Toulouse–Blagnac Airport

Toulouse Blagnac Airport Aéroport de Toulouse – Blagnac
IATA: TLS – ICAO: LFBO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Toulouse
Serves	Toulouse, France
Location	Blagnac
Focus city for	Air France easyJet Volotea
Elevation AMSL	497 ft / 151 m
Coordinates	43°38′06″N 001°22′04″E / 43.63500°N 1.36778°ECoordinates: 43°38′06″N 001°22′04″E / 43.63500°N 1.36778°E
Website	toulouse.aeroport.fr
Maps
Location of Midi-Pyrénées region in France
LFBO Location of airport in Midi-Pyrénées region
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14R/32L 3,500 11,483 Bituminous concrete 14L/32R 3,000 9,843 Bituminous concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 7,669,064 Passenger traffic change 2.0% Aircraft movements 91,921 Aircraft movements change 2.2%
Source: French AIP[1] French AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]

Toulouse Blagnac Airport or (French: Aéroport de Toulouse–Blagnac) (IATA: TLS, ICAO: LFBO) is an airport located 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) west northwest of Toulouse,^[2] and partially in Blagnac, both communes of the Haute-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France. In 2012, the airport served 7,559,350 passengers.^[3]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 499 feet (152 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14R/32L is 3,500 by 45 metres (11,483 ft × 148 ft) and 14L/32R is 3,000 by 45 metres (9,843 ft × 148 ft).^[1] Both Airbus and ATR assemble aircraft at nearby facilities and test them from the airport. An Air France Concorde registered F-BVFC is preserved at the Aeroscopia Museum near the airport.

Overview

Toulouse–Blagnac Airport has been a limited liability company with a capital of 148,000 Euros since 23 March 2007. Shareholders include the French government (60%), Toulouse Chamber of Commerce and Industry (25%), the Regional Council (5%), the Departmental Council (5%) and the Urban Area (5%). Toulouse–Blagnac Airport S.A. operates under a franchise agreement granted by the French government until 2046.^[4]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Hall
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion	D
Aer Lingus	Dublin	C
Aigle Azur	Algiers, Oran	D
Air Algérie	Algiers, Oran Seasonal: Constantine	D
Air Arabia Maroc	Casablanca, Fes[5]	C
Air Corsica	Ajaccio	C
Air France	Marrakech, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly Seasonal: Athens, Kerkyra, Seville	B, C, D
Air Transat	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau	D
Alitalia	Rome–Fiumicino	B
ASL Airlines France	Seasonal: Vienna[6]	D
BMI Regional	Bremen	C
British Airways	London–Heathrow	D
British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer	Seasonal charter: Edinburgh	D
Brussels Airlines	Brussels	B
easyJet	Agadir, Amsterdam, Basel/Mulhouse, Bristol, Brussels, Faro, Geneva,[7] Lille, London–Gatwick, Lyon, Marrakech, Milan–Malpensa (begins 11 June 2016), Nantes, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Rome–Fiumicino, Seville Seasonal: Bastia, Berlin-Schönefeld (begins 10 May 2016), Dubrovnik (begins 1 July 2016),[8] Figari, Palma de Mallorca, Porto, Pula (begins 3 July 2016)[9]	C
easyJet Switzerland	Basel/Mulhouse,[7] Geneva[7]	C
Eurowings	Hamburg	B
Germania	Seasonal: Oujda (begins 27 June 2016)[10] Corporate charter: Hamburg–Finkenwerder[11][12] Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria, Lanzarote	B
HOP!	Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Lille, Lyon, Rennes, Strasbourg Seasonal: Calvi, Figari	C
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum	Madrid, Seville	B
IGavion operated by Skytaxi	Seasonal: Dole	B
Israir Airlines	Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion[13]	D
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester	D
Jetairfly	Agadir, Marrakech Seasonal: Oujda	D
KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper	Amsterdam	C
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich	B
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca, Marrakech	D
Ryanair	Berlin-Schönefeld (begins 30 October 2016),[14] Charleroi (begins 1 November 2016), Fes (begins 1 November 2016), London-Stansted (begins 1 November 2016), Madrid (begins 1 November 2016), Malta (begins 3 November 2016), Warsaw-Modlin (begins 3 November 2016)[15]	TBA
TAP Portugal operated by Portugália	Lisbon	B
Tunisair	Tunis	D
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul–Atatürk	C
Twin Jet	Metz–Nancy, Milán–Malpensa, Zürich[16]	B
Volotea	Strasbourg, Tenerife-South, Venice–Marco Polo Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Brest (begins 25 March 2016), Figari, Málaga (begins 16 April 2016),[17] Palermo, Palma De Mallorca, Prague (begins 25 March 2016),[17] Split (begins 17 April 2016)	C
Vueling	Barcelona Seasonal: Ibiza, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca	B
XL Airways France	Seasonal: Punta Cana	D

