Nice Côte d'Azur Airport

Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (French: Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur) (IATA: NCE, ICAO: LFMN) is an international airport located 3.2 NM (5.9 km; 3.7 mi) southwest^[2] of Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes départment of France. It is the third busiest airport in France and serves as a focus city for Air France and an operating base for easyJet. In 2019, it handled 14,485,423 passengers. The airport is positioned 7 km (4 mi) west of the city centre, and is the principal port of arrival for passengers to the Côte d'Azur.

Nice Côte d'Azur Airport Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur
IATA: NCE ICAO: LFMN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur (ACA)
Serves	Bouches-du-Rhône and Alpes-Maritimes (France) Principality of Monaco
Focus city for	Air France easyJet
Elevation AMSL	4 m / 13 ft
Coordinates	43°39′55″N 007°12′54″E / 43.66528°N 7.21500°E / 43.66528; 7.21500Coordinates: 43°39′55″N 007°12′54″E / 43.66528°N 7.21500°E / 43.66528; 7.21500
Website	en.nice.aeroport.fr
Maps
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France
LFMN NCE Airport in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04L/22R 2,570 8,432 Asphalt concrete 04R/22L 2,960 9,711 Asphalt concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface m ft H1 29.25 96 Asphaltic concrete H2 29.25 96 Asphaltic concrete
Statistics (2022)
Passengers 12,119,043 Passenger traffic change 85.3% Aircraft movements 144, 843 Aircraft movements change 45.1%
Airport data from French AIP.^[1] French AIP at EUROCONTROL^[2] Statistics^[3]

Due to its proximity to the Principality of Monaco, it also serves as the city-state's airport, with helicopter service linking the principality and airport.^[4] Some airlines market Monaco as a destination via Nice Airport.^[5]

Facilities

 

Terminal 1

 

Terminal 2

 

Control tower

 

The airport with Nice seen in the background

The airport covers an area of over 3.70 km² (1.43 sq mi) partially reclaimed from the sea, with 2.70 km² (1.04 sq mi) used by its two parallel runways and the three passenger terminals and freight terminal. The airport's theoretical capacity is 13 million annual passengers and 52 movements (26 landings) per hour. Terminals 1 and 2 are linked by a tram service. The route stops at the airport and connects with the city centre via the “Jean Médecin” station, and with the port via the “Port Lympia” station. Buses that also connect the car parks with the terminals.

Terminal 1

Terminal 1 features 25 gates on a space of 52,000 m² (560,000 sq ft). It features flights to domestic, Schengen and non-Schengen destinations and has a capacity of 4.5 million passengers per year. A business center is located at Terminal 1 containing eight rooms and a conference room with a capacity of 250 people.

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 is the newer and larger facility and is equipped to handle flights to all destinations. There are 29 gates on a space of 57,800 m² (622,000 sq ft). The terminal has a capacity of 8.5 million passengers per year.^{[citation needed]}

Business Aviation Terminal

The Business Aviation Terminal, located next to Terminal 2, covers an area of 1,500 m² (16,000 sq ft). Opened in 2010, this terminal contains the operations rooms, VIP lounges, crew lounges and offices of several business aviation companies.^[6]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Nice:^[7]

