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International airport serving Bordeaux, France
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (French: Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac ) (
IATA : BOD ,
ICAO : LFBD ) is the
international airport of
Bordeaux , in south-western France. It is situated in the
commune of
Mérignac , 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Bordeaux, within the
département of the
Gironde . It mainly features flights to metropolitan and leisure destinations in Europe, Northern Africa, and Canada, and serves as a base for
easyJet ,
Ryanair and
Volotea airlines.
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History
KG 40 , the prime land-based maritime patrol Luftwaffe unit was primarily based at Bordeaux-Mérignac during the
Occupation of France in World War II .
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Terminals
Bordeaux Airport has three passenger buildings:
Terminal A is mainly for international flights.
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Terminal B passenger air terminal has two levels and is principally dedicated to
Air France traffic between Paris and Bordeaux.
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Terminal billi is a separate facility for
low cost carriers . It has one floor and has small check-in and arrivals areas as well as a departures area with six aircraft parking positions which are used for walk boarding.
[7] Users of Terminal billi are
easyJet and
Ryanair .
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport:
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Airlines Destinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal:
Athens ,
Heraklion
[9]
Aer Lingus
Dublin
Air Algérie
Algiers ,
Oran
Air Arabia
Fès
Air France
Lyon ,
Paris–Charles de Gaulle Seasonal:
Ajaccio ,
Calvi ,
Figari ,
Nice
Air Transat Seasonal:
Montréal–Trudeau
British Airways
London–Gatwick
[10]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal:
Brussels
[11]
Chalair Aviation
Brest
Corsair International Seasonal:
Pointe-à-Pitre
easyJet
Athens ,
[12]
Basel/Mulhouse ,
Copenhagen ,
Essaouira ,
[13]
Faro ,
Geneva ,
Lanzarote ,
[14]
Lille ,
Lisbon ,
London–Gatwick ,
Lyon ,
Marrakesh ,
Marseille ,
Milan–Malpensa ,
Nice ,
Porto ,
[15]
Tenerife–South Seasonal:
Ajaccio ,
Bastia ,
Belfast–International ,
Berlin ,
Bristol ,
Catania ,
Funchal ,
[16]
Glasgow ,
Heraklion ,
Ibiza ,
London–Luton ,
Manchester ,
Menorca ,
[17]
Olbia ,
[18]
Palma de Mallorca ,
Rhodes ,
Toulon
[19]
HiSky
Bucharest–Otopeni
[20]
Iberia
Madrid
KLM
Amsterdam
Lufthansa
Frankfurt Seasonal:
Munich
Luxair Seasonal:
Luxembourg
[21]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal:
Copenhagen ,
[22]
Oslo
Nouvelair
Djerba ,
[23]
Tunis
[24]
Royal Air Maroc
Casablanca
Ryanair
Agadir ,
Barcelona ,
[25]
Bergamo ,
Charleroi ,
Dublin ,
Fès ,
Lisbon ,
London–Stansted ,
Málaga ,
Marrakesh ,
Marseille ,
Paphos ,
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Porto ,
Prague ,
Rabat [
citation needed ] ,
Seville ,
Tangier ,
Tenerife–South ,
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Venice
[27] Seasonal:
Alghero ,
[25]
Alicante ,
Bari ,
Birmingham ,
[25]
Cork ,
[28]
Edinburgh ,
Faro ,
Figari ,
[29]
Ibiza ,
[25]
Kraków ,
Madrid ,
[25]
[30]
Malta ,
[25]
Manchester ,
[30]
Menorca ,
[25]
Naples ,
Palma de Mallorca ,
Pisa ,
[25]
Trapani ,
[25]
Valencia ,
Zadar
[25]
Swiss International Air Lines
[31]
Zürich
Transavia
Eindhoven Seasonal:
Dakar–Diass
[32]
TUI fly Belgium
[33] Seasonal:
Oujda
[34]
Tunisair
[35]
Tunis
Turkish Airlines
[36]
Istanbul
Volotea
Algiers ,
[37]
Athens ,
[38]
Düsseldorf ,
[39]
Florence ,
Hamburg ,
[39]
Lille ,
[40]
Málaga ,
Nice ,
Oran ,
Rome–Fiumicino ,
[41]
Strasbourg ,
Stuttgart ,
[39]
Tenerife–South ,
Venice ,
Verona (begins 13 April 2024)
[42] Seasonal:
Ajaccio ,
Bastia ,
Cagliari ,
Calvi ,
[43]
Corfu ,
Dubrovnik ,
Figari ,
Heraklion ,
[44]
Lanzarote ,
Olbia ,
Palma de Mallorca ,
Santorini ,
Split
Vueling
[45]
Barcelona
Statistics
Former control tower in 1964
Control tower
Access
Road
The airport is accessible by road via the
A630 autoroute (exit 11b ). There is a shuttle by 30'Direct shuttle serving the
Bordeaux Saint-Jean railway station . The lastbus departs the airport at approximately 20:40, well before the last flight arrives. Bus route 1+ of
Transports Bordeaux Métropole serves the city centre.
