Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
| Toulouse Blagnac Airport Aéroport de Toulouse - Blagnac |
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IATA: TLS – ICAO: LFBO
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Toulouse | ||
| Serves | Toulouse, France | ||
| Location | Blagnac, France | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 497 ft / 151 m | ||
| Coordinates | 43°38′06″N 001°22′04″E / 43.635°N 1.36778°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 14L/32R | 3,000 | 9,842 | Bituminous concrete |
| 14R/32L | 3,500 | 11,482 | Bituminous concrete |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 6,277,621 | ||
| Source: French AIP[1] French AIP at EUROCONTROL[2] |
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Toulouse Blagnac Airport or Aéroport de Toulouse - Blagnac (IATA: TLS, ICAO: LFBO) is an airport located 3.6 NM (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) west northwest of Toulouse,[2] just south of Blagnac, both communes of the Haute-Garonne département in the Midi-Pyrénées région of France.
In 2009, the airport served 6,277,386 passengers.[3]
Both Airbus and ATR assemble aircraft at nearby facilities and test them from the airport.
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[edit] Terminals, airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations | Hall |
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| Aer Lingus | Seasonal: Dublin | C |
| Aigle Azur | Algiers, Oran | C |
| Air Algérie | Algiers, Oran | D |
| Air Austral | Saint-Denis de la Réunion | D |
| Air France | Athens [begins 3 April], Berlin-Tegel [begins 1 April], Casablanca [begins 2 April], Hamburg [begins 2 April], Istanbul-Atatürk [begins 3 April], Lyon, Malaga [begins 3 April], Malta [begins 1 April], Marseille, Marrakech [begins 1 April], Milan-Malpensa [resumes 25 March], Naples [begins 1 April], Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Prague [begins 1 April], Rome-Fiumicino [resumes 25 March], Seville [begins 1 April], Strasbourg [resumes 25 March], Tunis [begins 1 April], Venice Marco-Polo [begins 3 April], Vienna [begins 1 April] | B |
| Air France operated by Air Corsica | Nice | B |
| Air France operated by Brit Air | Nantes, Rennes | B |
| Air France operated by Régional | Lille, Milan-Malpensa [ends 24 March], Rome-Fiumicino [ends 24 March], Strasbourg [ends 24 March] Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi |
B |
| Air Transat | Seasonal: Montréal-Trudeau | D |
| Alitalia | Rome-Fiumicino | C |
| Bmibaby | Seasonal: East Midlands | C |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow | C |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels | C |
| Eastern Airways | Dijon | C |
| EasyJet | Basel/Mulhouse [begins 27 March], Bristol, Brussels [begins 26 March], Lille [begins 26 March], Lisbon, London-Gatwick, Lyon, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Nantes, Nice [begins 26 March], Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Porto [begins 31 March], Rome-Fiumicino, Venice-Marco Polo [begins 27 March] | C |
| EasyJet Switzerland | Geneva | C |
| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum | Madrid, Seville | C |
| Jet2.com | Seasonal: Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester [begins 18 May], Newcastle-upon-Tyne | C |
| Jet4you | Agadir, Casablanca, Marrakech | D |
| KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper | Amsterdam | B |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt | C |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine | Frankfurt, Munich | C |
| Ostfriesische Lufttransport | Bremen | C |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca, Marrakech | D |
| TAP Portugal operated by Portugália | Lisbon | C |
| Tunisair | Tunis | D |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk | C |
| Twin Jet | Basel/Mulhouse, Marseille, Metz-Nancy | C |
| Vueling | Barcelona, Lille [ends 21 June 2012], Nice [ends 23 March 2012], Venice-Marco Polo [ends 1 July] Seasonal: Ibiza, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca |
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[edit] Transport
You can pre book a Toulouse airport transfer with Sea-Lifts. They offer airport transfers, taxis, coaches and a shared bus service from outside the arrivals hall directly to your ski resort in Andorra. You can book online or call them. Languages spoken - English, French, Spanish and Italian. Click here for more details.
Shuttle buses to Toulouse city centre stop outside Hall C 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 Jaurès (Metro Line A and B) and at Toulouse-Matabiau railway station.[4]
Taxis cost approximately 22€ to Toulouse city centre one way.[5]
2 daily coach services connect Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Andorra,[6] as that country does not have a commercial airport.
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- Douglas C-47A F-BCYX of Trans Europe Air was reported to have been damaged beyond repair at Toulouse-Blagnac during 1978.[7]
- On 29 January 1988, Inter Cargo Service Flight 1004, operated by Vickers Vanguard F-GEJF crashed on take-off when take-off was attempted with only three fully operable engines.[8]
- On 15 November 2007 an Airbus A340-600 due to be delivered to Etihad ran into a concrete blast fence during an engine test at the Airbus factory at Toulouse Blagnac International Airport, France. This was due to the crew not following proper test procedures, raising all four engines to maximum thrust while the wheels were unchocked. The attempt to steer away from the wall resulted in decreased braking power. Five people were injured and the aircraft was written off.
[edit] Displays
The airport is home to Air France Concorde F-BVFC.
[edit] References
- ^ LFBO – TOULOUSE BLAGNAC (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 9 Feb 2012.
- ^ a b EAD Basic
- ^ http://www.toulouse.aeroport.fr/fr/aeroport/groupe-aeroport/resultats-de-trafic
- ^ http://www.toulouse.aeroport.fr/airport/access-transport-car-park/access/public-transportation/navette-city-centre
- ^ http://www.toulouse.aeroport.fr/en/airport/access-transport-car-park/access/taxi
- ^ http://www.toulouse.aeroport.fr/en/airport/access-transport-car-park/access/public-transportation
- ^ "F-BCYX Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19789999-0. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880129-0. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Toulouse Blagnac International Airport |
- Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (official site) (English)
- Aéroport de Toulouse - Blagnac (Union des Aéroports Français) (French)
- Current weather for LFBO at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for TLS at Aviation Safety Network