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Athens^[8]
Aer Lingus	Seasonal: Dublin
Air Algérie	Algiers, Constantine
Air Arabia	Seasonal: Fez (begins 24 June 2023)^[9]^[10]
Air Baltic	Riga Seasonal: Tallinn, Tampere ^[11] Vilnius ^[12]
Air Canada	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau^[13]
Air Corsica	Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Figari
Air France	London–Heathrow,^[14] Lyon, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Seasonal: Algiers (resumes 9 July 2023),^[15] Athens, Biarritz,^[16] Bordeaux, Caen,^[16] Clermont-Ferrand,^[17] Heraklion, La Rochelle,^[17] Lille, Marrakesh (begins 7 July 2023),^[18] Rennes,^[16] Santorini (begins 8 July 2023), Strasbourg, Toulouse,^[17] Tunis^[16]
Air Malta	Seasonal: Malta,^[19]
Air Moldova	Seasonal: Chișinău (suspended)^[20]^[21]^[22]
Air Transat	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
Amelia International	Seasonal: Brive (begins 1 July 2023)^[23]
Austrian Airlines	Vienna
Arkia	Seasonal: Tel Aviv (resumes 3 July 2023)^[24]
British Airways	London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow Seasonal: London–City
Brussels Airlines	Brussels
Condor	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt^[25]
Delta Air Lines	Seasonal: Atlanta (begins 13 May 2023),^[26] New York–JFK
easyJet^[27]	Amsterdam,^[28] Basel/Mulhouse, Beauvais,^[29] Berlin, Bordeaux, Bristol, Brussels, Copenhagen,^[30] Geneva, Lille, Lisbon, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester, Marrakesh, Nantes, Naples, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Porto, Rennes, Rome–Fiumicino, Tel Aviv, Tenerife–South, Toulouse, Venice Seasonal: Barcelona, Bari (begins 26 June 2023),^[31] Belfast–International, Biarritz, Brest,^[32] Catania, Chania, Edinburgh, Ibiza, La Rochelle,^[33] Menorca,^[34] Mykonos, Olbia, Palermo,^[30] Palma de Mallorca
El Al	Seasonal: Tel Aviv^[35]
Emirates	Dubai–International
Eurowings	Berlin,^[36] Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg Seasonal: Stockholm–Arlanda,^[37] Stuttgart
Finnair	Helsinki
FlyOne	Chișinău^[38]
Gulf Air	Seasonal: Bahrain^[39]
Heli Air Monaco	Monaco^[a]
Heli Securite	Seasonal: St. Tropez^[40]^[a]^[citation needed]
Iberia	Madrid Seasonal: Ibiza, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia
Icelandair	Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík
ITA Airways	Rome–Fiumicino^[41]
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Birmingham (resumes 26 May 2023),^[42] Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted (begins 3 May 2024),^[43] Manchester
KLM	Amsterdam
Kuwait Airways	Seasonal: Kuwait City^[44]
La Compagnie	Seasonal: Newark^[45]
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair	Luxembourg
Middle East Airlines	Seasonal: Beirut
Monacair	Monaco^[46]^[a]
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal: Bergen, Helsinki, Stavanger, Trondheim
Nouvelair	Monastir, Tunis
Qatar Airways	Doha (resumes 9 May 2023)^[47]
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
Ryanair	Dublin, London–Stansted
Saudia	Seasonal: Riyadh (resumes 13 June 2023) ^[48]
Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal: Bergen (resumes 1 July 2023),^[49] Gothenburg, Stavanger
Smartwings	Seasonal: Prague
Swiss International Air Lines	Geneva, Zürich
TAP Air Portugal	Lisbon
TAROM	Seasonal: Bucharest^[50]
Transavia	Amsterdam, Brest,^[51] Eindhoven, Nantes,^[52] Tunis^[53] Seasonal: Monastir^[54]
Tunisair	Djerba, Monastir, Tunis
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul^[55]
United Airlines	Seasonal: Newark^[56]
Volotea	Lille,^[57] Luxembourg, Nantes,^[58] Strasbourg, Venice^[59] Seasonal: Bordeaux, Brest,^[60] Caen,^[60] Charleroi (begins 26 May 2023),^[61] Olbia (begins 28 May 2023),^[61] Palermo
Vueling	Barcelona
Widerøe	Seasonal: Bergen,^[62] Sandefjord^[62]
Wizz Air	Belgrade,^[63] Bucharest, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca,^[64] Kraków, London–Gatwick,^[65] Rome–Fiumicino,^[66] Sofia, Tirana,^[67] Vienna,^[68] Warsaw–Chopin^[69] Seasonal: Vilnius

1. by helicopter

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
ASL Airlines France^[70]	Marseille

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at NCE airport. See Wikidata query.

Passengers per year

Year	Passengers	Change
2018	13,850,561	04.1%
2017	13,304,782	07.1%
2016	12,427,511	03.4%
2015	12,016,730	03.1%
2014	11,660,208	00.9%
2013	11,554,251	03.3%
2012	11,189,896	07.4%
2011	10,422,073	08.5%
2010	9,603,014	02.3%
2009	9,830,987	05.3%

Ground transportation

The airport is located on the western end of the Promenade des Anglais. Since December 2018, Nice tramway line 2 connects the airport to the Port of Nice (Lympia Port) via the Grand Arénas interchange (where additionally the relocated regional train station Nice-Saint-Augustin is situated),^[71] replacing two former bus routes (98 and 99) to the airport. The tram runs every 8 minutes during the day. There's also tramway line 3 which runs form the airport to the western suburbs. Additionally, bus route 12 connects the airport with Promenade des Artes via the old town.^[71]

Société Naviplane Ferry

In 1969 an experimental and short-lived ferry service utilized two N.300 Naviplane hovercraft. The airport was connected to Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Monaco and San-Remo.^[72]

Accidents and incidents

• On 9 April 1949, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BATU of Air France overran the runway and was damaged beyond economic repair.^[73]
• On 3 March 1952, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BCUM of Air France crashed shortly after take-off, killing all 38 people on board. The cause of the accident was that the aileron controls had jammed. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Nice to Orly Airport, Paris.^[74]

See also

• List of the busiest airports in France

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External links

  Media related to Nice Côte d'Azur Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (official site)
• (Union des Aéroports Français) (in French)
• Current weather for LFMN at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for NCE at Aviation Safety Network
• Live Flight Information for NCE