- Saint-Exupery International Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Saint-Exupéry Airport
nativename = Aéroport Lyon Saint-Exupéry
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IATA = LYS
ICAO = LFLL
type = Public
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location = Lyon,France
elevation-f = 821
elevation-m = 250
coordinates = Coord|45|43|35|N|5|05|27|E|type:airport_region:FR
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r1-number = 18R/36L
r1-length-f = 13,124
r1-length-m = 4,000
r1-surface =Asphalt
r2-number = 18L/36R
r2-length-f = 8,760
r2-length-m = 2,670
r2-surface = Asphalt
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stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Passengers
stat1-data = 7,320,952
stat2-header = Freight (tons)
stat2-data = 36,900Saint-Exupéry Airport ( _fr. Aéroport Lyon Saint-Exupéry) Airport codes|LYS|LFLL, formerly known as Lyon Satolas Airport, is an airport located near
Lyon ,France . The airport is named after the French writer and pilotAntoine de Saint-Exupéry , a native ofLyon .It lies in
Colombier-Saugnieu , 12 miles (20km) to the east of Lyon. Its tworunway s are aligned north-south. It is an important transport facility for the entireRhône-Alpes region. Coach links connect the airport with the centre of Lyon and other towns in the area includingChambéry andGrenoble .The airport was inaugurated by
President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on12 April 1975 and opened to passengers a week later. It was designed to replace the old Lyon Bron airport which could not be extended as it was located in anurban area .In 1994 a high-speed rail link brought the
TGV to the airport, providing direct trains toParis andMarseille . The fan-shaped canopy above the station, designed by architectSantiago Calatrava , is the airport's most notable architectural feature (Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry ).In 2000 the airport was renamed in honour of Lyonnais
aviation pioneer and writerAntoine de Saint-Exupéry .In 2007, the airport served 7,320,952 passengers [ [http://www.lyon.aeroport.fr/?module=cms&desc=default&action=get&id=308&selectedMenu=92 Lyon Airport - Passenger numbers for 2007] ] , which makes it France's fourth busiest airport after Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Nice airports.
Airlines and destinations
Terminal 1
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Aer Lingus (Dublin)
*Aigle Azur (Algiers, Chlef, Constantine, Oran, Setif)
*Air Algérie (Algiers, Annaba, Batna, Constantine, Oran, Setif)
*Air Austral (Reunion)
*Airlinair (Poitiers)
*Air Malta (Luqa)
*Air Senegal International (Dakar)
*Air Transat (Montréal, Toronto-Pearson)
*Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
*Blue Air (Bucharest-Băneasa)
*bmi (Manchester)
*British Airways (London-Heathrow)
**operated byBA CityFlyer (London-City) Begins 15 December
*Brussels Airlines (Brussels)
*Bulgarian Air Charter (Bourgas, Varna) [seasonal]
*City Airline (Gothenburg-Landvetter)
*Corsairfly (Mauritius, St. Denis/Reunion)
*Croatia Airlines (Split)
*Hex'Air (Rodez)
*Iberia Airlines
**operated byAir Nostrum (Madrid)
*Lufthansa
**operated byLufthansa CityLine (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich)
*Scandinavian Airlines System (Oslo)
*TAP Portugal
**operated byPortugália (Lisbon)
*Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
*Tunisair (Djerba, Monastir, Tunis)
*Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)
*Twin Jet (Angouleme)Terminal 2
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Air France (Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Lille, Nantes, Nice, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Toulouse, Tunis, Zurich)
**operated byAirlinair (Limoges, Marseilles, Montpellier, Poitiers, La Rochelle)
**operated byBrit Air (Barcelona, Birmigham, Brest, Caen, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Le Havre, Madrid, Montpellier, Munich, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rennes, Rome-Fiumicino, Strasbourg, Stuttgart)
**operated byCCM Airlines (Ajaccio, Bastia)
**operated by Régional (Basel-Mulhouse, Biarritz, Bologna, Brussels, Clermont-Ferrand, Hamburg, Lorient, Marseilles, Metz-Nancy, Milan-Malpensa, Pau, Venice)
*Atlas Blue (Marrakesh)
*Delta Air Lines (New York-JFK)
*Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
*Air Algerie (Bejaia)
**operated bySaga Airlines Terminal 3
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easyJet (Barcelona, Berlin-Schönefeld, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Casablanca, Lisbon, London-Stansted, Madrid, Marrakech, Oporto, Rome-Ciampino, Toulouse, Venice)References
External links
* [http://www.lyon.aeroport.fr/ Aéroport Lyon Saint-Exupéry] (official site) fr icon
* [http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/lyon-saint-exupery.php Aéroport de Lyon Saint Exupéry] (Union des Aéroports Français)
* [http://www.lyon-lys.airports-guides.com Information about Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport]
* [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=45%C2%B043%E2%80%B235%E2%80%B3N,+5%C2%B005%E2%80%B227%E2%80%B3E&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1 Location on Google Maps]
*FrenchAeronautical Information Publication for AIP_FR|LFLL (PDF) - LYON SAINT-EXUPÉRY
*WAD|LFLL
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