Motorfluggruppe Zurich (MFGZ)

Motorfluggruppe Zurich (MFGZ) is a flying club and flight school based at the General Aviation Center of Zurich Airport. Its website gives the founding year of the club as 1928 and says it has trained pilots since 1929, which it describes as making it the oldest flying group in Switzerland and one of its largest flight schools.

Services

• Flight school for private pilot training and further education
• Sightseeing flights
• General aviation handling at Zurich Airport for turboprops such as the PC-12, King Air and TBM, piston aircraft and helicopters
• Handling services on request: crew and passenger transport airside, slot management, valet parking, and ramp services
• Flight maintenance for a range of aircraft types under European rules, for more than forty years

Aircraft

• Diamond DA40 NG
• Cessna 172
• Diamond DA42 NG
• Sonaca S201

Airports

MFGZ operates from the General Aviation Center (GAC) at Zurich Airport (ZRH, LSZH). Its handling service covers the mandatory handling of general aviation customers at the airport and transfers between the helicopter pad and the GAC. Handling requests need 24 hours notice, according to the company.

Company facts

• Club founded 1928, flight training since 1929
• Flight maintenance office at Zurich Airport
• Club aircraft include Diamond DA40 NG, Cessna 172, DA42 NG and Sonaca S201, plus FNPT II simulators
• Handling office open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 08:00 to 16:00

Contact

Email: info@mfgz.ch