Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport

Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (French: Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac) (IATA: BOD, ICAO: LFBD) is the international airport of Bordeaux, in south-western France. It is situated in the commune of Mérignac, 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Bordeaux, within the département of the Gironde. It mainly features flights to metropolitan and leisure destinations in Europe and Northern Africa and serves as a base for easyJet, Ryanair and Volotea airlines.[3]

Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport

Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
Owner/OperatorAéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac (SA ADBM)
ServesBordeaux
LocationMérignac, Gironde, France
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL162 ft / 49 m
Coordinates44°49′42″N 000°42′56″W
Websitebordeaux.aeroport.fr
Map
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
Location of airport in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 3,100 10,171 Asphalt
11/29 2,415 7,923 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers7,703,143
Passenger traffic change 13.3%
Sources: Statistics[2]

History

KG 40, the prime land-based maritime patrol Luftwaffe unit was primarily based at Bordeaux-Mérignac during the Occupation of France in World War II.[4]

Terminals

Bordeaux Airport has three passenger buildings:

  • Terminal A is mainly for international flights[5]
  • Terminal B passenger air terminal has two levels and is principally dedicated to Air France traffic between Paris and Bordeaux.[6]
  • Terminal billi is a separate facility for low cost carriers. It has one floor and has small check-in and arrivals areas as well as a departures area with six aircraft parking positions which are used for walk boarding.[7] Users of Terminal billi are easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air.[8]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport:[9]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion
Aer Lingus Dublin
Air Algérie Algiers, Oran
Air Arabia Fez
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air France Hop Lyon
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Calvi, Figari, Nice
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
Blue Air Seasonal: Bucharest (resumes 23 June 2022)[10]
British Airways London–Gatwick (begins 18 May 2022)[11]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[12]
Chalair Aviation Brest
Corsair International Seasonal: Pointe-à-Pitre
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Bristol, Essaouira, Faro, Geneva, Lanzarote,[13] Lille, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Luxembourg, Lyon, Manchester, Marrakesh, Marseille, Milan–Malpensa, Nice, Porto,[14] Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Belfast–International, Catania, Figari,[15] Glasgow, Grenoble,[16] Heraklion, Ibiza, Menorca,[17] Olbia,[18] Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes
Finist'air Brest
Iberia Regional Madrid
KLM Amsterdam
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Oslo (resumes 16 June 2022)[19]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Marrakesh
Ryanair Agadir, Barcelona (begins 1 June 2022),[20] Bergamo, Birmingham (begins 3 June 2022),[20] Bologna,[21] Budapest, Charleroi, Cork, Dublin, Faro, Fez, Lisbon, London–Stansted, Madrid,[20] Málaga, Malta,[20] Manchester, Marrakesh, Marseille, Porto, Prague, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela (begins 3 June 2022),[20] Seville, Tangier, Treviso, Valencia
Seasonal: Alghero (begins 2 June 2022),[20] Alicante, Bari, Brindisi (begins 1 June 2022),[20] Edinburgh, Figari,[22] Fuerteventura, Ibiza,[20] Kraków, Menorca,[20] Mykonos, Naples, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa (begins 4 June 2022),[20] Trapani (begins 1 June 2022),[20] Zadar[20]
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich
TUI fly Belgium Casablanca
Tunisair Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Volotea Algiers,[23] Lille,[24] Málaga, Strasbourg, Tenerife–South, Venice
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Athens (begins 28 May 2022),[25] Bastia, Cagliari, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Figari, Florence (begins 27 May 2022),[26] Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Santorini, Split
Vueling Barcelona
Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at BOD airport. See source Wikidata query.

Access

Road

The airport is accessible by road via the A630 autoroute (exit 11b). There is a shuttle by 30'Direct shuttle serving the Bordeaux Saint-Jean railway station. Bus route 1+ of Transports Bordeaux Métropole serves the city centre.

Tram

The Bordeaux tramway system does not yet reach the airport, but an extension to Line A is expected to link the airport with the city centre by 2022.[27][28]

See also

References
  1. "easyJet Media Centre". Mediacentre.easyjet.com. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. "Bilan 2019, une année record pour le trafic international".
  3. "BOD Airlines Bases". Bordeaux.Aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  4. Wood, Tony; Gunston, Bill (1977). Hitler's Luftwaffe. New York: Crescent Books. pp. 64–69&170–171. ISBN 0-517-22477-1.
  5. "Hall A - Bordeaux Mérignac Airport | Ingérop". Ingerop.fr. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  6. "Réalisations". ADPI. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  7. "Terminal billi Bordeaux illico | Bordeaux-Merignac Airport". Bordeaux.aeroport.fr. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  8. "Press release" (PDF). www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  9. "Destinations". Bordeaux-Merignac Airport. 4 April 2019.
  10. "Choose a Route on our Destinations' Map | Blue Air".
  11. "British Airways Announces Routes and Starts Selling Seats for ITS New Gatwick Short-Haul Subsidiary".
  12. https://www.brusselsairlines.com/en-fr/destinations/
  13. "Lanzarote (Arrecife)". Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac.
  14. "Porto". Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac.
  15. "Du nouveau avec easyJet : 4 destinations supplémentaires - Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac".
  16. https://www.easyjet.com/en/routemap
  17. "Mahon (Minorque)". Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac.
  18. "Du nouveau avec easyJet : 4 destinations supplémentaires - Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac".
  19. https://www.norwegian.com/en//
  20. "Ryanair announces biggest schedule ever for Bordeaux". 2 March 2022.
  21. "Welcome Home to Cork this Christmas - Ryanair to Restore Cork Airport Base and Twenty Routes".
  22. "Ryanair Launches Two New Domestic French Routes from Bordeaux and Toulouse to Corsica (Figari) This Summer | Ryanair's Corporate Website".
  23. "VOLOTEA - Destinations". 3 April 2022.
  24. https://www.gazettenpdc.fr/article/aeroport-de-lille-voloteo-ouvre-une-ligne-vers-bordeaux-a-partir-du-17-decembre
  25. "Volotea announces three new routes from greece to France".
  26. "Volotea torna a Firenze, destinazione Bordeaux. Da Pisa per Olbia e Nantes". 9 February 2022.
  27. "Bordeaux Airport - Tram connection confirmed". Bordeaux Expats. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  28. Yves Maugue (29 April 2016). "Bordeaux : voici le tracé du tramway qui va desservir l'aéroport" (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2016.

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