Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
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Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac (SA ADBM) | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Bordeaux | ||||||||||||||
Location | Mérignac, Gironde, France | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 162 ft / 49 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°49′42″N 000°42′56″W / 44.82833°N 0.71556°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | bordeaux.aeroport.fr | ||||||||||||||
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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]
Statistics
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.[34][35]
See also
References
- ^ "easyJet Media Centre". Mediacentre.easyjet.com. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Bilan 2019, une année record pour le trafic international".
- ^ "BOD Airlines Bases". Bordeaux.Aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ Wood, Tony; Gunston, Bill (1977). Hitler's Luftwaffe. New York: Crescent Books. pp. 64–69&170–171. ISBN 0-517-22477-1.
- ^ "Hall A - Bordeaux Mérignac Airport | Ingérop". Ingerop.fr. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Réalisations". ADPI. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Terminal billi Bordeaux illico | Bordeaux-Merignac Airport". Bordeaux.aeroport.fr. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Press release" (PDF). www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "All flights from Bordeaux". Bordeaux-Merignac Airport. 3 September 2022.
- ^ "British Airways Announces Routes and Starts Selling Seats for ITS New Gatwick Short-Haul Subsidiary".
- ^ https://www.brusselsairlines.com/en-fr/destinations/
- ^ https://www.easyjet.com/en[bare URL]
- ^ "Lanzarote (Arrecife)". Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac.
- ^ "Porto". Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac.
- ^ a b "Du nouveau avec easyJet : 4 destinations supplémentaires - Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac".
- ^ "Mahon (Minorque)". Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac.
- ^ "Luxair: Official Site – Book Direct Flights to 90+ Destinations from 89€".
- ^ https://www.norwegian.com/en//[bare URL]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Ryanair announces biggest schedule ever for Bordeaux". 2 March 2022.
- ^ https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en[bare URL]
- ^ "Welcome Home to Cork this Christmas - Ryanair to Restore Cork Airport Base and Twenty Routes".
- ^ "Ryanair Launches Two New Domestic French Routes from Bordeaux and Toulouse to Corsica (Figari) This Summer | Ryanair's Corporate Website".
- ^ "Rayanir website". Ryanair.com.
- ^ swiss.com - Flights to Bordeaux retrieved 3 September 2022
- ^ "Transavia verbindt Eindhoven met Bordeaux" [Transavia connects Eindhoven to Bordeaux]. nieuws.eindhovenairport.nl (in Dutch). 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ tuiflybe.com - Bordeaux retrieved 3 September 2022
- ^ tunisair.com - Schedule retrieved 3 September 2022
- ^ turkishairlines.com - Flights to Bordeaux retrieved 3 September 2022
- ^ "VOLOTEA - Destinations". 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Aéroport de Lille : Volotea ouvre une ligne vers Bordeaux le 17 décembre | la Gazette Nord-Pas de Calais".
- ^ "Volotea announces three new routes from greece to France".
- ^ "Volotea torna a Firenze, destinazione Bordeaux. Da Pisa per Olbia e Nantes". 9 February 2022.
- ^ vueling.com - Flights from Bordeaux retrieved 3 September 2022
- ^ "Bordeaux Airport - Tram connection confirmed". Bordeaux Expats. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ Yves Maugue (29 April 2016). "Bordeaux : voici le tracé du tramway qui va desservir l'aéroport" (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2016.
External links
Media related to Bordeaux - Mérignac Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Aéroport de Bordeaux (Union des Aéroports Français) (in French)
- Accident history for BOD at Aviation Safety Network
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