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Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport

Aéroport Lyon-Saint Exupéry

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Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport; Aéroport Lyon-Saint Exupéry; Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) Y-24
	File:LFLL logo.png
	IATA: LYS; ICAO: LFLL;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Lyon Airports (Aéroport de Lyon)
Serves	Lyon, France
Location	Colombier-Saugnieu, France
Focus city for	Air France
Elevation AMSL	821 ft / 250 m
Coordinates	45°43′32″N 005°04′52″E / 45.72556°N 5.08111°E
Website	lyonaeroports.com
Maps
	; Rhône-Alpes region in France
	LFLL Location of airport in Rhône-Alpes region.
Runways
Statistics (2012)
Passengers
Passengers	8,451,039
Freight (tons)	33,327
	Source: French AIP; French AIP at EUROCONTROL

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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 was named in 2000 in honour of the French writer and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a native of Lyon, on the centenary of his birth.

The airport lies in Colombier-Saugnieu, 11 nautical miles (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.

Railway transport in the form of Rhônexpress began in August 2010 and links the TGV rail station of Lyon Part-Dieu with the Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry in less than 30 minutes.

The airport consists of three terminals. Terminal 3 is used by low-cost airlines and has very basic facilities.

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, a laureate of the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française who died in the Second World War.

Since 1997, the airport has been a focus city for the airline Air France.

In 2011, the airport served 8,437,141 passengers, making it France's fourth busiest airport after Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Nice airports.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion (begins 1 June 2014) ^[3]	1
Aer Lingus	Dublin	1
Aigle Azur	Algiers, Béjaïa, Constantine, Oran, Sétif Seasonal: Funchal, Tlemcen	1
Air Algérie	Algiers, Annaba, Batna, Biskra, Constantine, Oran, Sétif, Tlemcen	1
Air Algérie operated by Saga Airlines	Charter: Béjaïa	1
Air Arabia Maroc	Casablanca	3
Air France	Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse	2
Air France operated by Air Corsica	Ajaccio, Bastia Seasonal: Figari	2
Air France operated by HOP!	Bologna, Florence, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Orly, Rome–Fiumicino, Venice–Marco Polo	2
Air Malta	Malta	1
Air Méditerranée	Seasonal: Agadir, Athens, Bodrum, Chlef, Corfu, Dakar, Djerba, Fuerteventura, Heraklion, Ibiza, Jijel, Lisbon, Malaga, Marrakech, Monastir, Palma de Mallorca, Split, Tenerife–South Seasonal charter: Chlef, Dubrovnik, Jijel, Oslo, Málaga, Seville, Shannon	1
Air Transat	Seasonal: Montreal–Trudeau	2
Airlinair	La Rochelle, Poitiers	2
Air VIA	Charter: London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Münster–Osnabrück	1
Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways	Vienna	2
BMI Regional	Manchester (ends 11 November 2013)	1
British Airways	London–Heathrow	1
Brussels Airlines	Brussels	2
Brussels Airlines operated by Flybe	Brussels	2
Bulgarian Air Charter	Seasonal charter: Burgas, Varna	1
Croatia Airlines	Seasonal: Split	1
EasyJet	Agadir, Barcelona, Berlin–Schönefeld, Bordeaux, Brest, Brussels, Casablanca, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Madrid, Marrakech, Nantes, Nice, Porto, Prague, Rome–Fiumicino, Toulouse, Venice–Marco Polo Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Biarritz, Bristol, Dubrovnik, Figari [begins 6 July 2014], Ibiza, Manchester (begins 14 December 2013), Olbia, Palermo, Split (begins 6 July)	3
Emirates	Dubai	2
Europe Airpost	Seasonal charter: Bodrum, Izmir, Marrakech, Palma de Mallorca, Pula, Rhodes, Santorini	1
Flybe	Birmingham Seasonal: Cardiff [begins 21 December 2013]	2
Freebird Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya, Istanbul–Ataturk	1
Hex'Air	Castres, Rodez	2
HOP!	Basel/Mulhouse, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Brest, Brussels, Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Düsseldorf (ends 6 December 2013), Gothenburg–Landvetter, Lille, Limoges (ends 13 November 2013 ; resumes 18 November 2013), Lorient, Marseille, Metz/Nancy, Montpellier, Nantes, Naples, Pau, Prague, Rennes, Strasbourg, Stuttgart (ends 12 November 2013) Seasonal: Bastia	2
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum	Madrid Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca	1
Jetairfly	Agadir, Casablanca, Marrakech	1
KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper	Amsterdam	2
Lufthansa	Frankfurt	2
Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings	Düsseldorf	2
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine	Munich	2
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca, Marrakech	2
Swiss International Air Lines operated by Helvetic Airways	Zürich	2
Swiss International Air Lines operated by Swiss European Air Lines	Zürich	2
Syphax Airlines	Sfax	1
TAP Portugal	Lisbon	1
TAP operated by Portugália	Lisbon	1
Transaero Airlines	Moscow–Domodedovo Seasonal: Moscow-Vnukovo (begins 21 December 2013)^[4]	2
Transavia.com France	Monastir, Tunis Seasonal: Athens [begins 26 April 2014], Heraklion, Marrakesh , Oujda , Seville^[5]	1
Tunisair	Djerba, Monastir, Tunis, Tozeur	1
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul–Atatürk	1
Twin Jet	Le Havre	2
Vueling	Barcelona Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca, Seville [begins 19 April 2014]	1
WOW air	Seasonal: Reykjavik–Keflavik	3
XL Airways France	Seasonal: Catania, Punta Cana Seasonal charter: Heraklion, Malaga, Olbia, Palma	2

