Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (French: Aéroport de Lyon-Saint Exupéry), formerly known as Lyon Satolas Airport (
IATA: LYS,
ICAO: LFLL), is the
international airport of
Lyon, the third-biggest city in
France and an important transport facility for the entire
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It lies in
Colombier-Saugnieu, 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) southeast of Lyon's city centre. The airport is 30 minutes from the
Lyon-Part-Dieu business district by the
Rhônexpress tram.[1]
In 2013, the airport served 8,562,298 passengers, an increase of 1.3% over the previous year. Air freight increased by 22.7% to 44,820 tonnes, although overall aircraft movements dropped by 2.8% to 113,420.[2]
Facilities
The airport consists of passenger terminals 1 and 2 which are interconnected on the landside by a central building that itself has a foot-bridge to the nearby
Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry high-speed railway station and the
Rhônexpress terminus.[3] The airport also features two runways as well as cargo facilities. A total of 16,000 car spaces in four car parks (P2-P5) are available. Two of the parks are underground (P2 and P3) while the long-stay parks (P4 and P5) are located at a distance from the terminals behind the railway station.[3]
Terminal 1
Terminal 1 consists of two parts: The older part is a two-storey, slightly curved, brick shape building which contains the check-in areas 11, 12, 14, 18 and 19 as well as departure areas G and F on the upper level with the arrivals on the ground level.[3] In 2014, Aéroports de Lyon started the construction of a new terminal expansion, which doubled the capacity and the area, with 70,000 m2.[4] Four groups took part in the tender process to design and develop the expanded Terminal 1. The bid was won by the GFC Construction company in partnership with Quille Construction (
Bouygues) and Bouygues Energies & Services. The architectural practice was
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners led by
Graham Stirk, Chabanne and Partners, engineers
Technip TPS and Cap Ingélec, and Inddigo.[5][unreliable source?] The expanded Terminal 1 opened in June 2018. It has a circular shape with check-in area 10 and additional arrivals facilities on the ground level and departure gates B and C on both upper levels.[3] It is also connected by a tunnel to a small satellite building containing the D gates, now mainly used by
easyJet and
Transavia France, while the other areas serve
Star Alliance carriers and
Emirates, among others.
Terminal 2
Terminal 2 is a duplicate of the older part of Terminal 1, containing check-in areas 20 and 21 with boarding areas Q and P on the upper level and arrivals facilities on the lower level. This terminal area is mainly used by
Air France.[3]
Terminal 3 (defunct)
The former Terminal 3 was a very basic facility used by
low-cost carriers. It was demolished during Terminal 1 expansion. The satellite building is still open, however; it now houses the ‘D’ gates for low cost airlines such as easyJet.
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Ground transportation
Rail
The
Rhônexpresstramway began operations in August 2010 and links
Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu east of Lyon's city centre with
Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry next to the airport in approximately 30 minutes[69][70] using and sharing existing tracks of the
Lyon tramway as well as a newly constructed route. This tramway replaced the former coach shuttle services (Satobus) that operated beforehand leaving the airport with no other public connections to the city centre.
The Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry station is also served by the
LGV Rhône-Alpes high speed rail line.
Coach
Coach links connect the airport with the centre of other towns in the area including
Grenoble (at least once an hour),
Saint-Étienne and
Chambéry. Bus operators also offer a coach shuttle service to the surrounding French ski resorts, including Tignes, Val d'Isere, Val Thorens and more.
Since January 2020, two buses from
Transports en commun lyonnais are stopping at the airport:[71]
- The bus 47, from
Meyzieu, connecting with Tram line 3 (from Gare Part-Dieu) to
Saint-Laurent-de-Mure, connecting with Bus line 1E (from Grange Blanche) via the airport. The line operates 7 days a week, from 5:30am to 11:45pm, every 30 minutes.
- The bus 48, from
Genas to the airport.
Electric car service
The airport has an electric car sharing station.
Bolloré Bluecar vehicles are available for rent.