Marseille Provence Airport
| Marseille Provence Airport Aéroport de Marseille-Provence |
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| IATA: MRS – ICAO: LFML | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Marseille Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry | ||
| Serves | Marseille, France | ||
| Location | Marignane, France | ||
| Hub for | Air France | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 70 ft / 21 m | ||
| Coordinates | 43°26′12″N 05°12′54″E / 43.43667°N 5.215°ECoordinates: 43°26′12″N 05°12′54″E / 43.43667°N 5.215°E | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 13L/31R | 3,500 | 11,483 | Asphalt |
| 13R/31L | 2,370 | 7,776 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 7,522,167 | ||
| Sources: French AIP[1], airport website[2] | |||
Marseille Provence Airport or Aéroport de Marseille Provence (IATA: MRS, ICAO: LFML) is an airport located 27 km northwest of Marseille[1], on the territory of Marignane, both communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région of France. Formerly known as Marseille-Marignane Airport, it has been managed since 1934 by the Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI).
It is the fifth busiest French airport by passenger traffic[citation needed] and second largest for cargo traffic.[citation needed] The airport handled 6,155,154 passengers in 2006[3], 6,963,000 passengers in 2007, 6,965,933 passengers in 2008[4], 7,290,119 in 2009 and 7,522,167 in 2010.
In September 2006 the airport opened its new terminal MP2 for budget airlines. Marseille Provence Airport also serves as a hub for Air France.
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[edit] Terminals, airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
|---|---|---|
| Aer Lingus | Seasonal: Dublin | 1 |
| Aigle Azur | Algiers, Annaba, Bejaia, Chlef, Constantine, Oran, Setif, Tlemcen | 1 |
| Air Algérie | Algiers, Annaba, Batna, Bejaia, Chlef, Constantine, Oran | 1 |
| Air Austral | Saint-Denis de la Réunion | 1 |
| Air Corsica | Venice-Marco Polo [ends 24 March 2012] | 3 |
| Air France | Algiers, Casablanca, Istanbul-Atatürk, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Tunis Seasonal: Beirut |
1 |
| Air France | Athens, Barcelona [begins 25 March 2012], Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 8 June 2012], Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Eindhoven [ends 6 February], Hamburg [begins 25 March 2012], Prague, Rome-Fiumicino [begins 25 March 2012], Venice-Marco Polo [begins 25 March 2012], Marrakech [begins 25 March 2012] | 3 |
| Air France | Basel/Mulhouse, Bordeaux, Biarritz, Brest, Lille, Nantes, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse | 4 |
| Air France operated by Air Corsica | Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Figari | 3 |
| Air France operated by Airlinair | Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino [ends 24 March 2012] | 3 |
| Air France operated by Airlinair | Lyon | 4 |
| Air France operated by Régional | Strasbourg | 4 |
| Air Madagascar | Antananarivo | 1 |
| Air Malta | Malta | 1 |
| Air Mediterranee | Seasonal: Bodrum, Dakar, Djerba, Heraklion, Ibiza, Marrakech, Monastir | 1 |
| Air Transat | Seasonal: Montréal-Trudeau, Quebec City, Toronto-Pearson | 1 |
| Blue1 | Seasonal: Helsinki | 1 |
| British Airways | London-Gatwick | 1 |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels | 1 |
| EasyJet | London-Gatwick Seasonal: Bristol |
2 |
| El Al | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion | 1 |
| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum | Barcelona, Madrid, Seasonal: Ibiza, Minorca |
1 |
| Jet4you | Agadir, Casablanca, Marrakech | 2 |
| KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper | Amsterdam | 3 |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt | 1 |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine | Munich | 1 |
| Pegasus Airlines | İstanbul-Sabiha Gökçen | 2 |
| Private Wings | Augsburg, Albacete | 1 |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca, Marrakech, Oujda | 1 |
| Ryanair | Bordeaux [begins 25 March 2012], Brest, Brussels South-Charleroi, Eindhoven, Fez, Ibiza [begins 25 March 2012], Lille, London-Stansted, Madrid, Malta, Marrakesh, Bergamo, Nantes, Oujda [begins 25 March 2012] Beauvais [begins 25 March 2012}, Châlons [begins 25 March 2012], Porto, Rome-Ciampino, Seville, Zadar [begins 25 March 2012] Seasonal: Agadir, Cagliari, Dublin, Edinburgh, Gothenburg-City, Malaga, Nador, Palermo, Stockholm-Skavsta, Tangier, Tours, Valencia, Weeze |
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| Sky Airlines | Antalya | 2 |
| TAP Portugal operated by Portugália | Lisbon | 1 |
| Tunisair | Djerba, Monastir, Tunis | 1 |
| Twin Jet | Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva, Metz/Nancy, Pau, Toulouse | 4 |
| Vueling | Barcelona [begins 25 March 2012] |
[edit] Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| DHL Aviation operated by Exin | Nice |
| FedEx Feeder operated by Air Contractors | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| TNT Airways operated by Icelandair | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
[edit] Other facilities
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The Marignane airport is also the main base of the aerial firefighting division of Civil security (French Ministry of the Interior).[5] The head office of Eurocopter is located on the airport property.[6]
[edit] Hydroplane base
In the 1920s and 1930s, Marignane was one of France's main points of operation for flying boats. It even briefly served as a terminal for PanAm's Clipper flying boats.[7] Some other hydroplane operators were Aéropostale and Air Union, the latter moving over from Antibes in 1931. Marignane was also a production site for hydroplanes by Lioré et Olivier.
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- On 6 February 1989 Inter Cargo Service Flight 3132, operated by Vickers Vanguard F-GEJE crashed on takeoff. 3 crew died, no passengers carried.[8]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b LFML – Marseille Provence (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 9 Feb 2012.
- ^ Marseille Provence Airport (official site)
- ^ Marseille Provence Airport: About the Airport
- ^ http://www.marseille.aeroport.fr/fra/aero/aero_dc.jsp
- ^ http://maps.google.fr/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.435307,5.224321&spn=0.005602,0.013937&t=h&z=17
- ^ "Legal Notice and Disclaimer." Eurocopter. Retrieved on 8 December 2010. "[...]whose registered Office is located Aéroport International Marseille-Provence – 13725 Marignane Cedex - France"
- ^ http://www.bluegrassairlines.com/bgas/clip01.htm
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19890206-0. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Marseille Provence Airport |
- Marseille Provence Airport, official site in English and French
- Aéroport de Marseille-Provence page at Union des Aéroports Français (French)
- Airport information for LFML at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Current weather for LFML at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for MRS: Marseille-Marignane Airport at Aviation Safety Network