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
ASL Airlines France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
FedEx Feeder operated by ASL Airlines Ireland	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
UPS Airlines operated by Star Air (Maersk)	Cologne via Lyon

Ground transport

Tram

Since April 2015, the tram Template:Line T2 connects Toulouse city center with the airport every 15 minutes.^[18] The tram connects with metro ligne A at Arènes and metro ligne B at Palais de Justice.

Bus and coach

Shuttle buses to Toulouse city centre stop outside Hall B every 20 minutes. They take approximately 20 minutes to reach the city centre, stopping at Compans Caffarelli and Jeanne d'Arc (both on Metro Line B), Jean Jaurès (Metro Line A and B) and at Toulouse-Matabiau railway station.^[19] Two daily coach services^[20] connect Toulouse–Blagnac Airport to Andorra,^[21] which does not have its own commercial airport.

Incidents and accidents

• Douglas C-47A F-BCYX of Trans Europe Air was reported to have been damaged beyond repair at Toulouse–Blagnac during 1978.^[22]
• On 29 January 1988, Inter Cargo Service Flight 1004, operated by Vickers Vanguard F-GEJF crashed on take-off when take-off was attempted with only three fully operable engines.^[23]
• On 30 June 1994, an Airbus A330-300 performing a test flight crashed shortly after a touch and go, due to a pilot error in the test conditions. All seven people on board died in the accident.^[24]
• On 15 November 2007, an Airbus A340-600 due to be delivered to Etihad ran into a concrete blast fence during an engine test at the Airbus factory at Toulouse Blagnac International Airport, France. This was due to the crew not following proper test procedures, raising all four engines to maximum thrust while the wheels were un-chocked. The attempt to steer away from the wall resulted in decreased braking power. Five people were injured and the aircraft was written off.^[25][26]

References

1. LFBO – TOULOUSE BLAGNAC (PDF). AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 28 Apr 2016.
2. EAD Basic
3. (French) Résultats de trafic | Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac. Toulouse.aeroport.fr. Retrieved on 29 October 2013.
5. http://airlineroute.net/2015/12/02/3o-feztls-s16/
6. http://www.europeairpost.com/en/
7. "Flight Timetables". easyJet.
8. http://www.easyjet.com/en/cheap-flights/toulouse/dubrovnik
9. http://www.easyjet.com/en/cheap-flights/toulouse/pula
10. http://airlineroute.net/2016/04/13/st-tls-s16/
11. "Germania übernimmt Airbus-Werksverkehr" (in German). Easyjet. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
12. "ST1882 flight history". Flightradar24 AB.
13. Israir Airlines begin summer seasonal service to Toulouse from June 2015
14. "Ryanair Expands Berlin Schoenefeld Routes from Nov 2016". airlineroute. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
15. "Ryanair Opens Toulouse Service from Nov 2016". airlineroute. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
16. http://www.air-journal.fr/2015-11-19-twin-jet-reliera-toulouse-a-zurich-5153787.html
17. http://airlineroute.net/2015/10/20/v7-s16update2/
18. Line T2 - Airport station
19. (French) Les transports en commun (navettes, bus, etc...) | Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac. Toulouse.aeroport.fr. Retrieved on 29 October 2013.
20. Novatel Toulouse to Andorra
21. Archived 24 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
22. "F-BCYX Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
23. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
24. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940630-0
25. "F-WWCJ Final Report" (PDF). Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
26. "Etihad Airbus Crashes Into Wall During Testing". Airline World. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

External links

Media related to Toulouse Blagnac International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Toulouse–Blagnac Airport (official site) (English)
• Aéroport de Toulouse – Blagnac (Union des Aéroports Français) (French)
• Current weather for LFBO at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for TLS at Aviation Safety Network