Nice Côte d'Azur Airport

Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (IATA: NCE, ICAO: LFMN) is an international airport located 3.2 NM (5.9 km; 3.7 mi) southwest^[2] of Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes department 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 2024, it handled 14,770,626 passengers. The airport is positioned 7 km (4 mi) west of the city centre, and is the principal port of arrival for passengers to the Côte d'Azur.

Nice Côte d'Azur Airport Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur
IATA: NCE ICAO: LFMN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Mundys
Operator	Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur (ACA)
Serves	Bouches-du-Rhône and Alpes-Maritimes (France) Monaco
Focus city for	Air France easyJet
Elevation AMSL	4 m / 13 ft
Coordinates	43°39′55″N 007°12′54″E
Website	en.nice.aeroport.fr
Map
NCE/LFMN Airport in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region Show map of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur NCE/LFMN NCE/LFMN (France) Show map of France
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04L/22R 2,570 8,432 Asphalt concrete 04R/22L 2,960 9,711 Asphalt concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface m ft H1 29.25 96 Asphaltic concrete H2 29.25 96 Asphaltic concrete
Statistics (2024)
Passengers 14,770,626 Passenger traffic change 4.1% Aircraft movements 109,455 Aircraft movements change 1.3%
Airport data from French AIP.[1] French AIP at EUROCONTROL[2] Statistics[3]

Due to its proximity to Monaco, which is located 20 km (12 mi) away to the northeast, it also serves as that city-state's airport, with helicopter service linking the principality and airport.^[4] Some airlines market Monaco as a destination via Nice Airport.^[5]

Facilities

Terminal 1

Terminal 2

Control tower

The airport with Nice seen in the background

The airport covers an area of over 3.70 km² (1.43 sq mi) partially reclaimed from the sea, with 2.70 km² (1.04 sq mi) used by its two parallel runways and the three passenger terminals and freight terminal. The airport's theoretical capacity is 14 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 connect the car parks with the terminals.^{[citation needed]}

Terminal 1

Terminal 1 features 25 gates on a space of 52,000 m² (560,000 sq ft). 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.^{[citation needed]}

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 57,800 m² (622,000 sq ft). The terminal has a capacity of 8.5 million passengers per year.^{[citation needed]}

Business Aviation Terminal

The Business Aviation Terminal, located next to Terminal 2, covers an area of 1,500 m² (16,000 sq ft). Opened in 2010, this terminal contains the operations rooms, VIP lounges, crew lounges and offices of several business aviation companies.^[6]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Nice:^[7]

