Nantes Atlantique Airport
Nantes Atlantique Airport Aéroport Nantes Atlantique | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | AGO (Aéroports du Grand Ouest), a subsidiary of Vinci Airports | ||||||||||
Serves | Nantes, France | ||||||||||
Location | Bouguenais, France | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 90 ft / 27 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°09′25″N 001°36′28″W / 47.15694°N 1.60778°W | ||||||||||
Website | nantes.aeroport.fr | ||||||||||
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Nantes Atlantique Airport (IATA: NTE, ICAO: LFRS) (French: Aéroport Nantes Atlantique, formerly known as Aéroport Château Bougon) is an international airport serving Nantes, France. It is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southwest of the city, in Bouguenais.[2]
The airport is operated by the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Nantes. It is currently the third largest airport in the west of France (after Toulouse-Blagnac and Bordeaux-Mérignac), with a maximum capacity of three million passengers a year.[3] In 2019, the airport handled 7,221,000 passengers, an increase of 16.6% compared to 2018.[4]
History
Nantes airport owes its origins to a military airfield, conceived in 1928 on part of the current site. In 1936/7 the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques de l'Ouest opened an aircraft factory adjacent to the airfield, initially building MB.210 bombers, followed by M.S.406 fighters and LeO 45 bombers. In 1939 the first paved runway was constructed, with a length of 900 m (2,953 ft).[5]
During World War II the airfield was briefly used as a British Royal Air Force airfield before being captured by German forces. Under occupation the aircraft factory was closed, and the airfield was used by the Luftwaffe as an airfield to bomb targets in England. As a consequence the airfield was hit by a damaging air raid on 4 July 1943, which also destroyed the adjoining aircraft factory.[5]
After the war the airfield was again put into service by the French Air Force. The aircraft factory was rebuilt, and has since built sections of the Vautour fighter and the Caravelle airliner, before becoming part of Airbus. In 1951 the first commercial operations started, with a new terminal built between 1954 and 1960 and runway extensions to cater for larger aircraft.[5]
Nantes Atlantique is currently the largest airport in the west of France. There were plans to have it replaced by an Aéroport du Grand Ouest, situated 30 km (19 mi) to the north-west of Nantes in the 'commune' of Notre-Dame-des-Landes. The €580 million project was approved in February 2008, with plans to open it in 2017. However, after a nearly 40-year-long controversy regarding the usefulness and impact of such an airport, the project was officially cancelled on 17 January 2018.[6]
Facilities
The airport has a single 'L' shaped passenger terminal, which is divided into four numbered halls. Halls 1 to 3 form the long side of the 'L' and are zones within the same two story building, with baggage claim and check-in facilities on the ground floor, and departure lounges on the upper level. Hall 4 occupies a later single story building at right angles to the earlier building, but connected to it by a lobby.
The airport also has a separate freight terminal, situated to the south of the passenger terminal, which includes 6,000 m2 (65,000 sq ft) of entrepôt storage. Also situated close to the passenger terminal is the Nantes factory of Airbus, which specialises in the construction of the centre wing box of the Airbus fleet of airliners and in the use of composite materials for creating structural components.[7][8]
Other facilities
Régional, a regional airline, was headquartered on the grounds of Nantes Atlantique Airport.[9] In 2013 the airline merged into HOP![10]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
Airlines | Destinations |
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DHL Aviation[citation needed] | East Midlands, Leipzig/Halle |
Ground transportation
Nantes Atlantique Airport is located just outside the Périphérique de Nantes, the city's peripheral ring motorway, to which it is linked by a short access road. All the major roads and motorways to and from the city of Nantes intersect the 'périphérique'. Several car parks, both in the open and under cover, are located in the terminal area, with each car park having its own tariff.[18][19]
An express shuttle bus, the 'Navette Tan Air', links the a stop outside the airport terminal to Nantes railway station and the city centre. The service forms part of Nantes's Tan public transport network, but charges a Tan Air fare, which is higher than the standard network fare, for the full journey. Alternatively the shuttle can be used to reach Neustrie, where a connection can be made to line 3 of the Tan tram system, using standard network fares.[20][21]
References
- ^ LFRS – NANTES ATLANTIQUE. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 8 August 2024.
- ^ a b EAD Basic
- ^ "New Notre Dame des Landes Airport, Nantes, France". airport-technology.com. Retrieved 24 July 2008.[unreliable source?]
- ^ (french only)
- ^ a b c Vallero, Luigi (July–August 2009). "France's Oceanic Gateway". Airports of the World. Key Publishing Ltd. pp. 64–67.
- ^ https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/notre-dame-des-landes-44130/notre-dame-des-landes-ce-qu-il-faut-retenir-de-l-annonce-d-edouard-philippe-5505933
- ^ "FRET - Entreprises". CCI Nantes St-Nazaire. Retrieved 22 August 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Airbus France - Nantes". Airbus. Retrieved 22 August 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Contact Archived 2009-06-11 at the Wayback Machine." Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne. Retrieved 2 June 2009. "REGIONAL – Aéroport Nantes Atlantique 44345 BOUGUENAIS Cedex"
- ^ "Air France Launches New Low-Cost Airline 'Hop!' Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today." Reuters. 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.
- ^ https://www.airfrance.fr/FR/fr/local/vols-air-france/vols/vols-court-courriers-air-france-hop.htm
- ^ "Flights to Izmir". corendonairlines.com.
- ^ a b c d Liu, Jim. "Transavia France S20 network expansion as of 17JAN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Transavia will inaugurate new route from France to Dubrovnik". Avioradar. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "TUIfly Belgium schedules new Greek routes in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "TUIfly Belgium adds Nantes – Podgorica from May 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ a b Liu, Jim (11 October 2019). "Volotea S20 network additions as of 10OCT19". Routesonline.
- ^ "Page d'accueil Parkings". CCI Nantes St-Nazaire. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
- ^ "Location voiture". CCI Nantes St-Nazaire. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
- ^ "Navettes aéroport" [Airport Shuttle] (in French). Aéroport de Nantes. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "Navettes aéroport" [Airport Shuttle] (in French). Tan. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
External links
Media related to Nantes Atlantique Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in English)
- Official website (in French)
- Aéroport de Nantes Atlantique at Union des Aéroports Français (in French)
- Accident history for NTE at Aviation Safety Network