Nice Côte d'Azur Airport


Nice Côte d'Azur Airport is an international airport located southwest of Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes départment of France. It is the third busiest airport in France and serves as a focus city for Air France and an operating base for easyJet. 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, it also serves as the city-state's airport, with helicopter service linking the principality and airport. Some airlines market Monaco as a destination via Nice Airport.

Facilities

The airport covers an area of over, 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 per hour. Terminals 1 and 2 are linked by courtesy shuttle 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 has 29 gates on a space of and is also equipped to handle flights to all destinations. It 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 Promenade des Anglais. Buses go between the airport and the Gare de Nice-Ville railway station and Nice-Riquier railway station. The train station Nice-Saint-Augustin is near the airport. Since December 2018, Nice tramway line no2 connects the Airport to the Magnan interchange to the West of the City centre. The route will then continue to the Harbour via the city centre in 2019–2020.

Société Naviplane Ferry

In 1969 an experimental and short-lived ferry service utilized two N.300 Naviplane hovercrafts. The airport was connected to Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Monaco and San-Remo.

Accidents and incidents