Paris Beauvais Tillé Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Paris Beauvais Tillé Airport
nativename = Aéroport de Paris Beauvais Tillé


IATA = BVA
ICAO = LFOB
type = Public
owner =
operator = Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie (CCI) de l'Oise
city-served = Paris
location = Beauvais / Tillé
elevation-f = 359
elevation-m = 109
coordinates = coord|49|27|16|N|002|06|46|E|type:airport_region:FR
website = [http://www.aeroportbeauvais.com/ www.aeroportbeauvais.com]
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 13/31
r1-length-m = 2,430
r1-length-f = 7,972
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 04/22
r2-length-m = 1,105
r2-length-f = 3,625
r2-surface = Asphalt
footnotes = Sources: French AIPAIP_FR|LFOB|name=Beauvais Tillé] and DAFIFWAD|LFOB|source=DAFIF] GCM|BVA|source=DAFIF]

Paris Beauvais Tillé Airport or "Aéroport de Paris Beauvais Tillé" Airport codes|BVA|LFOB is a French airport, originally the small regional airport of the city of Beauvais. This airport was built in the 1930s and improved by the German army during the Second World War. In 1956, it was opened to commercial use. Since the low-cost carrier Ryanair made Beauvais Tillé its Paris-area terminal, it has become the third-largest Paris airport. It is actually located in the community of Tillé, 3.5 km northeast of Beauvais, a "commune" of the Oise "département", and is 85km north of Paris.

As of 2005, the airport had three gates, housed within a marquee tent while the permanent facilities were being redeveloped. A simple permanent structure is now complete, with four gates and a number of bars, restaurants and shopping areas. The airport is serviced by a shuttle to the city center and rail station that operates eight times a day; many passengers use a private scheduled coach for a 75-minute trip to Paris, ending beside the Palais des Congrès at Porte Maillot, located in the 17th arrondissement, approximately a kilometre west of the Arc de Triomphe (Irish passengers to Paris sometimes refer to this destination as the James Joyce pub due to the pub's close proximity to the terminus). The fare is 26 euros return, 13 euros one way.

Airlines and destinations

*Blue Air (Bucharest-Băneasa)
*Ryanair (Alicante, Bournemouth [begins October 28] , Dublin, East Midlands [begins October 28] , Girona, Glasgow-Prestwick, Liverpool begins November 3] , Madrid, Marseille, Milan-Orio al Serio, Pisa, Porto, Rome-Ciampino, Reus, Shannon, Stockholm-Skavsta, Valencia, Venice-Treviso)
*Wizz Air (Bucharest-Băneasa [begins March 1, 2009] , Budapest, Cluj-Napoca [begins December 18] , Katowice, Timişoara [begins March 11, 2009] , Warsaw)

References

External links

*Official site: [http://www.aeroportbeauvais.com/index.php?lang=eng Paris Beauvais Tillé Airport] en icon or [http://www.aeroportbeauvais.com/ "Aéroport de Paris Beauvais Tillé"] fr icon
* [http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/beauvais-tille.php "Aéroport de Beauvais - Tillé"] at "Union des Aéroports Français" fr icon
* [http://www.cci-oise.fr/ "Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie (CCI) de l'Oise"] fr icon
*NWS-current|LFOB
*ASN|BVA