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Athens[8]
Aer Lingus	Dublin[9]
Air Algérie	Algiers, Constantine
Air Arabia	Fez[10][11][12]
airBaltic	Riga[13] Seasonal: Tallinn,[14] Vilnius[15]
Air Canada	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau[16]
Air Corsica	Ajaccio,[17] Bastia,[17] Calvi,[17] Figari[17] Seasonal: Florence[18]
Air Dolomiti	Munich[19]
Air France	London–Heathrow,[20][21] Lyon,[22] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[23] Paris–Orly (ends 28 March 2026)[24][25]
Air Serbia	Belgrade[26]
Air Transat	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau[27]
Amelia International	Seasonal: Brive[28]
American Airlines	Seasonal: Philadelphia[29]
Animawings	Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni[30]
Aurigny	Seasonal: Guernsey[31]
Austrian Airlines	Vienna[32]
British Airways	London–Gatwick,[33] London–Heathrow[34] Seasonal: London–City,[35] London–Stansted[36]
Brussels Airlines	Brussels[37]
Chalair Aviation	Seasonal: Brive[38]
Delta Air Lines	Seasonal: Atlanta,[39] New York–JFK[40]
easyJet[41]	Agadir,[42] Amsterdam,[43] Athens,[42] Barcelona,[44] Basel/Mulhouse,[45] Berlin,[46] Bordeaux,[47] Bristol,[48] Brussels,[47] Geneva,[47] Lille,[47] Lisbon,[49] London–Gatwick,[50] London–Luton,[51] Madrid,[52][53] Manchester,[54] Marrakesh,[47] Nantes,[47] Naples,[55] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[56] Paris–Orly,[47] Porto,[57] Prague,[42] Rabat,[58] Rennes,[47] Rome–Fiumicino,[59] Strasbourg,[52][60] Tel Aviv (suspended until 28 March 2026),[61] Tenerife–South,[62][63] Toulouse,[47] Venice[64] Seasonal: Alicante,[65][66] Bari,[67] Belfast–International,[47] Biarritz,[47] Chania,[47] Düsseldorf,[68] Edinburgh,[47] Hurghada (begins 26 October 2025), Ibiza,[47] Kefalonia,[69] Lamezia Terme,[70] Lanzarote,[52][71] Liverpool,[47] Málaga,[69] Malta,[42] Mykonos,[47] Newcastle upon Tyne (resumes 31 March 2026),[72] Olbia,[73] Palermo,[74] Palma de Mallorca,[47] Rovaniemi,[75] Santorini[76]
El Al	Seasonal: Tel Aviv[77]
Emirates	Dubai–International[78]
Etihad Airways	Seasonal: Abu Dhabi[79][80]
Eurowings	Cologne/Bonn,[81] Düsseldorf,[82] Hamburg[83] Seasonal: Berlin,[84] Prague,[85] Stuttgart[86]
Finnair	Helsinki[87]
FlyOne	Chișinău[88] Seasonal: Yerevan[89]
Georgian Airways	Tbilisi[90]
Gulf Air	Seasonal: Bahrain, Milan–Malpensa[91]
Heli Air Monaco	Monaco[a]
Iberia	Madrid[92] Seasonal: Ibiza,[93] Málaga,[94] Palma de Mallorca[95]
Icelandair	Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík[96]
ITA Airways	Rome–Fiumicino[97]
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Birmingham,[98] Leeds/Bradford,[99] Manchester[100]
KLM	Amsterdam[101]
Kuwait Airways	Seasonal: Kuwait City[102]
La Compagnie	Seasonal: Newark
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw–Chopin[103]
Lufthansa	Frankfurt,[104] Munich[104]
Luxair	Luxembourg[105]
Middle East Airlines	Seasonal: Beirut[106]
Monacair	Monaco[107][a]
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Copenhagen,[108] Oslo,[109] Stockholm–Arlanda[110] Seasonal: Aalborg,[111] Bergen,[112] Gothenburg,[111] Helsinki,[113] Stavanger,[114] Trondheim[115]
Nouvelair	Monastir, Tunis[116]
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[117]
Qatar Airways	Doha[118]
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca[119]
Ryanair	Dublin[120] Seasonal: London–Stansted[121]
Saudia	Seasonal: Riyadh[122]
Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen,[123] Oslo,[123] Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal: Gothenburg,[124] Stavanger[125]
SkyUp Airlines	Seasonal: Chișinău[126]
Smartwings	Seasonal: Prague[127]
Swiss International Air Lines	Geneva,[128] Zürich[129]
TAP Air Portugal	Lisbon[130]
TAROM	Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni[131]
Transavia	Amsterdam,[132] Paris–Orly (begins 29 March 2026),[133] Tunis Seasonal: Algiers,[134] Dakar–Diass,[135] Eindhoven,[136] Monastir[137]
Tunisair	Monastir, Tunis[138] Seasonal: Djerba
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul[139]
Twin Jet	Toulouse[140] Seasonal: Venice[141]
United Airlines	Seasonal: Newark,[142] Washington–Dulles[143]
Volotea	Bordeaux,[144] Brest,[145] Caen,[145][146] Lille,[147] Luxembourg,[145] Nantes,[148][149] Strasbourg[145] Seasonal: Charleroi,[150] Venice[151]
Vueling	Barcelona[152]
Widerøe	Seasonal: Sandefjord[153]
Wizz Air	Belgrade,[154] Bucharest–Băneasa (begins 26 October 2025),[155] Bucharest–Otopeni (ends 25 October 2025),[155] Budapest, Kraków, Rome–Fiumicino,[156] Sofia, Tirana,[157] Vienna,[158] Warsaw–Chopin,[159] Wrocław,[160] Yerevan (begins 2 October 2025)[161]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
ASL Airlines France[162]	Marseille

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at NCE airport. See Wikidata query.

