Toulouse–Blagnac Airport

Toulouse Blagnac Airport
AĂ©roport de Toulouse – Blagnac
IATA: TLS – ICAO: LFBO
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Toulouse
Serves Toulouse, France
Location Blagnac
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL 497 ft / 151 m
Coordinates 43°38â€Č06″N 001°22â€Č04″Eï»ż / ï»ż43.63500°N 1.36778°ECoordinates: 43°38â€Č06″N 001°22â€Č04″Eï»ż / ï»ż43.63500°N 1.36778°E
Website toulouse.aeroport.fr
Maps

Location of Midi-Pyrénées region in France
LFBO

Location of airport in Midi-Pyrénées region

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14R/32L 3,500 11,483 Bituminous concrete
14L/32R 3,000 9,843 Bituminous concrete
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 7,559,350
Source: French AIP[1]
French AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]

Toulouse Blagnac Airport or AĂ©roport de Toulouse – Blagnac (IATA: TLS, ICAO: LFBO) is an airport located 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) west northwest of Toulouse,[2] and partially in Blagnac, both communes of the Haute-Garonne department in the Midi-PyrĂ©nĂ©es region of France. In 2012, the airport served 7,559,350 passengers.[3]

Both Airbus and ATR assemble aircraft at nearby facilities and test them from the airport.

Extreme proximity from the city creates a need to limit planes flying over the city. Nonetheless, the laissez-faire policy lead to an increasing traffic.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 499 feet (152 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14R/32L is 3,500 by 45 metres (11,483 ft × 148 ft) and 14L/32R is 3,000 by 45 metres (9,843 ft × 148 ft).[1]

Overview

Toulouse–Blagnac Airport has been a limited liability company with a capital of 148,000 Euros since 23 March 2007. Shareholders include the French government (60%), Toulouse Chamber of Commerce and Industry (25%), the Regional Council (5%), the Departmental Council (5%) and the Urban Area (5%). Toulouse–Blagnac Airport S.A. operates under a franchise agreement granted by the French government until 2046.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations Hall
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens (begins 2 June 2015), Heraklion TBA
Aer Lingus Dublin C
Aigle Azur Algiers, Oran D
Air Algérie Algiers, Oran
Seasonal: Constantine
D
Air Arabia Maroc Casablanca C
Air Corsica Ajaccio C
Air France Lyon, Marrakech, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Strasbourg B, C, D
Air MĂ©diterranĂ©e Seasonal: Athens, Bodrum, Corfu, Dakar, Heraklion, Lanzarote, Las Palmas-Gran Canaria,[5] Marrakech, Oujda (begins 8 July 2015), Paphos, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion D
Air Transat Seasonal: MontrĂ©al–Trudeau D
Alitalia Rome–Fiumicino B
BMI Regional Bremen C
British Airways London–Heathrow C
Brussels Airlines Brussels B
easyJetAgadir, Amsterdam, Basel/Mulhouse,[6] Bristol, Brussels, Geneva,[6] Lille, London–Gatwick, Lyon, Marrakech, Nantes, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Rome–Fiumicino
Seasonal: Bastia, Figari (begins 1 July 2015),[7] Palma de Mallorca (begins 3 July 2015),[7] Porto,[8] Seville
C
easyJet SwitzerlandBasel/Mulhouse,[6] Geneva[6] C
Europe Airpost Seasonal: Vienna [9] D
Germania Corporate charter: Hamburg–Finkenwerder[10][11] B
Germanwings Hamburg B
HOP! Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Lille, Rennes
Seasonal: Calvi, Figari
C
Iberia
operated by Air Nostrum
Madrid, Seville B
IGavion
operated by Skytaxi
Albert B
Israir Airlines Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion (begins 8 June 2015)[12] TBA
Jet2.com Seasonal: Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester D
Jetairfly Agadir, Marrakech
Seasonal: Oujda
D
KLM
operated by KLM Cityhopper
Amsterdam C
LufthansaFrankfurt, Munich B
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Marrakech D
Sun ExpressSeasonal: Izmir (begins 5 June 2015) D
Swiss International Air LinesZĂŒrich C
TAP Portugal
operated by PortugĂĄlia
Lisbon B
Tunisair Tunis D
Turkish Airlines Istanbul–AtatĂŒrk C
Twin Jet Metz–Nancy, Milan-Malpensa B
Volotea Tenerife-South, Venice–Marco Polo
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Figari, Palermo, Palma De Mallorca
C
Vueling Barcelona
Seasonal: Ibiza, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca
B
XL Airways France Seasonal: Punta Cana D

Ground transport

Shuttle buses to Toulouse city centre stop outside Hall B every 20 minutes. They take approximately 20 minutes to reach the city centre, stopping at Compans Caffarelli and Jeanne d'Arc (both on Metro Line B), Jean JaurĂšs (Metro Line A and B) and at Toulouse-Matabiau railway station.[13]

Taxis cost approximately €22 to Toulouse city centre one way.[14]

Two daily coach services[15] connect Toulouse–Blagnac Airport to Andorra,[16] as that country does not have a commercial airport.

Incidents and accidents

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 LFBO – TOULOUSE BLAGNAC (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aĂ©ronautique, effective 30 Apr 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 EAD Basic
  3. ↑ (French) RĂ©sultats de trafic | AĂ©roport Toulouse-Blagnac. Toulouse.aeroport.fr. Retrieved on 29 October 2013.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/247208/air-mediterranee-s15-new-routes
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Flight Timetables". easyJet.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "New and dropped routes". Easyjet.
  8. ↑ http://www.easyjet.com/en/cheap-flights/toulouse/porto
  9. ↑ http://www.europeairpost.com/en/
  10. ↑ "Germania ĂŒbernimmt Airbus-Werksverkehr" (in German). Easyjet. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  11. ↑ "ST1882 flight history". Flightradar24 AB.
  12. ↑ Israir Airlines begin summer seasonal service to Toulouse from June 2015
  13. ↑ (French) Les transports en commun (navettes, bus, etc...) | AĂ©roport Toulouse-Blagnac. Toulouse.aeroport.fr. Retrieved on 29 October 2013.
  14. ↑ By taxi | AĂ©roport Toulouse-Blagnac. Toulouse.aeroport.fr. Retrieved on 29 October 2013.
  15. ↑ Novatel Toulouse to Andorra
  16. ↑
  17. ↑ "F-BCYX Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  18. ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  19. ↑ "F-WWCJ Final Report" (PDF). Bureau d'EnquĂȘtes et d'Analyses pour la sĂ©curitĂ© de l'aviation civile. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  20. ↑ "Etihad Airbus Crashes Into Wall During Testing". Airline World. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

External links

Media related to Toulouse Blagnac International Airport at Wikimedia Commons