Tram
Bordeaux tramway 's
Line A links the airport with the city centre since the end of April 2023.
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See also
References
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"easyJet Media Centre" . Mediacentre.easyjet.com. Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
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"Bilan 2019, une année record pour le trafic international - Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac" . www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr . 16 January 2020.
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"BOD Airlines Bases" . Bordeaux.Aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 December 2019 .
^ Wood, Tony; Gunston, Bill (1977).
Hitler's Luftwaffe . New York: Crescent Books. pp.
64–69&170–171 .
ISBN
0-517-22477-1 .
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"Hall A - Bordeaux Mérignac Airport | Ingérop" . Ingerop.fr. Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
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"Réalisations" . ADPI. Archived from
the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
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"Terminal billi Bordeaux illico | Bordeaux-Merignac Airport" . Bordeaux.aeroport.fr. Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
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"All flights from Bordeaux" . Bordeaux-Merignac Airport. 3 September 2022.
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"Aegean Airlines NS24 Animawings A320 Operations" .
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"British Airways Announces Routes and Starts Selling Seats for ITS New Gatwick Short-Haul Subsidiary" .
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brusselsairlines.com - Destinations retrieved 11 January 2023
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"easyJet apre 7 rotte per l'estate 2024" . 16 January 2024.
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"EASYJET NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 11DEC22" . Aeroroutes . 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022 .
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"Lanzarote (Arrecife)" . Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac .
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"Porto" . Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac .
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"easyJet NS24 Network Additions – 10DEC23" . Aeroroutes . Retrieved 12 December 2023 .
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"Mahon (Minorque)" . Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac .
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"Du nouveau avec easyJet : 4 destinations supplémentaires - Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac" . www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr . 4 December 2019.
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"Infos de l'aérien : Cyprus Airways, Air Corsica, ITA Airways, Resaneo, Air France-KLM, Emirates, etc" . www.laquotidienne.fr .
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"Rute noi: Bordeaux - București și Chișinău cu HiSky din decembrie 2023" . 11 September 2023.
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"Luxair: Official Site – Book Direct Flights to 90+ Destinations from 89€" .
^ Miguens, Agustín (17 November 2022).
"Summer 2023: Norwegian launches more than twenty new routes from Denmark and Norway" . Aviacionline.com .
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"Nouvelair Tunisie NS23 Network Additions" . AeroRoutes .
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"Nouvelair Tunisie Adds Tunis – Bordeaux Service in April 2023" .
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"Ryanair announces biggest schedule ever for Bordeaux" . 2 March 2022. [
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"Ryanair adds five new routes, increases airport presence (Updated) | Cyprus Mail" . 21 November 2022.
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"ryanair.com" . Ryanair.com . [
better source needed ]
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"Welcome Home to Cork this Christmas - Ryanair to Restore Cork Airport Base and Twenty Routes" .
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"Ryanair Launches Two New Domestic French Routes From Bordeaux And Toulouse To Corsica (Figari) This Summer – Ryanair's Corporate Website" . corporate.ryanair.com . 3 March 2021.
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"Ryanair NW23 Network Changes – 17SEP23" .
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swiss.com - Flights to Bordeaux retrieved 3 September 2022
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"NEW: Transavia France announces the opening of a direct Bordeaux - Dakar route | Bordeaux-Merignac Airport" . 26 April 2023.
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"Flight plan" . tui.be . Archived from
the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2023 .
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"Flight Bordeaux to Oujda - Flight ticket Bordeaux to Oujda" .
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tunisair.com - Schedule retrieved 3 September 2022
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turkishairlines.com - Flights to Bordeaux retrieved 3 September 2022
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"VOLOTEA - Destinations" . 3 April 2022.
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"Volotea announces three new routes from greece to France" . 12 January 2022.
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"Volotea s'alia amb Eurowings i llança vuit noves rutes amb Alemanya" . ON ECONOMIA . 15 February 2023.
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"Aéroport de Lille : Volotea ouvre une ligne vers Bordeaux le 17 décembre | la Gazette Nord-Pas de Calais" .
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https://worldairlinenews.com/2023/07/19/volotea-adds-a-new-route-linking-strasbourg-with-london-gatwick/ [
bare URL ]
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"Volotea NS24 Network Expansion Summary – 04FEB24" .
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"VOLOTEA - Vuelos baratos, ofertas y billetes de avión a Europa" . Volotea . 6 March 2023.
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"News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA" . centreforaviation.com .
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vueling.com - Flights from Bordeaux retrieved 3 September 2022
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"Bordeaux : Extension du tramway a jusqu'à l'aéroport | Air Journal" . 30 April 2023.
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"Bordeaux Airport - Tram connection confirmed" . Bordeaux Expats. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2019 .
^ Yves Maugue (29 April 2016).
"Bordeaux : voici le tracé du tramway qui va desservir l'aéroport" (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2016 .
External links
Media related to
Bordeaux - Mérignac Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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