Passengers per year

Year	Passengers	Change
2018	13,850,561	04.1%
2017	13,304,782	07.1%
2016	12,427,511	03.4%
2015	12,016,730	03.1%
2014	11,660,208	00.9%
2013	11,554,251	03.3%
2012	11,189,896	07.4%
2011	10,422,073	08.5%
2010	9,603,014	02.3%
2009	9,830,987	05.3%

Busiest domestic routes

Top 10 busiest domestic routes from/to Nice (2023)^[163]

Rank	Airport	Passengers	Airline(s)
1	Paris–Orly	1 659 498	Air France, easyJet
2	Paris–Charles de Gaulle	1 177 460	Air France, easyJet
3	Lille	336 970	easyJet, Volotea
4	Nantes	307 844	easyJet, Volotea
5	Bordeaux	294 283	easyJet, Volotea
6	Bastia, Corsica	134 422	Air Corsica
7	Toulouse	131 944	easyJet, Twin Jet
8	Ajaccio, Corsica	126 302	Air Corsica
9	Lyon	114 572	Air France
10	Strasbourg	112 465	easyJet, Volotea

Busiest international routes

Top 20 busiest international routes from/to Nice (2023)^[164]

Rank (2023)	Change (v.2022)	Airport	Passengers	Airline(s)
1		London–Heathrow	628 087	Air France, British Airways
2		London–Gatwick	580 221	Air France, British Airways, easyJet
3	1	Geneva	421 724	easyJet, Swiss International Air Lines
4	1	Amsterdam	410 738	easyJet, KLM, Transavia
5	1	Rome–Fiumicino	388 459	easyJet, ITA Airways, Wizz Air
6	3	Barcelona	291 247	easyJet, Vueling
7	1	Copenhagen	289 988	Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines
8	1	Frankfurt	280 787	Lufthansa
9		Brussels	275 713	Brussels Airlines, easyJet
10		Munich	251 096	Lufthansa
11		Zürich	242 244	Swiss International Air Lines
12	1	Lisbon	234 325	easyJet, TAP Air Portugal
13	1	Vienna	229 140	Austrian Airlines, Wizz Air
14	1	Dubai–International	228 132	Emirates
15	1	Stockholm–Arlanda	207 504	Eurowings, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines
16	2	Madrid	204 471	easyJet, Iberia
17		Basel/Mulhouse	194 910	easyJet
18		Oslo	188 449	Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines
19		Istanbul	188 408	Turkish Airlines
20		Tunis	183 429	Nouvelair, Transavia, Tunisair

Ground transportation

The airport is located on the western end of the Promenade des Anglais. Since December 2018, Nice tramway line 2 connects the airport to the Port of Nice (Lympia Port) via the Grand Arénas interchange. Also located at this interchange, some 400 meters from the airport, is the train station Nice Saint Augustin.^[165] Trams runs every 8 minutes during the day; a separate tramline runs from the airport to the western suburbs. Additionally, bus route 12 connects the airport with Promenade des Artes via the old town.^[165]

Société Naviplane Ferry

In 1969 an experimental and short-lived ferry service utilized two N.300 Naviplane hovercraft. The airport was connected to Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Monaco and San-Remo.^[166]

Accidents and incidents

• On 9 April 1949, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BATU of Air France overran the runway and was damaged beyond economic repair.^[167]
• On 3 March 1952, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BCUM of Air France crashed shortly after take-off; all 38 people on board died. The cause of the accident was that the aileron controls had jammed. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Nice to Orly Airport, Paris.^[168]
• On 11 September 1968, Air France Flight 1611 en route from Ajaccio, in the island of Corsica, to Nice, France crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off Nice; all 95 on board died. A memorial is located near the airport.
• On 3 September 1979, Sterling Airways Flight 4133 an Aérospatiale Corvette (Registration: OY-SBS) crashed into the sea 1 km (0.62 mi) south of the airport on a flight from Coventry Airport to Nice. All 10 passengers and crew died in the crash.^[169]

See also

• List of the busiest airports in France

Notes

1. by helicopter