Bordeaux–Mérignac_Airport
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
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.[4]
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / military | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac (SA ADBM) | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Bordeaux | ||||||||||||||
Location | Mérignac, Gironde, France | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 24 August 1910; 113 years ago (1910-08-24) | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 162 ft / 49 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°49′42″N 000°42′56″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | bordeaux.aeroport.fr | ||||||||||||||
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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.[5]
In May 2024, Ryanair announced the closure of its base at Bordeaux Airport citing fee increases, leading to the termination of 40 routes.[2] The airline will stop serving the airport altogether by November 2024.[6][7]
Bordeaux Airport has three passenger buildings:
- Terminal A is mainly for international flights.[8]
- Terminal B passenger air terminal has two levels and is principally dedicated to Air France traffic between Paris and Bordeaux.[9]
- 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.[10] Users of Terminal billi are easyJet and Ryanair.
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport:[11]
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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.[48][49][50]
- "easyJet Media Centre". Mediacentre.easyjet.com. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- "Bilan 2019, une année record pour le trafic international - Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac". www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr. 16 January 2020.
- "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.
- "Hall A - Bordeaux Mérignac Airport | Ingérop". Ingerop.fr. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- "Réalisations". ADPI. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- "Terminal billi Bordeaux illico | Bordeaux-Merignac Airport". Bordeaux.aeroport.fr. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- "All flights from Bordeaux". Bordeaux-Merignac Airport. 3 September 2022.
- brusselsairlines.com - Destinations retrieved 11 January 2023
- "easyJet apre 7 rotte per l'estate 2024". 16 January 2024.
- "EASYJET NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 11DEC22". Aeroroutes. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- "Lanzarote (Arrecife)". Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac.
- "easyJet NS24 Network Additions – 10DEC23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- "Mahon (Minorque)". Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac.
- "Du nouveau avec easyJet : 4 destinations supplémentaires - Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac". www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr. 4 December 2019.
- "Rute noi: Bordeaux - București și Chișinău cu HiSky din decembrie 2023". 11 September 2023.
- Miguens, Agustín (17 November 2022). "Summer 2023: Norwegian launches more than twenty new routes from Denmark and Norway". Aviacionline.com.
- "Nouvelair Tunisie NS23 Network Additions". AeroRoutes.
- "ryanair.com". Ryanair.com.[better source needed]
- "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.
- swiss.com - Flights to Bordeaux retrieved 3 September 2022
- "Flight plan". tui.be. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- tunisair.com - Schedule retrieved 3 September 2022
- turkishairlines.com - Flights to Bordeaux retrieved 3 September 2022
- "VOLOTEA - Destinations". 3 April 2022.
- "Volotea announces three new routes from greece to France". 12 January 2022.
- "Volotea s'alia amb Eurowings i llança vuit noves rutes amb Alemanya". ON ECONOMIA. 15 February 2023.
- "VOLOTEA - Vuelos baratos, ofertas y billetes de avión a Europa". Volotea. 6 March 2023.
- "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
- vueling.com - Flights from Bordeaux retrieved 3 September 2022
- "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.
Media related to Bordeaux - Mérignac Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Aéroport de Bordeaux (Union des Aéroports Français) (in French)
- Accident history for BOD at Aviation Safety Network