Skymetro is an airport people mover

People mover

A people mover or automated people mover is a fully automated, grade-separated mass transit system.The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks, but is sometimes applied to considerably more complex automated...

 at Zurich International Airport

Zürich International Airport

Zurich Airport also called Kloten Airport, is located in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, and managed by Flughafen Zürich AG. It is Switzerland's largest international flight gateway and hub to Swiss International Air Lines. It is partially in Kloten, Rümlang, Oberglatt, Winkel and Opfikon...

 in Switzerland which opened in 2003.

The 1.1-kilometre long system connects the airport's main Airside Center with Terminal E, taking just under three minutes to travel in each direction. Rather than on-board motors, it is propelled by a moving cable and is thus a cable car

Cable car (railway)

A cable car or cable railway is a mass transit system using rail cars that are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required...

. It is further unique in using an air cushion like a hovercraft

Hovercraft

A hovercraft is a craft capable of traveling over surfaces while supported by a cushion of slow moving, high-pressure air which is ejected against the surface below and contained within a "skirt." Although supported by air, a hovercraft is not considered an aircraft.Hovercraft are used throughout...

 rather than wheels.

One tunnel is used for each direction and the tunnels pass underneath Runway 10/28. Three trains arranged of two or three cars are used, giving a peak capacity of 4,200 passengers per hour in the peak direction.

Moving visual art is displayed on the walls of the tunnel during transit using a zoetrope

Zoetrope

A zoetrope is a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures. The term zoetrope is from the Greek words "ζωή – zoe", "life" and τρόπος – tropos, "turn". It may be taken to mean "wheel of life"....

. The separate frames are displayed along the length of the tunnel which is lit with strobes, creating the illusion of motion. A similar system is found at Denver International Airport

Denver International Airport

Denver International Airport , often referred to as DIA, is an airport in Denver, Colorado. By land size, at , it is the largest international airport in the United States, and the third largest international airport in the world after King Fahd International Airport and Montréal-Mirabel...

, and on Line 3 of the Lyon Tramway. As of late 2009 a brief movie about Heidi

Heidi

Heidi is a Swiss work of fiction, published in two parts as Heidi's years of learning and travel and Heidi makes use of what she has learned.It is a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather's care, in the Swiss Alps...

is being shown in the running tunnel normally used by arriving passengers. In the other tunnel, departing passengers are shown images of the Matterhorn

Matterhorn

The Matterhorn , Monte Cervino or Mont Cervin , is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit is 4,478 metres high, making it one of the highest peaks in the Alps. The four steep faces, rising above the surrounding glaciers, face the four compass points...

 accompanied by cow bell

Cow bell

A cowbell or cow bell is a bell worn by freely roaming livestock, so that they do not run away or wander off without being heard. While bells were used on various types of animals, they are typically referred to as "cowbells" due to their extensive use with cattle.A trychel is a large cow bell...

s. The design used 160 static frames per 100 metres.