Lille Airport
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| Lille Airport [1] Aéroport de Lille [1] Lille-Lesquin Airport Aéroport de Lille-Lesquin |
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IATA: LIL – ICAO: LFQQ
 LIL
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Socièté de gestion de l'aéroport de la région de Lille (SOGAREL) | ||
| Serves | Lille, France | ||
| Location | Lesquin, France | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 157 ft / 48 m | ||
| Coordinates | 50°33′48″N 003°05′13″E / 50.56333°N 3.08694°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 08/26 | 2,825 | 9,268 | Asphalt |
| 02/20 | 1,580 | 5,184 | Asphalt |
| Sources: Airport[1], French AIP[2] | |||
Lille Airport[1] (French: Aéroport de Lille[1]) (IATA: LIL[3], ICAO: LFQQ[2]) is an airport located in Lesquin, 7 km (4 mi) south-southeast of Lille,[2] a city in northern France. It is also known as Lille-Lesquin Airport or Lesquin Airport. Lille is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the capital of the Nord-Pas de Calais region and the prefecture of the Nord department.
The airport is 15 minutes from the city centre of Lille. It is the 12th busiest French airport in number of passengers: around 970,000 passengers in 2001 and 1,147,924 passengers in 2009.[4] In terms of shipping, it ranks fourth, with almost 38,000 tonnes of freight which pass through each year.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aigle Azur | Algiers, Oran Seasonal: Tlemcen |
| Air Algérie | Algiers, Oran |
| Air France | Marseille, Nice |
| Air France operated by Régional | Bordeaux, Lyon, Nantes, Toulouse, Strasbourg Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi |
| Chalair Aviation | Brest |
| EasyJet | Nice [begins 30 March 2012], Toulouse [begins 26 March 2012] |
| Ryanair | Marseille, Porto |
| Transavia.com France | Seasonal: Djerba, Enfidha, Heraklion, Ibiza |
| Tunisair | Tunis [begins 30 March 2012] |
| Vueling | Barcelona [begins 25 March 2012], Toulouse [ends 21 June 2012] |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Lille Airport (Aéroport de Lille), official website
- ^ a b c LFQQ – Lille Lesquin (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 9 Feb 2012.
- ^ Airport information for LIL at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ^ Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2009
