Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport

Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac
IATA: BOD – ICAO: LFBD
Summary
Airport type Public / Military
Owner/Operator Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac (SA ADBM)
Serves Bordeaux, France
Location Mérignac
Hub for Volotea
Elevation AMSL 162 ft / 49 m
Coordinates 44°49′42″N 000°42′56″W / 44.82833°N 0.71556°W / 44.82833; -0.71556
Website bordeaux.aeroport.fr
Map


Aquitaine region in France

BOD
Location of airport in Aquitaine
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 3,100 10,171 Asphalt
11/29 2,415 7,923 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 5,289,638[1]
Passenger change 14-15 Increase7.6%
Source: French AIP[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,[2] within the département of the Gironde. In 2015, the airport served 5,289,638 passengers, making it the sixth busiest airport in France in terms of passengers. It mainly features flights to metropolitan and leisure destinations in Europe and Northern Africa and serves as a base for Volotea. It features three passenger terminals named A, B and Billi.

History

As a consequence of the temporary closure of the Cazaux Air Base, the civil authorities have been forced to share the runway with the French Air Force since November 2005.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion A
Aer Lingus Dublin A
Air Algérie Algiers, Oran A
Air Arabia Maroc Fes [3]
Air Corsica Seasonal: Ajaccio, Calvi (both begin 2 July 2017)[4] A
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly B
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal-Trudeau A
ASL Airlines France Seasonal: Vienna[5] A
Blue Air Bucharest (begins 3 June 2017)[6] Billi
British Airways London-Gatwick A
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels A
Chalair Aviation Brest, Caen, Montpellier, Nantes, Rennes A
easyJet[7] Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bristol, Brussels, Lille, Lisbon, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Lyon, Marrakech, Marseille, Milan-Malpensa, Nice, Venice-Marco Polo
Seasonal: Belfast-International, Glasgow, Liverpool 		Billi
easyJet Switzerland Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva Billi
Flybe Seasonal: Birmingham, Southampton A
Helvetic Airways Seasonal: Zürich A
HOP! Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Rome-Fiumicino, Strasbourg
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Figari 		B
Iberia
operated by Air Nostrum		 Madrid A
Iberia Express Madrid[8] A
KLM Amsterdam B
KLM
operated by KLM Cityhopper		 Amsterdam B
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt (begins 2 April 2017)[9] A
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda A
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Marrakech A
Ryanair Bergamo (begins 1 May 2017),[10] Charleroi, Edinburgh, London-Stansted, Porto, Rome-Ciampino
Seasonal: Bologna, Cork, Seville 		Billi
TAP Portugal
operated by TAP Express 		Lisbon A
TUIfly Belgium Agadir, Casablanca, Marrakech A
Tunisair Tunis A
Turkish Airlines Seasonal: Istanbul-Atatürk A
Twin Jet Metz/Nancy A
Volotea[11] Ajaccio, Bastia, Gran Canaria (begins 17 December 2016), Munich, Prague, Strasbourg, Tenerife-South, Venice-Marco Polo
Seasonal: Alicante, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Faro, Figari, Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Málaga, Malta (begins 13 April 2017), Naples, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Palermo, Pisa, Split, Toulon 		A
Vueling Barcelona
Seasonal: Málaga, Palma de Mallorca 		A

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
ASL Airlines France Paris-Charles de Gaulle
DHL Aviation
operated by Exin		 Leipzig/Halle, Vitoria

Ground transport

The airport is accessible by car via the A630 autoroute (exit 11b). There is also a shuttle by Jet'Bus shuttle serving the Bordeaux Saint-Jean railway station. Bus route 1 of Tram et Bus de la CUB also serves the city centre. In the medium-term, there are plans for the tramway system to link the airport with the city centre.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr/fr/communique-presse/bilan-2015-pres-5300000-passagers-en-2015-76-croissance
  2. 1 2 LFBD – BORDEAUX MÉRIGNAC. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 8 December 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2016/08/19/air-arabia-maroc-fes-bordeaux-3-decembre_n_11603692.html
  4. ↑ http://www.aircorsica.com
  5. ↑ http://www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr/en/press/vienna-bordeaux-europe-airpost-opens-new-scheduled-route
  6. ↑ http://www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr/sites/default/files/CP_BlueAir_Bordeaux_Bucarest.pdf
  7. ↑ easyJet's website
  8. ↑ Iberia Express' website
  9. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269934/lufthansa-s17-european-routes-additions/
  10. ↑ http://www.air-journal.fr/2016-10-14-ryanair-lance-un-bordeaux-bergame-veut-construire-un-terminal-a-dublin-5170990.html
  11. ↑ Volotea's website

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