Strasbourg Airport

Strasbourg Airport (French: Aéroport de Strasbourg; German: Straßburg Flughafen; Alsatian: D'r Strossburi(g) Flughàfa) (IATA: SXB, ICAO: LFST) is a minor international airport located in Entzheim and 10 km (6.2 miles) west-southwest of Strasbourg,[1] both communes of the Bas-Rhin département in the Alsace région of France. In 2018 the airport served 1,297,177 passengers.[3]

Strasbourg Airport

Aéroport de Strasbourg
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesStrasbourg, France
LocationEntzheim
OpenedFebruary 1923
Elevation AMSL505 ft / 154 m
Coordinates48°32′31″N 07°38′04″E
Websitestrasbourg.aeroport.fr
Map
LFST is located in France
LFST
LFST
Airport in France
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers1,297,177
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 7.4%
Source: French AIP,[1] Aeroport.fr[2]

Decline in airport passenger traffic

There was a decline in traffic after Ryanair suspended service in 2004 after a court declared that the airline had received illegal subsidies from the airport.[4]

After the opening of the first phase of the new LGV Est high-speed rail line from Paris to Strasbourg, there was a significant[5] reduction in plane usage, but since 2011, traffic at the airport has grown. However, Air France ceased to operate the route between Strasbourg and Paris-Charles de Gaulle on 2 April 2013, transferring passengers onto rail services operated as tgvair.[6] The opening of the second phase of the LGV Est in July 2016 further reduced travel time to Paris to 1:48 by train.[7]

Facilities
Check-in hall
The Entzheim-Aéroport train station

The airport consists of a single two-storey passenger terminal building. The ground floor features the check-in areas as well as the arrivals facilities with three baggage claim belts. The upper floor contains the international and domestic departure lounges and gates.[8] The terminal is equipped with four gates that have jet-bridges as well as some walk-boarding stands.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Strasbourg Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens
Air Arabia Fès, Nador
Air France Lyon
Amelia International[9] Amsterdam[10]
ASL Airlines France Seasonal: Oujda[11]
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Iberia Madrid
LOT Polish Airlines Frankfurt, Warsaw–Chopin[12]
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Nouvelair Tunis
Seasonal: Djerba[13]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
Ryanair Agadir,[14] Porto
TAROM Seasonal: Bucharest-Otopeni[15]
Tassili Airlines Algiers, Constantine, Oran
Tunisair Tunis
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul
Twin Jet Marseille[16]
Volotea Bordeaux, London–Gatwick (begins 9 November 2023),[17] Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Rome–Fiumicino,[18] Toulouse
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Athens, Barcelona, Bastia, Biarritz, Calvi (begins 1 June 2024)[19], Corfu, Faro,[20] Figari, Gran Canaria,[21] Lanzarote, Málaga (begins 20 April 2024)[22], Marrakesh,[23] Olbia, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at SXB airport. See Wikidata query.

Ground transportation

The airport is served by the Entzheim-Aéroport train station, on the line from Strasbourg to Molsheim.[24] The trip to Gare de Strasbourg takes 7 to 12 minutes.

Accidents and incidents

References
  1. LFST – Strasbourg Entzheim. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 5 October 2023.
  2. "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. "Transports. Près de 1,3 million de passagers en 2018 à Strasbourg-Entzheim". dna.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. "USATODAY.com – Passenger traffic plunges at Strasbourg airport after Ryanair exit". USA Today.
  5. "STRASBOURG AIRPORT Strasbourg International Airport sees a light at the end of the tunnel –". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  6. "Dès avril, Air France " volera " en TGV Est". Dna.fr.
  7. "Frankreich: Letzte Gleislücke auf der LGV Est européenne verschweißt".
  8. strasbourg.aeroport.fr – Terminal map retrieved 30 July 2016
  9. "Amelia-Connecting Our Horizons". flyamelia. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  10. "Amelia launches two European routes: Strasbourg – Amsterdam and Strasbourg – Munich". 7 March 2022.
  11. "ASL Airlines France met en vente son programme été 2023 | Air Journal". 10 January 2023.
  12. "LOT will fly from Warsaw to Strasbourg". 2021.
  13. Liu, Jim. "Nouvelair Tunisie adds Djerba – Strasbourg from April 2021". Routesonline. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  14. "RYANAIR NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 05DEC22".
  15. https://www.strasbourg.aeroport.fr/en/villes-destinations/bucarest-6/
  16. "TwinJet NS23 Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  17. https://worldairlinenews.com/2023/07/19/volotea-adds-a-new-route-linking-strasbourg-with-london-gatwick/
  18. "Bas-Rhin. Une nouvelle ligne aérienne ouvrira en mai entre Strasbourg et Rome". 9 March 2022.
  19. https://italiavola.com/2023/09/28/volotea-apre-2-nuove-rotte-da-strasburgo-per-il-2024/
  20. "Aéroport Strasbourg-Entzheim: Volotea va annoncer une nouvelle destination".
  21. "Volotea va relier Strasbourg à la Grande Canarie | Air Journal". 5 August 2022.
  22. https://italiavola.com/2023/09/28/volotea-apre-2-nuove-rotte-da-strasburgo-per-il-2024/
  23. Liu, Jim. "Volotea W19 Network adjustment as of 15JUL19". Routesonline. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  24. Halte ferroviaire de Entzheim-Aéroport, TER Grand Est
  25. "Rapport de la commission d'enquête sur l'accident survenu le 20 janvier 1992 près du Mont Sainte-Odile (Bas Rhin) à l'Airbus A 320 immatriculé F-GGED exploité par la compagnie Air Inter" (in French). Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile. Retrieved 14 April 2010.

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