Nantes airport
Aéroport de Nantes Atlantique |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | LFRS |
IATA code | NDE |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 27 m (89 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 10 km southwest of Nantes |
Basic data | |
surface | 340 ha |
Terminals | 1 |
Passengers | 7,225,390 (2019) |
Air freight | 8,789 t (2019) |
Flight movements |
63,187 (2019) |
Capacity ( PAX per year) |
3.5 million |
Start-and runway | |
03/21 | 2900 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Nantes Atlantique airport is located in the small town of Bouguenais in the French department of Loire-Atlantique , about ten kilometers southwest of the city of Nantes . The airport is operated by the IHK Nantes. In 1997, Nantes Atlantique Airport was the first airport in Europe with a quality certificate ( ISO 9001 ). Since then, the certification has been constantly renewed and expanded. It is open around the clock.
history
The airport goes back to a military airfield opened in 1928.
The German Air Force occupied it during World War II .
The following table shows a list of selected active flying units (excluding school and supplementary units) of the Wehrmacht Air Force that were stationed here between 1940 and 1944.
From | To | unit | equipment |
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December 1940 | July 1941 | Staff, I./KG 28 (Staff and I. Group of Kampfgeschwaders 28) | Heinkel He 111 |
November 1941 | April 1942 | III./KG 55 | Heinkel He 111H-6 |
May 1942 | May 1942 | III./KG 77 | Junkers Ju 88A-4 |
August 1942 | August 1942 | 13./KG 40 (13th squadron of Kampfgeschwader 40) |
Later, between mid-May and July 1944, the Ju 290A of the 4th squadron of long-range reconnaissance group 5 (4./FAGr. 5) flew from Nantes. In addition, the Ju 88C from Stab, I. and II. Groups of Destroyer Wing 1 (S., I. and II./ZG 1) lay here for a few days in mid-June 1944 .
The airport has been used for civil and commercial purposes since 1951. In 1988 the annual number of passengers reached 1 million, in 2018 it was about 6.2 million.
Technology at the airport
JET A1 and AVGAS can be refueled at the airport .
- Lights: HI / BI, PAPI on 21.
- ILS Cat IIIB is available.
history
The number of passengers rose steadily from 1993 to 2019:
- 1993: 1.001.351
- 1994: 1,124,569
- 1995: 1,240,000
- 1996: 1,398,000
- 1997: 1,452,000
- 1998: 1,663,000
- 1999: 1,840,796
- 2005: 2,154,400
- 2006: 2,423,700
- 2007: 2,596,580
- 2008: 2,731,563
- 2009: 2,650,593
- 2010: 3,031,556
- 2011: 3,246,226
- 2012: 3,631,693
- 2013: 3,930,849
- 2014: 4,147,284
- 2015: 4,393,000
- 2016: 4,778,000
- 2017: 5,489,087
- 2018: 6,199,181
- 2019: 7.225.390
In order to take into account the increased passenger numbers and the importance of the airport for the region, the new construction project Projet d'aéroport du Grand Ouest was planned 20 km northwest of Nantes . In January 2018 it was announced that the plans for a new building would not be pursued after protests.
Airlines and Destinations
Transport links
There is a regular bus service from the airport to Nantes . Taxis are also available at the airport terminal.
See also
Web links
- Airport website. In: nantes.aeroport.fr (French)
- Aerodrome information. In : flugplaetze.org
- Information about the airport ( memento of March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). In: aeroport.fr (French)
- Information about the airport. In: worldaerodata.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Bulletin statistiquetrafic aérien commercial - Année 2019. In: ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr. Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire, accessed on May 27, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 France (with Corsica and Channel Islands). , Pp. 263–265 , accessed September 5, 2014.
- ↑ as / dpa: Notres-Dame-des Landes: Macron's government stops construction of a controversial major airport. The environmentalists have prevailed: the French government abandons the project for a major airport near Nantes. In: Spiegel Online. January 17, 2018, accessed January 17, 2018 .