Beauvais–Tillé Airport
Paris Beauvais Tillé Airport Aéroport de Paris Beauvais Tillé | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie (CCI) de l'Oise | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Paris | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Beauvais / Tillé | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 359 ft / 109 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°27′16″N 002°06′46″E / 49.45444°N 2.11278°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.aeroportbeauvais.com | ||||||||||||||
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Paris Beauvais Tillé Airport or Aéroport de Paris Beauvais Tillé (IATA: BVA, ICAO: LFOB) is a French airport, originally the small regional airport of the city of Beauvais. It is actually located in the community of Tillé, 3.5 km northeast of Beauvais, a commune of the Oise département, and is 85km north of Paris. The airport has four gates and a snack bar and shopping area, both airside and in the publicly accessible area. The airport carried over 2 million passengers in 2007[4]. The airport will be closed from June 3rd to June 10th for the installation of new landing equipment.[5]
Equipment
The airport is equipped to welcome medium-sized passenger jets in good visibility, and between the hours of 7am to 11:30pm local time. Since 2007 the ban on night flying has been strictly enforced for the benefit of local residents. Passenger planes arriving after 11:30pm can be diverted to Lille Lesquin International Airport, Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport or Brussels South Charleroi Airport[6], etc.
The main runway, 13-31, only has an ILS in QFU 31 and a PAPI in QFU 13. It does not have an ILS to CAT III standard. This means planes can have difficulty landing in some bad weather conditions, notably when fog descends on the airport.[7] From the 3rd to 9th of June, 2009, the airport will be closed for the installation of ILS CAT III equipment. It is expected the installation of this equipment will greatly reduce delays caused by bad weather.[8]
To and from the airport
The airport is serviced by a shuttle to the city centre and railway station that operates eight times a day; many passengers use a private scheduled coach for a 75-minute trip to Paris, ending beside the Palais des Congrès at Porte Maillot, located in the 17th arrondissement, approximately a kilometre west of the Arc de Triomphe (Irish passengers to Paris sometimes refer to this destination as the James Joyce pub due to the pub's proximity to the terminus). The fare is 26 euros return, 13 euros one way.
There is a taxi rank at the airport, and also a free shuttle bus into the town.
Beauvais train station is situated almost 4km away, with connections to Paris Gare du Nord, Amiens, etc.
There are also many minibus and shuttle services that can bring you to Paris and which is a popular destination for passengers arriving at Beauvais Tillé.
Airlines and destinations
- Blue Air (Bucharest-Băneasa)
- Ryanair (Alghero, Alicante, Bologna, Bournemouth, Cagliari, Dublin, East Midlands, Girona, Glasgow-Prestwick, Madrid, Marseille, Milan-Orio al Serio, Pisa, Porto, Rome-Ciampino, Reus, Shannon, Stockholm-Skavsta, Trapani [begins 2 May], Treviso)
- Wizz Air (Bucharest-Băneasa, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca, Katowice, Prague, Timişoara, Warsaw)
History
This airport was built in the 1930s and improved by the German army during the Second World War. In 1956, it was opened to commercial use. Redevelopment began in 2005. The airport then had three gates, housed within a marquee tent while the permanent facilities were being redeveloped.
References
- ^ LFOB – Beauvais Tillé. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 11 July 2024.
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- ^ Airport information for BVA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ http://www.anna.aero/2008/03/28/international-traffic-drives-modest-french-growth/
- ^ http://www.aeroportbeauvais.com/index.php?lang=eng
- ^ http://www.acnaw.be/opencms/export/sites/be.acnaw/resources/rapports/ACNAW_rapport_activites_2007.pdf
- ^ The main operator, Ryanair, has procedures in place to reimburse passengers when the cannot fly within a few days, for example Ryanair reimburses flights in September 2008 and Ryanair reimburses flights in October 2008, all because of fog and the simple equipment of Beauvais airport.
- ^ http://www.aeroportbeauvais.com/index.php?lang=eng
External links
- Official site: Paris Beauvais Tillé Airport Template:En icon or Aéroport de Paris Beauvais Tillé Template:Fr icon
- Aéroport de Beauvais - Tillé at Union des Aéroports Français Template:Fr icon
- Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie (CCI) de l'Oise Template:Fr icon
- Current weather for LFOB at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for BVA at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport shuttle Template:En icon
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