Alpes–Isère Airport

Alpes–Isère Airport (formerly Grenoble-Isère Airport) or Aéroport Alpes–Isère (IATA: GNB, ICAO: LFLS), is an international airport serving Grenoble which is situated 2.5 km north-northwest of Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs[1] and 40 km west-northwest of Grenoble, both communes in the Isère, département of France. The airport handled 456,062 passengers in 2009 and mostly features winter seasonal leisure traffic.

Alpes–Isère Airport

Aéroport Alpes–Isère d'Exploitation de l'Aéroport de Grenoble (SEAG)
Summary
ServesGrenoble, France
LocationSaint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs
Elevation AMSL1,302 ft / 396.8 m
Coordinates45°21′47″N 005°19′46″E
Websitegrenoble-airport.com
Maps

Location of Rhône-Alpes region in France
LFLS
Location of airport in Rhône-Alpes region
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,050 10,007 Asphalt
09R/27L 900 2,952 Grass
Statistics (2014)
Passengers320,647
Passenger Change 13–145.0%
Source: French AIP[1]

Formerly known as Grenoble–Saint-Geoirs Airport since 1968 Winter Olympics, the appellation, Isere, refers to the department of Isère. A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile is also located at the airport.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Alpes–Isère Airport:[2]

AirlinesDestinations
Aurigny[2] Seasonal: Guernsey
British Airways[2] Seasonal: London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow
easyJet[2] Seasonal: Bristol, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton
Jet2.com[2] Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol (begins 19 December 2021),[3] London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Transavia[2] Seasonal: Rotterdam/The Hague
Wizz Air[2] Seasonal: London–Luton, Warsaw–Chopin

Ground transport

Coach links connect the airport with the centre of Grenoble.[4]

References
  1. LFLS – GRENOBLE SAINT-GEOIRS. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 28 January 2021.
  2. grenoble-airport.com Horaires et lignes régulières (French) retrieved 29 September 2019
  3. "Jet2's Bristol Airport base will bring 450,000-holiday seats". ukaviation.news. 11 November 2020.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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