Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (French: Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac) (IATA: BOD, ICAO: LFBD) is an international airport of Bordeaux, in southwestern 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 and Volotea.[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 | 1912[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 162 ft (49 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°49′42″N 000°42′56″W / 44.82833°N 0.71556°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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| Sources: Statistics[3] | |||||||||||||||
History
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Foundation and early years
editBordeaux Airport has been founded in 1912, after the French government purchased previously privately owned land. Its first non-temporary passenger terminal had been constructed in the early 1930s.[1]
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]
The airport underwent major expansion and refurbishment during the 1960s. The first scheduled flights to Paris were operated by Air Inter in 1962 and by 1970, Bordeaux handled over 500,000 passengers. During the 70s and by 1986, the terminal building has again been expanded significantly. By 1987, it reached a capacity of 2,000,000 passengers per year.[1]
Development since the 1990s
editFrom 1994-1996 an entirely new passenger terminal was built dedicated to frequent services on the Bordeaux-Paris route, followed by a new air traffic control tower in 2000. In 2010, another terminal expansion to be used by low-cost carriers was inaugurated - by 2014, these were responsible for 40 percent of the airport's traffic.[1]
In 2017, Bordeaux surpassed 6 million passengers a year for the first time.[1]
In May 2024, Ryanair announced it would be leaving Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport citing fee increases, leading to the termination of 40 routes.[6] The airline subsequently ceased all operations at the airport by November 2024.[7][8]
Terminals
editBordeaux Airport has three passenger buildings:
- Terminal A is mainly for international flights.[9]
- Terminal B, which had been inaugurated in 1996, has two levels and is principally dedicated to Air France traffic between Paris/Lyon and Bordeaux.[10][1]
- Terminal billi, built in 2010 and expanded in 2015, 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.[11][1] User of Terminal billi is easyJet.
Airlines and destinations
editThe following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport:[12]
Statistics
editGround transport
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Road
editThe 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. Bus route 1+ of Transports Bordeaux Métropole serves the city centre.
Tram
editBordeaux tramway's Line F links the airport with the city centre since the end of April 2023.[100][101][102]
Accidents and incidents
edit- On 21 December 1987, Air Littoral Flight 1919, an Embraer EMB 120RT Brasilia registered as F-GEGH, crashed during approach to the airport, killing all 16 occupants onboard.[103]
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 bordeaux.aeroport.fr - The history of the airport retrieved 28 September 2024
- ↑ "easyJet Media Centre". Mediacentre.easyjet.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. 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.
- ↑ "connexionfrance.com - UK-France flights hit as Ryanair announces it is leaving Bordeaux airport". 15 May 2024.
- ↑ "Ryanair announces it is leaving Bordeaux airport". 15 May 2024.
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- ↑ "Hall A - Bordeaux Mérignac Airport | Ingérop". INGEROP. Ingerop.fr. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. 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.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Transavia se développe à Bordeaux et en Arabie Saoudite". 25 June 2024.
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- 1 2 "Aéroport de Bordeaux : Transavia annonce une nouvelle ligne vers la Côte d'Azur". actu.fr (in French). 25 February 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
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- ↑ "Les vols pour Istanbul reprennent depuis Bordeaux-Mérignac - Le Journal des Entreprises". www.lejournaldesentreprises.com (in French). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
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- ↑ "Volotea announces three new routes from greece to France". 12 January 2022.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 Dréau, Julia (19 May 2026). "5 destinations ensoleillées et leurs spots secrets, accessibles en vol direct depuis Bordeaux cet été". Bordeaux Secret (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2026.
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- 1 2 Trébert, Briac (16 October 2025). ""Un dispositif inédit" : pourquoi la Corse achète 250 000 billets d'avion pour faire venir les touristes ?". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2026.
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External links
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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