Toulouse–Blagnac Airport

Toulouse–Blagnac Airport (French: Aéroport de Toulouse–Blagnac) (IATA: TLS, ICAO: LFBO) is an international airport located 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) west northwest of Toulouse,[2] partially in Blagnac, both communes of the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of France. In 2017, the airport served 9,264,611 passengers.[3] As of April 2017, the airport features flights to 74 destinations mostly in Europe and Northern Africa with a few additional seasonal long-haul connections.[4]

Toulouse Blagnac Airport

Aéroport de Toulouse – Blagnac
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorChamber of Commerce and Industry of Toulouse
ServesToulouse, France
LocationBlagnac
Hub for
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL497 ft / 151 m
Coordinates43°38′06″N 001°22′04″E
Websitetoulouse.aeroport.fr
Map
LFBO
Location of airport in Occitanie region
LFBO
LFBO (France)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14R/32L 3,500 11,483 Asphalt concrete
14L/32R 3,000 9,843 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2017)
Passengers9,264,611
Passenger traffic change 14.6%
Aircraft movements95,192
Aircraft movements change 2.2%
Source: French AIP[1]
French AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]

Both Airbus and ATR manufacture aircraft at nearby facilities and test them from the airport.

Facilities
Aerial view of the airport with the Airbus factory site in the foreground
Departures area

Terminal

The airport consists of one passenger terminal divided into four halls which provide 68 counters and 34 gates on 100,000 sqm floor space:[5]

  • Hall A features 14 check-in counters and eight aircraft stands for regional aircraft on domestic services
  • Hall B is the oldest area opened in 1978 and contains 16 check-in counters and 10 gates
  • Hall C is equipped with 24 counters and 6 boarding gates for European destinations
  • Hall D is the newest addition to the airport opened in 2010 and is used for international and long-haul services with 14 check-in counters and 10 boarding gates

Runways

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] A Concorde formerly operated by Air France with the registration F-BVFC is preserved at the Aeroscopia Museum near the airport. Airbus and ATR utilize runway 32L/14R for flight testing and delivery flights, while runway 32R/14L is used by commercial flights coming in to Toulouse (Airbus also uses this runway for formation flights). Also, the Airbus Delivery Center is on the runway 32L/14R side.

Ownership

Toulouse–Blagnac Airport SA is a limited liability company; the share capital is €148,000[6] and it has authority to operate the airport until 2046 under a franchise agreement awarded by the French government.[7] The current CEO is Philippe Crébassa.[6]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Toulouse:[4]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion
Aer Lingus Dublin
Air Algérie Algiers, Oran
Seasonal: Constantine
Air Arabia Casablanca, Fes
Air Canada Montréal–Trudeau (begins 28 March 2021)[8]
Air Corsica Ajaccio
Seasonal: Calvi, Figari
Air France Algiers, Lille, Oran, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Rennes, Strasbourg
Seasonal: Athens, Calvi, Figari, Malta, Nice[9]
Air France Hop Caen, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
Alitalia Rome–Fiumicino
APG Airlines Lorient[10]
British Airways London–Heathrow
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Corendon Airlines Antalya[11]
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse, Bristol, Essaouira (resumes 30 March 2021),[12] Faro, Geneva, Lille, London–Gatwick, Lyon, Marrakech, Milan–Malpensa, Nantes, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Porto, Rennes,[13] Rome–Fiumicino, Tel Aviv, Tenerife–South, Venice
Seasonal: Agadir, Amsterdam, Bastia, Cagliari,[13] Catania, Dubrovnik, Figari, Ibiza, Malaga, Menorca, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, Valencia
Iberia Express Madrid
Iberia Regional Madrid
Jet2.com Seasonal: Manchester (begins 1 May 2022)[14]
KLM Amsterdam
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Nouvelair Djerba,[15] Tunis
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Marrakesh
Ryanair Berlin, Charleroi, Dublin, Edinburgh, Fes, Lisbon, London–Stansted, Malta, Marrakech (resumes 29 March 2021), Palermo, Seville
Seasonal: Alicante, Athens,[16] Naples, Palma de Mallorca
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Transavia Brest (begins 28 March 2021),[17] Nantes[18]
TUI Airways Seasonal charter: Birmingham, Dublin,[19] Edinburgh,[20] London–Gatwick, Manchester
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Agadir, Marrakech
Tunisair Djerba, Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[21]
Twin Jet Metz/Nancy
Volotea Bastia, Nantes, Nice, Prague, Strasbourg, Tenerife–South, Venice
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Catania, Dubrovnik,[22] Figari, Fuerteventura, Hannover,[22] Heraklion, Madrid,[22] Málaga, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Split

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
UPS Airlines[23] Cologne/Bonn

Access
Tram connection to the airport.

Tram

Since April 2015, the tram line T2 connects Toulouse with the airport every 15 minutes.[24] The tram connects with metro ligne A at Arènes and metro ligne B at Palais de Justice. It takes about 35 minutes with a change to go to the town center by tram.

Bus and coach

Shuttle buses to Toulouse city centre stop outside Hall B every 20 minutes. Faster than the tram, 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.[25] Three daily coach services[26] connect Toulouse–Blagnac Airport to Andorra, which does not have its own commercial airport.

Accidents and incidents
  • On 29 January 1988, Inter Cargo Service Flight 1004, operated by Vickers Vanguard F-GEJF, crashed when take-off was attempted with only three fully operable engines.[27]
  • On 30 June 1994, an Airbus A330-300 performing a test flight crashed shortly after takeoff, due to a series of mistakes while conducting a flight test simulating an engine failure. All seven people on board died in the accident.[28]
  • On 15 November 2007, a brand-new Airbus A340-600 due to be delivered to Etihad Airways ran up and over the top of a concrete sloped blast-deflection wall during an engine test at the Airbus factory at the airport. This was due to the crew not following proper test procedures, raising all four engines to maximum thrust while the wheels were un-chocked. The attempt to steer away from the wall resulted in decreased braking power. Five people were injured and the aircraft was written off.[29][30]

See also

References
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