Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport

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Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport

Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac
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Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
Owner/OperatorAéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac (SA ADBM)
ServesBordeaux
LocationMérignac, Gironde, France
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL162 ft / 49 m
Coordinates44°49′42″N 000°42′56″W / 44.82833°N 0.71556°W / 44.82833; -0.71556
Websitebordeaux.aeroport.fr
Map
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
Location of airport in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 3,100 10,171 Asphalt
11/29 2,415 7,923 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers7,703,143
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 13.3%
Sources: Statistics[2]

Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (French: Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac) (IATA: BOD, ICAO: LFBD) is the international airport of Bordeaux, in south-western France. It is situated in the commune of Mérignac, 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Bordeaux, within the département of the Gironde. It mainly features flights to metropolitan and leisure destinations in Europe and Northern Africa and serves as a base for easyJet, Ryanair and Volotea airlines.[3]

History[]

KG 40, the prime land-based maritime patrol Luftwaffe unit was primarily based at Bordeaux-Mérignac during the Occupation of France in World War II.[4]

Terminals[]

Bordeaux Airport has three passenger buildings:

  • Terminal A is mainly for international flights[5]
  • Terminal B passenger air terminal has two levels and is principally dedicated to Air France traffic between Paris and Bordeaux.[6]
  • Terminal billi is a separate facility for low cost carriers. It has one floor and has small check-in and arrivals areas as well as a departures area with six aircraft parking positions which are used for walk boarding.[7] Users of Terminal billi are easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air.[8]

Airlines and destinations[]

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport:[9]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion
Aer Lingus Dublin
Air Algérie Algiers, Oran
Air Arabia Casablanca,[10] Fez
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air France Hop Lyon, Marseille, Nice
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Figari
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
British Airways London–Heathrow
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[11]
Chalair Aviation Brest, Montpellier, Rennes
Corsair International Seasonal: Pointe-à-Pitre (begins 19 December 2021)[12]
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Bristol, Essaouira, Faro, Fuerteventura,[13] Geneva, Lanzarote,[14] Lille, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Luxembourg, Lyon, Manchester, Marrakesh, Marseille, Milan–Malpensa, Nice, Porto,[15] Tel Aviv, Tenerife–South, Venice
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Belfast–International, Brussels, Catania, Figari,[16] Glasgow, Hamburg, Heraklion, Ibiza, Menorca,[17] Olbia,[18] Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes
Iberia Regional Madrid
KLM Amsterdam
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Oslo (resumes 16 June 2022)[19]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
Ryanair Agadir, Bergamo, Budapest, Charleroi, Dublin, Fez, Kraków, Lisbon, London–Stansted, Madrid (begins 31 October 2021),[20] Málaga, Manchester, Marrakesh, Marseille, Porto, Rome–Ciampino, Seville, Tangier, Treviso, Valencia
Seasonal: Alicante, Bari, Bologna, Cork, Edinburgh, Faro, Figari,[21] Fuerteventura (begins 6 November 2021),[22] Ibiza,[23] Lille, Menorca,[24] Mykonos, Naples, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Prague
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
TUI fly Belgium Agadir, Casablanca, Marrakesh
Tunisair Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Ural Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo[25]
Volotea Algiers,[26] Madrid, Málaga, Prague, Strasbourg, Tenerife–South, Venice
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Cagliari, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Faro, Figari, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Malta, Menorca, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa, Santorini, Split
Vueling Barcelona
Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca

Statistics[]

See source Wikidata query and sources.

Access[]

Road[]

The airport is accessible by road via the A630 autoroute (exit 11b). There is a shuttle by 30'Direct shuttle serving the Bordeaux Saint-Jean railway station. Bus route 1+ of Transports Bordeaux Métropole serves the city centre.

Tram[]

The Bordeaux tramway system does not yet reach the airport, but an extension to Line A is expected to link the airport with the city centre by 2022.[27][28]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "easyJet Media Centre". Mediacentre.easyjet.com. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Bilan 2019, une année record pour le trafic international".
  3. ^ "BOD Airlines Bases". Bordeaux.Aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  4. ^ Wood, Tony; Gunston, Bill (1977). Hitler's Luftwaffe. New York: Crescent Books. pp. 64–69&170–171. ISBN 0-517-22477-1.
  5. ^ "Hall A - Bordeaux Mérignac Airport | Ingérop". Ingerop.fr. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Réalisations". ADPI. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Terminal billi Bordeaux illico | Bordeaux-Merignac Airport". Bordeaux.aeroport.fr. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Press release" (PDF). www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Destinations". Bordeaux-Merignac Airport. 4 April 2019.
  10. ^ https://www.africalogisticsmagazine.com/?q=fr/content/deux-nouvelles-lignes-vers-le-maghreb-au-depart-de-laeroport-de-bordeaux
  11. ^ https://www.brusselsairlines.com/en-fr/destinations/
  12. ^ https://www.corsair.fr/en
  13. ^ https://www.easyjet.com/en
  14. ^ "Lanzarote (Arrecife)". Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac.
  15. ^ "Porto". Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac.
  16. ^ https://www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr/informations-actualites/du-nouveau-avec-easyjet-4-destinations-supplementaires
  17. ^ "Mahon (Minorque)". Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac.
  18. ^ https://www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr/informations-actualites/du-nouveau-avec-easyjet-4-destinations-supplementaires
  19. ^ https://www.norwegian.com/en//
  20. ^ https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en
  21. ^ https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryanair-launches-two-new-domestic-french-routes-from-bordeaux-and-toulouse-to-corsica-figari-this-summer/?market=fr
  22. ^ https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en
  23. ^ https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en
  24. ^ https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en
  25. ^ "Moscou". Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac.
  26. ^ https://www.volotea.com/en/
  27. ^ "Bordeaux Airport - Tram connection confirmed". Bordeaux Expats. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  28. ^ Yves Maugue (29 April 2016). "Bordeaux : voici le tracé du tramway qui va desservir l'aéroport" (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2016.

External links[]

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