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
DHL Aviation operated by DHL Air UK	Leipzig
Emirates SkyCargo	Dubai
Europe Airpost	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Garnett charter	Hassi Messaoud
TNT Airways	Liège
UPS Airlines operated by Star Air (Maersk Air)	Cologne

References

Citations

^ LFLL – LYON SAINT EXUPERY. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 8 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b EAD Basic
^ http://airlineroute.net/2013/09/24/a3-s14update1/
^ "Schedule". City pairs Schedule. JSC "TRANSAERO" Airlines. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
^ http://www.econostrum.info/Transavia-reliera-Lyon-a-la-Mediterranee_a12940.html

Bibliography

Lyon Airport press release

External links

Official website
Aéroport de Lyon Saint Exupéry (Union des Aéroports Français)

[AIP1-1] LFLL – LYON SAINT EXUPERY. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 8 August 2024.

[AIP2-2] EAD Basic

[3] ttp://airlineroute.net/2013/09/24/a3-s14update1/

[UNSCHE-4] "Schedule". City pairs Schedule. JSC "TRANSAERO" Airlines. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

[5] ttp://www.econostrum.info/Transavia-reliera-Lyon-a-la-Mediterranee_a12940.html

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 | [[Turkish Airlines]] | [[Istanbul–Atatürk]] | 1
 | [[Twin Jet]] | [[Le Havre – Octeville Airport|Le Havre]] | 2
-| [[Vueling]] | [[Barcelona–El Prat Airport|Barcelona]] <br> '''Seasonal''': [[Palma de Mallorca Airport|Palma de Mallorca]], [[San Pablo Airport|Seville]] [begins 19 April 2014] | 3
+| [[Vueling]] | [[Barcelona–El Prat Airport|Barcelona]] <br> '''Seasonal''': [[Palma de Mallorca Airport|Palma de Mallorca]], [[San Pablo Airport|Seville]] [begins 19 April 2014] | 1
 | [[WOW air]] |'''Seasonal:''' [[Keflavík International Airport|Reykjavik–Keflavik]] | 3
 | [[XL Airways France]] |'''Seasonal:''' [[Catania–Fontanarossa Airport|Catania]], [[Punta Cana International Airport|Punta Cana]] <br> '''Seasonal charter:''' [[Heraklion International Airport|Heraklion]], [[Málaga Airport|Malaga]], [[Olbia – Costa Smeralda Airport|Olbia]], [[Palma de Mallorca Airport|Palma]] | 2

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Works	A Sense of Life Flight to Arras Night Flight (novel) Southern Mail "The Aviator" (short story) The Little Prince Wind, Sand and Stars
Adaptations	Adventures of the Little Prince (TV series) Night Flight (1933 film) Courrier sud (1937 film) The Little Prince (1974 film) The Little Prince (2015 film) The Little Prince (opera) The Little Prince (play) The Little Prince and the Aviator R.U.R.U.R. The Adventures of the Little Prince The Little Prince (2010 TV series) Volo di notte
Related	Delamater-Bevin Mansion Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (wife) Patrick de Saint-Exupéry (cousin) Nelly de Vogüé (mistress) Léon Werth
Tributes	2578 Saint-Exupéry 46610 Besixdouze 45 Eugenia Aguja Saint Exupery Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport, Argentina B612 Foundation Lyon-Saint-Exupéry TGV station Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport Panthéon Petit-Prince (moon) Place Bellecour, Lyon, France Roy, Gabrielle Saint-Ex (biopic) Terre des hommes Wings of Courage (biopic)
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