Toulouse–Blagnac Airport

Toulouse–Blagnac Airport (French: Aéroport de Toulouse–Blagnac) (IATA: TLS, ICAO: LFBO) is an international airport located 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) west northwest of Toulouse, partially in Blagnac, both communes of the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of France. In 2017, the airport served 9,264,611 passengers.[2] As of April 2017, the airport features flights to 74 destinations, mostly in Europe and Northern Africa with a few additional seasonal long-haul connections.[3]

Toulouse Blagnac Airport

Aéroport de Toulouse – Blagnac
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Toulouse
OperatorChamber of Commerce and Industry of Toulouse
ServesToulouse Métropole
LocationBlagnac, Haute-Garonne, France
Opened1 September 1939 (1939-09-01)
Hub forAirbus Industrie
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL497 ft / 151 m
Coordinates43°38′06″N 001°22′04″E
Websitetoulouse.aeroport.fr
Map
LFBO is located in Occitanie
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Location of airport in Occitanie region
LFBO is located in France
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14R/32L 3,500 11,483 Asphalt concrete
14L/32R 3,000 9,843 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2017)
Passengers9,264,611
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 14.6%
Aircraft movements95,192
Aircraft movements changeDecrease 2.2%
Source: French AIP[1]
French AIP at EUROCONTROL<

Both Airbus and ATR manufacture aircraft at nearby facilities and test them from the airport.

The airport covers 780 hectares (1,927 acres) of land.[4]

Facilities
Aerial view of the airport with the Airbus factory site in the foreground
Departures area

Terminal

The airport consists of one passenger terminal divided into four halls which provide 68 counters and 34 gates on 100,000 sqm floor space:[5]

  • Hall A features 14 check-in counters and eight aircraft stands for regional aircraft on domestic services.
  • Hall B is the oldest area, opened in 1978, and contains 16 check-in counters and 10 gates.
  • Hall C is equipped with 24 counters and 6 boarding gates for European destinations.
  • Hall D is the newest addition to the airport, opened in 2010, and is used for international and long-haul services with 14 check-in counters and 10 boarding gates.

Runways

The airport is at an elevation of 499 feet (152 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt-paved runways: 14R/32L is 3,500 by 45 metres (11,483 ft × 148 ft) and 14L/32R is 3,000 by 45 metres (9,843 ft × 148 ft).[1]

A Concorde formerly operated by Air France with the registration F-BVFC is preserved at the Aeroscopia Museum near the airport. Airbus and ATR utilize runway 32L/14R for flight testing and delivery flights, while runway 32R/14L is used by commercial flights coming in to Toulouse (Airbus also uses this runway for formation flights). Also, the Airbus Delivery Center is on the runway 32L/14R side.

Ownership

Toulouse–Blagnac Airport SA is a limited liability company; the share capital is €148,000 and it has authority to operate the airport until 2046 under a franchise agreement awarded by the French government. The current CEO is Philippe Crébassa.[6]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Toulouse:[3]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin
Air Algérie Algiers, Oran
Seasonal: Constantine
Air Arabia Casablanca, Fès
Air Canada Montréal–Trudeau
Air Corsica Ajaccio
Seasonal: Calvi, Figari
Air France Algiers, Lyon, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Athens, Calvi, Figari, Nice[7]
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
APG Airlines Lorient[8]
Binter Canarias Seasonal: Gran Canaria[9]
British Airways London–Heathrow
Brussels Airlines Brussels
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse, Bristol, Geneva, Lille, Lisbon,[10] London–Gatwick, Lyon, Marrakesh, Nantes, Nice, Paris–Orly, Porto, Rennes
Seasonal: Bastia, Faro,[11] Ibiza, Menorca, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes[12]
Iberia Madrid
KLM Amsterdam
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Nouvelair Djerba,[13] Tunis
Qatar Airways Doha[14]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Marrakesh
Ryanair Agadir,[15] Alicante, Bergamo,[16] Charleroi, Dublin, Faro,[17] Fès, Lisbon, London–Stansted, Malta, Marrakesh, Oujda, Porto, Rome–Fiumicino, Seville, Tangier,[15] Valencia
Seasonal: Birmingham,[18][19] Bologna,[20] Corfu, Edinburgh,[21] Figari,[22] Ibiza, Kraków,[23] Luxembourg,[24][25] Menorca, Nador,[26][27] Naples,[28] Palma de Mallorca, Paphos,[29] Rabat,[30] Tenerife–South,[31] Trapani, Treviso
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol,[32] London–Gatwick, Manchester
Tunisair Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[33]
Twin Jet Metz/Nancy, Rennes[34]
Volotea Caen, Lille,[35] Nantes, Strasbourg, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Athens,[36] Bastia, Cagliari, Catania, Corfu, Dubrovnik,[37] Faro,[38] Figari, Florence,[39] Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria,[40] Hannover,[41] Heraklion, Lanzarote, Madrid,[37] Málaga, Olbia,[42] Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Prague, Santorini, Split
Vueling Barcelona

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
UPS Airlines[43] Cologne/Bonn

Access
Tram connection to the airport

Tram

Since April 2015, the T2 tram line connects Toulouse with the airport every 15 minutes.[44] The tram connects with metro ligne A at Arènes and metro ligne B at Palais de Justice. It takes about 35 minutes with a change to go to the town center by tram.

Bus and coach

Shuttle buses to Toulouse city centre stop outside Hall B every 20 minutes. Faster than the tram, 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.[45] Three daily coach services[46] connect Toulouse–Blagnac Airport to Andorra, which does not have its own commercial airport.

Accidents and incidents
  • On 29 January 1988, Inter Cargo Service Flight 1004, operated by Vickers Vanguard F-GEJF, crashed when takeoff was attempted with only three fully operable engines.[47]
  • On 30 June 1994, an Airbus A330-300 performing a test flight crashed shortly after takeoff, due to a series of mistakes while conducting a flight test simulating an engine failure. All seven people on board died in the accident.[48]
  • On 15 November 2007, a brand-new Airbus A340-600 due to be delivered to Etihad Airways ran up and over the top of a concrete sloped blast-deflection wall during an engine test at the Airbus factory at the airport. This was due to the crew not following proper test procedures, raising all four engines to maximum thrust while the wheels were un-chocked. The attempt to steer away from the wall resulted in decreased braking power. Five people were injured and the aircraft was written off.[49][50]

See also

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