Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport
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| Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport Aéroport Lyon-Saint Exupéry |
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| IATA: LYS – ICAO: LFLL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Location | Lyon, France | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 821 ft / 250 m | ||
| Coordinates | 45°43′32″N 005°04′52″E / 45.72556°N 5.08111°ECoordinates: 45°43′32″N 005°04′52″E / 45.72556°N 5.08111°E | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 18R/36L | 4,000 | 13,124 | Asphalt |
| 18L/36R | 2,670 | 8,760 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Passengers | 7 924 063 | ||
| Freight (tons) | 32 814 | ||
| Source: French AIP[1] French AIP at EUROCONTROL[2] |
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Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport (French: Aéroport Lyon Saint-Exupéry) (IATA: LYS, ICAO: LFLL), formerly known as Lyon Satolas Airport, is one of the two airports located in the agglomeration of Lyon, France. The airport is named after the French writer and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a native of Lyon.
The airport lies in Colombier-Saugnieu, 11 NM (20 km; 13 mi) east southeast[2] of Lyon city centre. Its two runways are aligned north-south. It is an important transport facility for the entire Rhône-Alpes region. Coach links connect the airport with the centre of Lyon and other towns in the area including Chambéry and Grenoble.
- Zone served by Rhônexpress (2010)
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[edit] History
The airport was inaugurated by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on 12 April 1975 and opened to passengers a week later. It was designed to replace the old Lyon-Bron Airport which could not be extended as it was located in an urban area.
In 1994 the LGV Rhône-Alpes high-speed rail line brought TGV service to the airport, providing direct trains to Paris and Marseille. The fan-shaped canopy of the Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, is the airport's most notable architectural feature.
Originally named Lyon Satolas Airport, in 2000 the airport and train station were renamed in honour of Lyonnais aviation pioneer and writer Antoine de Saint Exupéry.
In 2007, the airport served 7,320,952 passengers,[3] making it France's fourth busiest airport after Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Nice airports.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
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| Aer Lingus | Dublin | 1 |
| Aigle Azur | Algiers, Bejaia, Constantine, Oran, Setif | 1 |
| Air Algérie | Algiers, Annaba, Constantine, Oran, Setif | 1 |
| Air Algérie operated by Saga Airlines | Bejaia | 1 |
| Air Arabia Maroc | Casablanca | 3 |
| Air Austral | Saint-Denis de la Réunion | 1 |
| Air France | Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse, Tunis | 2 |
| Air France operated by Airlinair | Clermont-Ferrand, Biarritz, Le Havre, Limoges, Marseilles, Milan-Malpensa, Montpellier, Paris-Orly, Pau, Rouen, Toulouse | 2 |
| Air France operated by Brit Air | Barcelona, Birmingham, Brest, Caen, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Le Havre, Lille, Madrid, Munich, Nice, Prague, Rennes, Rome-Fiumicino, Strasbourg | 2 |
| Air France operated by CCM Airlines | Ajaccio, Bastia, Figari | 2 |
| Air France operated by Régional | Amsterdam, Basel/Mulhouse, Biarritz, Bologna, Brussels, Clermont-Ferrand, Hamburg, Lorient, Metz/Nancy, Milan-Malpensa, Pau, Stuttgart, Venice-Marco Polo | 2 |
| Air Malta | Malta | 1 |
| Air Transat | Montréal-Trudeau | 1 |
| Airlinair | La Rochelle, Poitiers | 1 |
| Atlas Blue | Fez, Marrakech | 2 |
| Austrian Airlines | Vienna | 1 |
| Blue Air | Bucharest-Baneasa | 1 |
| BMI | Manchester | 1 |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow | 1 |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels | 1 |
| Bulgarian Air Charter | Burgas, Varna [seasonal] | 1 |
| City Airline | Gothenburg-Landvetter | 1 |
| Corsairfly | Mauritius, Saint-Denis de la Réunion | 1 |
| Croatia Airlines | Split | 1 |
| EasyJet | Barcelona, Bastia, Biarritz, Brussels, Bordeaux, Casablanca, Edinburgh, Ibiza, Lisbon, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Madrid, Marrakech, Nantes, Olbia, Pisa, Porto, Rome-Ciampino, Toulouse, Venice-Marco Polo | 3 |
| Hex'Air | Rodez | 1 |
| Iberia Airlines operated by Air Nostrum | Madrid | 1 |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt | 1 |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings | Munich | 1 |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine | Düsseldorf | 1 |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca | 2 |
| Sky Airlines | Antalya | 1 |
| Swiss International Air Lines operated by Swiss European Air Lines | Zürich | 1 |
| TAP Portugal | Lisbon | 1 |
| TAP operated by Portugália | Lisbon | 1 |
| TAROM | Bucharest-Henri Coanda | 1 |
| Tunisair | Djerba, Monastir, Tunis | 1 |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk | 1 |
| Twin Jet | Angoulême | 1 |
[edit] References
- ^ LFLL – LYON SAINT EXUPERY (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 17 Dec 2009.
- ^ a b EAD Basic
- ^ Lyon Airport - Passenger numbers for 2007
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Aéroport de Lyon Saint Exupéry (Union des Aéroports Français)
