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Nantes Atlantique Airport



Nantes Atlantique Airport
Aéroport Nantes Atlantique
IATA: NTE – ICAO: LFRS
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator CCI de Nantes
Serves Nantes, France
Location Bouguenais, France
Elevation AMSL 90 ft / 27 m
Coordinates 47°09′25″N 001°36′28″W / 47.15694°N 1.60778°W / 47.15694; -1.60778 (Nantes Atlantique Airport)Coordinates: 47°09′25″N 001°36′28″W / 47.15694°N 1.60778°W / 47.15694; -1.60778 (Nantes Atlantique Airport)
Website www.nantes.aeroport.fr
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,900 9,514 Macadam
Source: French AIP
French AIP at EUROCONTROL

Nantes Atlantique Airport (IATA: NTE, ICAO: LFRS) (French: Aéroport Nantes Atlantique, formerly known as Aéroport Château Bougon) is an international airport serving Nantes, France. It is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southwest of the city, in Bouguenais.

The airport is operated by the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Nantes. It is currently the largest airport in the west of France, with a maximum capacity of three million passengers a year.

History

Nantes airport owes its origins to a military airfield, conceived in 1928 on part of the current site. In 1936/7 the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques de l'Ouest opened an aircraft factory adjacent to the airfield, initially building MB.210 bombers, followed by M.S.406 fighters and LeO 45 bombers. In 1939 the first paved runway was constructed, with a length of 900 m (2,953 ft).

During World War II the airfield was briefly used as a British Royal Air Force base before being captured by German forces. Under occupation the aircraft factory was closed, and the airfield was used by the Luftwaffe as a base to bomb targets in England. As a consequence the airfield was hit by a damaging air raid on July 4 1943, which also destroyed the adjoining aircraft factory.

After the war the airfield was again put into service by the French Air Force. The aircraft factory was rebuilt, and has since built sections of the Vautour fighter and the Caravelle airliner, before becoming part of Airbus. In 1951 the first commercial operations started, with a new terminal built between 1954 and 1960 and runway extensions to cater for larger aircraft.

Terminal facilities

Nantes airport has a single 'L' shaped passenger terminal, which is divided into four numbered halls. Halls 1 to 3 form the long side of the 'L' and are zones within the same two story building, with baggage claim and check-in facilities on the ground floor, and departure lounges on the upper level. Hall 4 occupies a later single story building at right angles to the earlier building, but connected to it by a lobby.

The airport also has a separate freight terminal, situated to the south of the passenger terminal, which includes 6,000 m (65,000 sq ft) of entrepôt storage. Also situated close to the passenger terminal is the Nantes factory of Airbus, which specialises in the construction of the centre wing box of the Airbus fleet of airliners and in the use of composite materials for creating structural components.

Other facilities

Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne, a regional airline, is headquartered on the grounds of Nantes Atlantique Airport.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Austral St-Denis-de-la-Réunion [begins 10 February]
Air France Lyon, Paris Charles de Gaulle
Air France operated by Brit Air Ajaccio [seasonal], Figari [seasonal], Marseille, Strasbourg, Toulouse
Air France operated by Cityjet London-City, Paris-Orly [begins 31 October]
Air France operated by Régional Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Bastia [seasonal], Calvi [seasonal], Clermont-Ferrand, Lille, Milan-Malpensa, Montpellier, Nice
Air Transat Montréal-Trudeau [seasonal]
Corsairfly Fort-de-France [seasonal], Mauritius [ends 28 October], Pointe-à-Pitre [seasonal], Punta Cana [seasonal, begins 16 December], St-Denis-de-la-Réunion
EasyJet Lyon, London-Gatwick [seasonal]
EasyJet Switzerland Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva
Flybe London-Gatwick, Manchester (begins 7 December)
Iberia Airlines operated by Air Nostrum Barcelona, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca [seasonal]
Jet4you Marrakech [seasonal]
Royal Air Maroc Agadir [begins 30 October], Casablanca, Marrakech
Ryanair Dublin, East Midlands, Leeds/Bradford [seasonal], Marseille, Shannon [seasonal]
Transavia.com Djerba, Heraklion [seasonal], Funchal [seasonal], Palma de Mallorca [seasonal], Marrakech, Monastir [seasonal], Porto [seasonal]
Tunisair Djerba, Tunis
Windjet Catania, Paleremo [All seasonal]

Ground transportation

Nantes Atlantique Airport is located just outside the Nantes 'périphérique', the city's peripheral ring motorway, to which it is linked by a short access road. All the major roads and motorways to and from the city of Nantes intersect the 'périphérique'. Several car parks, both in the open and under cover, are located in the terminal area, with each car park having its own tariff. Car rental companies are situated at the airport, housed in a separate building directly opposite the airport terminal and next to the car rental parking lot.

An express shuttle bus, the 'Navette Tan Air', links the a stop outside the airport terminal to Nantes railway station and the city centre. Journeys are scheduled to correspond to flights, and take 30 minutes. The service forms part of Nantes's Tan public transport network, but charges a higher Tan Air fare than the standard network fare. As an alternative Tan local bus 37 provides a frequent connection from an adjacent bus stop to line 3 of the Tan tram system in Neustrie, and both bus and tram accept standard Tan ticketing with a single ticket being valid for the through journey.

Taxis are available from a taxi rank outside the terminal building. A separate waiting area outside the car rental facility is used by pre-arranged taxis.

Future developments

Nantes Atlantique is currently the largest airport in the west of France; however it can only handle three million passengers a year and cannot be expanded because it is too close to the city. It is therefore currently planned that it will be replaced by a new Aéroport du Grand Ouest, situated 30 km (19 mi) to the north-west of Nantes in the 'commune' of Notre-Dame-des-Landes. The €580 million project was approved in February 2008, with construction expected to start in 2012 and an opening date in 2015.



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General Info
Country France
ICAO ID LFRS
Time UTC+1(+2DT)
Latitude 47.153189
47° 09' 11.48" N
Longitude -1.610725
001° 36' 38.61" W
Elevation 90 feet
27 meters
Type Civil
Magnetic Variation 002° W (01/06)
Beacon Yes
Operating Agency CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (LANDING FEES AND DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE MAY BE REQUIRED)
Operating Hours 24 HOUR OPERATIONS
International Clearance Status Airport of Entry
Daylight Saving Time Last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October


Communications
TWR 118.65
129.175
INFO 129.875
GND 121.875
ATIS 126.925
APP 130.275
129.175
To FL100


Runways
ID Dimensions Surface PCN ILS
03/21 9514 x 148 feet
2900 x 45 meters
ASPHALT 049FCWT YES


Navaids
Type ID Name Channel Freq Distance From Field Bearing From Navaid
VOR-DME NTS NANTES 102X 115.5 At Field -
NDB GL NANTES - 369 6.8 NM 027.6


Supplies/Equipment
Fuel Jet A1, without icing nhibitor.

100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE)


Remarks
CAUTION Bird haz.
FUEL (NC-100LL, A1)
LGT PAPI Rwy 21 GS 3.1 .
RSTD Vis apch proh 2200-0500Z++.



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