bank or the long-haul arrivals windows that match your audience.
The airport's media is run by operators such as APG|SGA (Zurich Airport concession), Clear Channel Switzerland, Zurich Airport Ltd. media program; Blindspot aggregates the bookable digital inventory onto one map, priced per play.
Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Approval typically averages around two business days across networks.
A multi-day hourly presence across a high-dwell concourse or arrivals hall, or a concentrated burst on departures and security screens through the busiest morning banks.
How to book
No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.
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Open the map, filter Zurich Airport by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.
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Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.
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Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.
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