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Lille Airport

Coordinates: 50°33′48″N 003°05′13″E / 50.56333°N 3.08694°E / 50.56333; 3.08694
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Lille Airport

Aéroport de Lille

(Advanced Landing Ground B-51)
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSocièté de gestion de l'aéroport de la région de Lille (SOGAREL)
ServesLille, France
LocationLesquin, France
Elevation AMSL157 ft / 48 m
Coordinates50°33′48″N 003°05′13″E / 50.56333°N 3.08694°E / 50.56333; 3.08694
Websitelille.aeroport.fr
Maps
Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in France
Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in France
LFQQ is located in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
LFQQ
LFQQ
Location of Lille Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,825 9,268 Asphalt
02/20 1,580 5,184 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers1,905,608
Passenger Change 16-17Increase7.2%
Sources: Airport,[1] French AIP[2]

Lille Airport[1] (French: Aéroport de Lille[1]) (IATA: LIL[3], ICAO: LFQQ[2]) is an airport located in Lesquin, 7 km (4 mi) south-southeast of Lille,[2] a city in northern France. It is also known as Lille-Lesquin Airport or Lesquin Airport. Lille is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the capital of the Nord-Pas de Calais region and the prefecture of the Nord department.

The airport is 15 minutes from the city centre of Lille. It is the 12th busiest French airport in number of passengers: around 970,000 passengers in 2001 and 1,397,637 passengers in 2012.[4] In terms of cargo, it ranks fourth, with almost 38,000 tonnes passing through each year.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Lille:[5]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens
Air Algérie Algiers, Oran
Air France Bordeaux, Brest, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Pau, Strasbourg, Toulouse
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Biarritz, Calvi, Figari, Perpignan, Toulon
easyJet Bordeaux, Faro, Lisbon, Nantes,[6] Naples, Nice, Toulouse, Venice
Seasonal: Biarritz
easyJet Switzerland Geneva
Nouvelair Seasonal: Djerba
Ryanair Marseille
Seasonal: Porto
SmartWings Seasonal: Heraklion,[7] Faro,[7] Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife-South[7]
TUI fly Belgium[8] Seasonal: Agadir, Antalya (begins 3 May 2019),[8] Djerba,[9] Enfidha (begins 4 May 2019),[8] Heraklion, Ibiza (begins 5 May 2019),[8] Izmir (begins 3 May 2019),[8] Málaga (begins 8 April 2019),[8] Marrakesh, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca (begins 16 April 2019),[8] Rhodes, Tenerife–South (begins 6 April 2019),[8]
Volotea Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Figari, Palma de Mallorca
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca
XL Airways France Seasonal: Fort-de-France [10]

Statistics

Year Passengers Percentage Change Year Passengers Percentage Change Year Passengers Percentage Change
1961 9,985 - 1980 421,273 Increase 9,47 % 1999 978,908 Increase 13,14 %
1962 14,829 Increase 48,51 % 1981 450,934 Increase 7,04 % 2000 990,598 Increase 1,19 %
1963 20,316 Increase 37,00 % - 1982 466,588 Increase 3,47 % 2001 970,391 Decrease -2,04 %
1964 32,569 Increase 60,31 % 1983 485,617 Increase 4,08 % 2002 922,791 Decrease -4,90 %
1965 45,734 Increase 40,42 % 1984 485,680 Increase 0,01 % 2003 873,602 Decrease -5,33 %
1966 55,120 Increase 20,52 % 1985 474,760 Decrease -2,25 % 2004 848,037 Decrease -2,93 %
1967 69,735 Increase 26,51 % 1986 520,357 Increase 9,60 % 2005 842,650 Decrease -0,63 %
1968 63,208 Decrease -9,36 % 1987 567,029 Increase 8,97 % 2006 936,032 Increase 11,08 %
1969 82,305 Increase 30,21 % 1988 641,199 Increase 13,08 % 2007 1,051,758 Increase 12,36 %
1970 117,295 Increase 42,51 % 1989 795,673 Increase 24,09 % 2008 1,014,704 Decrease -3,52 %
1971 125,967 Increase 7,39 % 1990 807,789 Increase 1,52 % 2009 1,147,924 Increase 13,13 %
1972 156,871 Increase 24,53 % 1991 758,727 Decrease -6,07% 2010 1,170,693 Increase 1,98 %
1973 171,471 Increase 9,31 % 1992 799,092 Increase 5,32 % 2011 1,164,631 Decrease -0,52 %
1974 177,188 Increase 3,33 % 1993 839,828 Increase 5,10 % 2012 1,397,637 Increase 20%
1975 205,292 Increase 15,86 % 1994 805,624 Decrease -4,07 % 2013 1,661,741 Increase 18,9 %
1976 268,932 Increase 31,00 % 1995 802,031 Decrease -0,45 % 2014 1,596,700 Decrease -3,91 %
1977 291,432 Increase 8,37 % 1996 849,405 Increase 5,91 % 2015 1,538,814 Decrease -3,63 %
1978 375,708 Increase 28,92 % 1997 824,934 Decrease -2,88 % 2016 1,781,490 Increase 15,6%
1979 384,824 Increase 2,43 % 1998 865,193 Increase 4,88 % 2017 1,905,608 Increase 7.7%

References

  1. ^ a b c Lille Airport (Aéroport de Lille), official website
  2. ^ a b c LFQQ – Lille Lesquin. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 8 August 2024.
  3. ^ Airport information for LIL at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  4. ^ Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2009 Archived 4 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ lille.aeroport.fr - Flight Search retrieved 11 May 2017
  6. ^ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/271503/easyjet-plans-additional-french-routes-in-s17/
  7. ^ a b c http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/272123/smartwings-adds-various-french-routes-in-s17/
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h "Flights to Lille". tui.be.
  9. ^ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/276046/tui-airlines-belgium-adds-new-sectors-in-s18/
  10. ^ http://www.air-journal.fr/2017-03-28-xl-airways-les-antilles-depuis-7-villes-de-province-5179243.html

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