Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport

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]

Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport

Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac
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
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]

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 Fès
Air France Lyon, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Calvi, Figari, Nice
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
British Airways London–Gatwick[10]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[11]
Chalair Aviation Brest
Corsair International Seasonal: Pointe-à-Pitre
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse, Copenhagen, Essaouira,[12] Faro, Geneva, Lanzarote,[13] Lille, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, Lyon, Marrakesh, Marseille, Milan–Malpensa, Nice, Porto,[14] Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Belfast–International, Berlin, Bristol, Catania, Figari,[15] Glasgow, Heraklion, Ibiza, London–Luton, Manchester, Menorca,[16] Olbia,[15] Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Toulon[17]
HiSky Bucharest–Otopeni (begins 21 December 2023)[18]
Iberia Madrid
KLM Amsterdam
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Seasonal: Munich
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[19]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen,[20] Oslo
Nouvelair Djerba,[21] Tunis[22]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
Ryanair Agadir, Barcelona,[23] Bergamo, Charleroi, Dublin, Fès, Lisbon, London–Stansted, Málaga, Marrakesh, Marseille, Paphos,[24] Porto, Prague, Rabat (begins 29 October 2023), Seville, Tangier, Tenerife–South,[25] Venice[25]
Seasonal: Alghero,[23] Alicante, Bari, Birmingham,[23] Cork,[26] Edinburgh, Faro, Figari,[27] Ibiza,[23] Kraków, Madrid,[23][28] Malta,[23] Manchester,[29] Menorca,[23] Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa,[23] Santiago de Compostela,[23] Trapani,[23] Valencia, Zadar[23]
Swiss International Air Lines[30] Zürich
Transavia Eindhoven
Seasonal: Dakar–Diass (begins 31 October 2023)[31]
TUI fly Belgium[32] Seasonal: Oujda[33]
Tunisair[34] Tunis
Turkish Airlines[35] Istanbul
Volotea Algiers,[36] Athens,[37] Düsseldorf,[38] Florence, Hamburg (begins 10 October 2023),[38] Lille,[39] Málaga, Nice, Oran, Rome–Fiumicino (begins 9 November 2023),[40] Strasbourg, Stuttgart,[38] Tenerife–South, Venice
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Cagliari, Calvi,[41] Corfu, Dubrovnik, Figari, Heraklion,[42] Lanzarote, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Santorini, Split
Vueling[43] Barcelona

Statistics
Former control tower in 1964
Control tower
Annual passenger traffic at BOD airport. See Wikidata query.

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. The lastbus departs the airport at approximately 20:40, well before the last flight arrives. Bus route 1+ of Transports Bordeaux Métropole serves the city centre.

Tram

Bordeaux tramway's Line A links the airport with the city centre since the end of April 2023.[44][45][46]

See also

References
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  2. "Bilan 2019, une année record pour le trafic international - Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac". www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr. 16 January 2020.
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  38. "Volotea s'alia amb Eurowings i llança vuit noves rutes amb Alemanya". ON ECONOMIA. 15 February 2023.
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