Nimes-Alès-Camargue-Cevennes Airport

Aéroport de Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes
Characteristics
ICAO code	LFTW
IATA code	FNI
Coordinates	43 ° 45 '27 " N , 4 ° 24' 59" E Coordinates: 43 ° 45 '27 " N , 4 ° 24' 59" E
Height above MSL	94 m (308 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	12 km south of Nîmes
Street	D 42;
Basic data
operator	Edeis
surface	75 ha
Passengers	230,515 (2019)
Flight ; movements	1,663 (2019)
Start-and runway
18/36	2440 m × 45 m concrete

The airport Nimes-Arles-Camargue , including airport Nîmes-Garons , located in the town of Saint-Gilles and in close proximity to the city Garons in the French department Gard . It is used both civilly and militarily. The Nîmes Chamber of Commerce and Industry is responsible for the civil part of the airport . The airport can be reached by car via the A 54 exit 2. A regular shuttle service connects the airport with Nîmes city center. Taxis and rental car companies are also available. The airport is open from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Up to 700,000 passengers can be handled on 4,260 m², the cargo capacity of the airport is 1,500 t.

The military area, a location of the Base de défense de Nîmes-Orange-Laudun , has been used by the land forces since 2011 and part of the flight operations area has been used by the civil defense as a base aérienne de la sécurité civile since 2017 .

history

A first airfield of Nîmes was in the east of the city, today's Aérodrome de Nimes-Courbessac . After the occupation of Vichy France by the German Wehrmacht in late 1942 , Nimes-Courbessac became an airfield of the German Air Force . Between November 1942 and mid-June 1944, the 3rd squadron of Jagdgruppe Süd, equipped with Bf 109F / G and Fw 190A , was located here for air defense .

The Gaullist MP Pierre Gamel had the idea of building a new airport since 1945. Construction began in 1958. Between 1961 and 2011, the airfield was a naval aviator - base of the French Navy . The Aéronavale used the Base aéronautique navale de Nîmes-Garons mainly as a base for patrol aircraft , since 1965 those of the Breguet Atlantic type .

Military use

After the Navy withdrew, the Army's 503e Régiment du Train took over the military area on the west side in mid-2011.

Since 2017 is located in Nimes on a portion of this area previously in Marignane -based Base aérienne de la sécurité civile (BASC) of civil defense. The Groupement des Avions Bombardiers d'Eau , which among other things operates the French fleet of Canadair CL-415 fire fighters , and part of the Groupement d'Hélicoptères are stationed here.

Civil use

The airport is served by Ryanair and Royal Air Maroc . Scheduled flight destinations are Casablanca , Brussels , Liverpool and London .

Technology at the airport

It is an ILS CAT I and HI / BI and PAPI available. Jet A1 AVGAS can be refueled at the airport.

Web links

Commons : Nîmes - Garons Airport - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Edeis reprend l'ensemble des actifs français de SNC-Lavalin , accessed on February 27, 2017.
↑ ^a ^b Bulletin statistiquetrafic aérien commercial - Année 2019. In: ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr. Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire, accessed on May 27, 2020 (French).
↑ La base aérienne de la sécurité civile de Nîmes-Garons inaugurée par Bernard Cazeneuve, France bleu, March 9, 2017

[1] Edeis reprend l'ensemble des actifs français de SNC-Lavalin , accessed on February 27, 2017.

[statistik-2] Bulletin statistiquetrafic aérien commercial - Année 2019. In: ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr. Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire, accessed on May 27, 2020 (French).

[3] La base aérienne de la sécurité civile de Nîmes-Garons inaugurée par Bernard Cazeneuve, France bleu, March 9, 2017