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 = 36,900

Saint-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 pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a native of Lyon.

It lies in Colombier-Saugnieu, 12 miles (20km) to the east of Lyon. Its two runways are aligned north-south. It is an important transport facility for the entire Rhône-Alpes region. Coach links connect the airport with the centre of Lyon and other towns in the area including Chambéry and Grenoble.

The airport was inaugurated by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on 12 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 an urban area.

In 1994 a high-speed rail link brought the TGV to the airport, providing direct trains to Paris and Marseille. The fan-shaped canopy above the station, designed by architect Santiago 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 writer Antoine 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

*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 by BA 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 by Air Nostrum (Madrid)
*Lufthansa
**operated by Lufthansa CityLine (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich)
*Scandinavian Airlines System (Oslo)
*TAP Portugal
**operated by Portugália (Lisbon)
*Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
*Tunisair (Djerba, Monastir, Tunis)
*Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)
*Twin Jet (Angouleme)

Terminal 2

*Air France (Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Lille, Nantes, Nice, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Toulouse, Tunis, Zurich)
**operated by Airlinair (Limoges, Marseilles, Montpellier, Poitiers, La Rochelle)
**operated by Brit Air (Barcelona, Birmigham, Brest, Caen, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Le Havre, Madrid, Montpellier, Munich, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rennes, Rome-Fiumicino, Strasbourg, Stuttgart)
**operated by CCM 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 by Saga Airlines

Terminal 3

*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]
*French Aeronautical Information Publication for AIP_FR|LFLL (PDF) - LYON SAINT-EXUPÉRY
*WAD|LFLL