Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur) is an international airport located southwest of

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, in the Alpes-Maritimes ''départment'' of France. It is the third busiest airport in France and serves as a

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for

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and an operating base for

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. In 2019, it handled 14,485,423 passengers. The airport is positioned west of the city centre, and is the principal port of arrival for passengers to the Côte d'Azur. Due to its proximity to the

Principality of Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Liguria ...

, it also serves as the

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's airport, with helicopter service linking the principality and airport. Some airlines market Monaco as a destination via Nice Airport.Route Map
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Facilities

Nice - Cote d'Azur (NCE - LFMN) AN2003762

Nice - Cote d'Azur (NCE - LFMN) AN0430566

The airport covers an area of over partially reclaimed from the sea, with used by its two parallel runways and the three passenger terminals and freight terminal. The airport's theoretical capacity is 13 million annual passengers and 52 movements (26 landings) per hour. Terminals 1 and 2 are linked by a tram service. The route stops at the airport and connects with the city centre via the “Jean Médecin” station, and with the port via the “Port Lympia” station. Buses that also connect the car parks with the terminals.

Terminal 1

Terminal 1 features 25 gates on a space of . It features flights to domestic, Schengen and non-Schengen destinations and has a capacity of 4.5 million passengers per year. A business center is located at Terminal 1 containing eight rooms and a conference room with a capacity of 250 people.

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 is the newer and larger facility and is equipped to handle flights to all destinations. There are 29 gates on a space of . The terminal has a capacity of 8.5 million passengers per year.

Business Aviation Terminal

The Business Aviation Terminal, located next to Terminal 2, covers an area of . Opened in 2010, this terminal contains the operations rooms, VIP lounges, crew lounges and offices of several business aviation companies.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Nice:

Cargo

Statistics

Ground transportation

The airport is located on the western end of the

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. Since December 2018,

Nice tramway The Nice tramway (french: Tramway de Nice) is a , triple-line tramway in the city of Nice in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. It is operated by the ''Société nouvelle des transports de l'agglomération niçoise'' division of Transdev under ...

line 2 connects the airport to the Port of Nice (Lympia Port) via the Grand Arénas interchange (where additionally the relocated regional train station Nice-Saint-Augustin is situated), replacing two former bus routes (98 and 99) to the airport. The tram runs every 8 minutes during the day. There's also tramway line 3 which runs form the airport to the western suburbs. Additionally, bus route 12 connects the airport with Promenade des Artes via the old town.nice.aeroport.fr - Ground transport
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Société Naviplane Ferry

In 1969 an experimental and short-lived ferry service utilized two

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hovercraft. The airport was connected to Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Monaco and San-Remo.https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1968/1968%20-%201035.PDF

Accidents and incidents

* On 9 April 1949, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BATU of

overran the runway and was damaged beyond economic repair. * On 3 March 1952, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BCUM of Air France crashed shortly after take-off, killing all 38 people on board. The cause of the accident was that the aileron controls had jammed. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Nice to

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, Paris.

References

External links

Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur
(official site)
Aéroport de Nice – Côte d'Azur
(Union des Aéroports Français) * *
Live Flight Information for NCE
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