| Toulouse Blagnac Airport Aéroport de Toulouse - Blagnac |
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| IATA: TLS – ICAO: LFBO | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Toulouse | ||
| Serves | Toulouse, France | ||
| Location | Blagnac, France | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 497 ft / 151 m | ||
| Coordinates | 43°38′06″N 001°22′04″E / 43.635°N 1.36778°ECoordinates: 43°38′06″N 001°22′04″E / 43.635°N 1.36778°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 14L/32R | 3,000 | 9,842 | Bituminous concrete |
| 14R/32L | 3,500 | 11,482 | Bituminous concrete |
| Source: French AIP[1] French AIP at EUROCONTROL[2] |
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Toulouse Blagnac Airport or Aéroport de Toulouse - Blagnac (IATA: TLS, ICAO: LFBO) is an airport located 3.6 NM (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) west northwest of Toulouse,[2] just south of Blagnac, both communes of the Haute-Garonne département in the Midi-Pyrénées région of France.
In 2006, the airport served 5,956,696 passengers.[3]
Both Airbus and ATR assemble aircraft at nearby facilities and test them from the airport.
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Airlines and destinations
Hall A
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Baboo | Geneva |
| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum | Madrid |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Cirrus Airlines | Frankfurt |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings | Düsseldorf [seasonal] |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine | Munich |
| Ostfriesische Lufttransport | Bremen |
| TAP Portugal operated by Portugália | Lisbon |
| Twin Jet | Basel/Mulhouse, Metz-Nancy |
Hall B
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air France | Lyon, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly |
| Air France operated by Airlinair | Lyon |
| Air France operated by Brit Air | Nantes, Rennes |
| Air France operated by CCM | Nice |
| Air France operated by Régional | Ajaccio [seasonal], Bastia [seasonal], Calvi [seasonal], Clermont Ferrand, Lille, Marseille, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino, Strasbourg |
| KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper | Amsterdam |
Hall C
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aer Lingus | Dublin [seasonal] |
| Aigle Azur | Algiers, Oran |
| Air Algérie | Algiers, Oran |
| Air Austral | Saint-Denis de la Réunion |
| Air Malta | Malta [seasonal] |
| Air Transat | Montréal-Trudeau [seasonal] |
| Atlas Blue | Marrakech |
| Bmibaby | Manchester |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels |
| Corsairfly | Saint-Denis de la Réunion |
| EasyJet | Bristol, Geneva [begins 15 December], London-Gatwick, Lyon, Madrid, Paris-Orly |
| Germanwings | Hamburg, Cologne-Bonn |
| Jet2.com | Belfast-International, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford [seasonal] |
| Jet4you | Casablanca |
| Nouvelair | Djerba, Monastir [seasonal] |
| Ostfriesische Lufttransport | Hamburg-Finkenwerder [seasonal] |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca |
| Tunisair | Tunis |
Hall D
- Currently under construction - due for opening in 2010[4]
Transport
Shuttle buses to Toulouse city centre stop outside Hall C every 20 minutes. They take approximately 20 minutes to reach the city centre, stopping at Compans Caffarelli and Jeanne d'Arc (both on Metro Line B), Jean Jaurès (Metro Line A and B) and at Toulouse-Matabiau railway station.[5]
Taxis cost approximately 22€ to Toulouse city centre one way.[6]
2 daily coach services connect Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Andorra,[7], as the country that does not have a commercial airport.
Accidents and incidents
- On 29 January 1988, Inter Cargo Service Flight 1004, operated by Vickers Vanguard F-GEJF crashed on take-off when take-off was attempted with only three fully operable engines.[8]
References
- ^ LFBO – TOULOUSE BLAGNAC (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 19 Nov 2009.
- ^ a b EAD Basic
- ^ http://www.toulouse.aeroport.fr/upload/pagesEdito/fichiers/Flash1206.pdf
- ^ http://www.halld.fr/EN/
- ^ http://www.toulouse.aeroport.fr/airport/access-transport-car-park/access/public-transportation/navette-city-centre
- ^ http://www.toulouse.aeroport.fr/en/airport/access-transport-car-park/access/taxi
- ^ http://www.toulouse.aeroport.fr/en/airport/access-transport-car-park/access/public-transportation
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880129-0. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Toulouse Blagnac International Airport |
- Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (official site) (English)
- Aéroport de Toulouse - Blagnac (Union des Aéroports Français) (French)
- Current weather for LFBO at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for TLS at Aviation Safety Network
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