Toulouse–Blagnac Airport

Toulouse Blagnac Airport
Aéroport de Toulouse – Blagnac
IATA: TLS – ICAO: LFBO
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Toulouse
Serves Toulouse, France
Location Blagnac
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL 497 ft / 151 m
Coordinates 43°38′06″N 001°22′04″E / 43.63500°N 1.36778°E / 43.63500; 1.36778Coordinates: 43°38′06″N 001°22′04″E / 43.63500°N 1.36778°E / 43.63500; 1.36778
Website toulouse.aeroport.fr
Maps

Location of Midi-Pyrénées region in France
LFBO

Location of airport in Midi-Pyrénées region

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14R/32L 3,500 11,483 Bituminous concrete
14L/32R 3,000 9,843 Bituminous concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 7,669,064
Passenger traffic change Increase 2.0%
Aircraft movements 91,921
Aircraft movements change Decrease 2.2%
Source: French AIP[1]
French AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]

Toulouse Blagnac Airport or (French: Aéroport de Toulouse–Blagnac) (IATA: TLS, ICAO: LFBO) is an airport located 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) west northwest of Toulouse,[2] and partially in Blagnac, both communes of the Haute-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France. In 2012, the airport served 7,559,350 passengers.[3]

Facilities

Terminal building

The airport resides 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] Both Airbus and ATR assemble aircraft at nearby facilities and test them from the airport. An Air France Concorde registered F-BVFC is preserved at the Aeroscopia Museum near the airport.

Ownership

Toulouse–Blagnac Airport has been a limited liability company with a capital of 148,000 Euros since 23 March 2007. Shareholders include the French government (60%), Toulouse Chamber of Commerce and Industry (25%), the Regional Council (5%), the Departmental Council (5%) and the Urban Area (5%). Toulouse–Blagnac Airport S.A. operates under a franchise agreement granted by the French government until 2046.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinationsHall
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion D
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin C
Aigle Azur Algiers, Oran D
Air Algérie Algiers, Oran
Seasonal: Constantine 		D
Air Arabia Maroc Casablanca, Fes[5] C
Air Corsica Ajaccio C
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly B, C
Air France
operated by HOP! 		Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Lille, Lyon, Rennes, Strasbourg
Seasonal: Calvi, Figari 		C
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau D
Alitalia Rome–Fiumicino B
ASL Airlines France Seasonal: Vienna[6] D
BMI Regional Bremen C
British Airways London–Heathrow D
British Airways
operated by BA CityFlyer 		Seasonal charter: Edinburgh D
Brussels Airlines Brussels B
easyJet Agadir, Amsterdam, Basel/Mulhouse, Bristol, Brussels, Faro, Geneva,[7] Lille, London–Gatwick, London-Luton,[8] Lyon, Milan–Malpensa, Nantes, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Rome–Fiumicino, Seville
Seasonal: Bastia, Berlin-Schönefeld, Dubrovnik,[9] Figari, Palma de Mallorca, Porto, Pula[10] 		C
easyJet SwitzerlandBasel/Mulhouse,[7] Geneva[7] C
Eurowings Hamburg B
Flybe Birmingham,[11] Manchester TBA
Germania Marrakech (begins 14 December 2016)
Seasonal: Oujda,[12] Dubrovnik (begins 8 April 2017) [13]
Corporate charter: Hamburg–Finkenwerder[14][15]
Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria, Jersey, Lanzarote 		B
Iberia
operated by Air Nostrum 		Madrid, Seville B
IGavion
operated by Skytaxi 		Seasonal: Dole B
Israir Airlines Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion[16] D
Jet2.com Seasonal: Manchester D
KLM
operated by KLM Cityhopper 		Amsterdam C
LufthansaFrankfurt, Munich B
Nouvelair Tunis
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Marrakech D
Ryanair Berlin-Schönefeld,[17] Charleroi, Fes, Lisbon (begins 26 March 2017), London-Stansted, Madrid, Malta, Naples (begins 3 May 2017),[18] Warsaw-Modlin B
TAP Portugal
operated by TAP Express 		Lisbon B
TUIfly Belgium Agadir, Marrakech
Seasonal: Oujda 		D
Tunisair Tunis D
Turkish Airlines Istanbul–Atatürk C
Twin Jet Friedrichshafen,[19] Metz–Nancy, Milán–Malpensa, Zürich[20] B
Volotea Gran Canaria (begins 17 December 2016), Strasbourg, Venice
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Alicante (begins 2 April 2017), Bastia, Brest, Figari, Málaga,[21] Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Prague,[21] Split 		C
Vueling Barcelona
Seasonal: Ibiza, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca 		B

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
ASL Airlines France Paris-Charles de Gaulle
FedEx Feeder
operated by ASL Airlines Ireland 		Paris-Charles de Gaulle
UPS Airlines
operated by Star Air (Maersk) 		Cologne/Bonn, Lyon

Ground transport

Tram connection to the airport.

Tram

Since April 2015, the tram line T2 connects Toulouse city center with the airport every 15 minutes.[22] The tram connects with metro ligne A at Arènes and metro ligne B at Palais de Justice.

Bus and coach

Shuttle buses to Toulouse city centre stop outside Hall B 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.[23] Two daily coach services[24] connect Toulouse–Blagnac Airport to Andorra,[25] which does not have its own commercial airport.

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. 1 2 LFBO – TOULOUSE BLAGNAC. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 8 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 EAD Basic
  3. ↑ (French) Résultats de trafic | Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac. Toulouse.aeroport.fr. Retrieved on 29 October 2013.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/12/02/3o-feztls-s16/
  6. ↑ http://www.europeairpost.com/en/
  7. 1 2 3 "Flight Timetables". easyJet.
  8. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/267507/easyjet-adds-new-london-luton-routes-from-sep-2016/
  9. ↑ http://www.easyjet.com/en/cheap-flights/toulouse/dubrovnik
  10. ↑ http://www.easyjet.com/en/cheap-flights/toulouse/pula
  11. ↑ "Flybe Announces Brand New Route to Toulouse from Birmingham and Celebrates 30 Years of Belfast City Service". Birmingham Airport. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  12. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2016/04/13/st-tls-s16/
  13. ↑ https://www.flygermania.com/
  14. ↑ "Germania übernimmt Airbus-Werksverkehr" (in German). Easyjet. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  15. ↑ "ST1882 flight history". Flightradar24 AB.
  16. ↑ Israir Airlines begin summer seasonal service to Toulouse from June 2015
  17. ↑ "Ryanair Expands Berlin Schoenefeld Routes from Nov 2016". airlineroute. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  18. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/270183/ryanair-launches-naples-base-in-s17/
  19. ↑ http://www.austrianaviation.net/news-regional/news-detail/datum/2016/07/22/friedrichshafen-erhaelt-toulouse-verbindung.html
  20. ↑ http://www.air-journal.fr/2015-11-19-twin-jet-reliera-toulouse-a-zurich-5153787.html
  21. 1 2 http://airlineroute.net/2015/10/20/v7-s16update2/
  22. ↑ Line T2 - Airport station
  23. ↑ (French) Les transports en commun (navettes, bus, etc...) | Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac. Toulouse.aeroport.fr. Retrieved on 29 October 2013.
  24. ↑ Novatel Toulouse to Andorra
  25. ↑ Archived 24 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  26. ↑ "F-BCYX Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  27. ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  28. ↑ http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940630-0
  29. ↑ "F-WWCJ Final Report" (PDF). Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  30. ↑ "Etihad Airbus Crashes Into Wall During Testing". Airline World. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

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