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{{Infobox airport
| name = Nîmes–Alès–Camargue–Cévennes<br> Airport
| nativename = {{small|''{{lang|fr|Aéroport de Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes}}''}}
| image = Aéroport_de_Nîmes-Garons_-_aérogare_extérieur_1.jpg
| image-width = 250
| IATA = FNI
| ICAO = LFTW
| type = Public / military
| owner = 
| operator = [[Edeis]]
| city-served = [[Nîmes]], Gard, France
| location = [[Saint-Gilles, Gard|Saint-Gilles]] / [[Garons]]
| elevation-f = 309
| elevation-m = 94
| website = https://www.nimes.aeroport.fr/
| coordinates = {{coord|43|45|27|N|004|24|59|E|region:FR-K|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = France Occitanie#France
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in [[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitanie]] region
| pushpin_label = '''LFTW'''
| pushpin_label_position = top
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 18/36
| r1-length-m = 2,443
| r1-length-f = 8,015
| r1-surface = Concrete
| stat-year = 2014
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 207,553
| stat2-header = Passenger change 13-14
| stat2-data = {{increase}}6.3%
| footnotes = Sources: [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]],<ref name="AIP">{{AIP_FR|LFTW|name=Nîmes '''Garons'''}}</ref> Airport,<ref name="Airport">{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.nimes-aeroport.fr/ Aéroport de Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes], official site</ref> [[Union des Aéroports Français|UAF]],<ref name="UAF">{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/nimes-arles-camargue.php ''Aéroport de Nîmes-Arles-Camargue''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525064733/http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/nimes-arles-camargue.php |date=25 May 2006 }} at ''[[Union des Aéroports Français]]''</ref> [[DAFIF]]<ref name="WAD">{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130217015422/http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=LFTW Airport information for LFTW]}} from [[DAFIF]] (effective October 2006)</ref><ref name="GCM">{{GCM|FNI|source=DAFIF}}</ref>
}}

'''Nîmes Airport''' or '''Nîmes–Alès–Camargue–Cévennes Airport''' ({{langx|fr|link=no|Aéroport de Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes}}<ref name="Airport" /><ref name="UAF" />) {{airport codes|FNI|LFTW}} is an airport located {{convert|9|km|NM|abbr=on|lk=on}} [[south-southeast]] of the city of [[Nîmes]],<ref name="AIP" /> in the village of [[Saint-Gilles, Gard|Saint-Gilles]] near [[Garons]], France. It is also known as '''Garons Airport''' or '''Nîmes Garons Airport'''.<ref name="AIP" /> The airport serves the [[Provence]] region, including the [[communes of France|communes]] of Nîmes and [[Alès]] in the [[Gard]] [[departments of France|department]], the [[Camargue]] area and the [[Cévennes]].

It currently has some commercial services, operated by Irish carrier [[Ryanair]], as well as serving as a naval air base. The French navy (Marine Nationale) pulled out some years ago. Their former facilities are now used by the Armee de Terre. The Securite Civile flying base, formerly at Marseille (LFML), has moved to Garons.

==Facilities==
The airport is at an elevation of {{convert|309|ft|0}} above [[mean sea level]]. It has one paved [[runway]] designated 18/36 which measures {{convert|2443|x|45|m|0}}.<ref name="AIP" />

==Airlines and destinations==
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Nîmes–Alès–Camargue–Cévennes Airport:
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| [[Ryanair]] | [[Brussels South Charleroi Airport|Charleroi]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_778_778">{{Cite journal|author=<!-- not stated -->|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Nimes, France|date=August 2023|volume=25|issue=2|publisher=[[OAG (company)|OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited]]|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=778}}</ref> [[Fez Airport|Fes]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_778_778"/> [[Marrakesh Menara Airport|Marrakesh]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_778_778"/> [[Porto Airport|Porto]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sapo.pt/noticias/economia/ryanair-abre-18-novas-rotas-em-2023-no-porto-_63a2fe164dc61f4344f1319f | title=Ryanair abre 18 novas rotas em 2023 no Porto e em Faro devido a descida das taxas }}</ref><br>'''Seasonal:''' [[Dublin Airport|Dublin]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/ryanair-confirms-largest-dublin-airport-summer-schedule|title = Ryanair confirms largest Dublin airport summer schedule}}</ref> [[London Stansted Airport|London–Stansted]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230330-rkns23|title=Ryanair Moves Additional Routes to Ryanair UK in NS23|website=Aeroroutes}}</ref> 
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==Statistics==
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=FNI}}

== Controversy ==
In April 2012, the [[European Commission]] announced that it had launched an in-depth investigation into the financial arrangements that Nîmes Airport had with public authorities and [[Ryanair]]. The investigation would determine if public subsidies given to the airport, as well as rebates and marketing agreements with Ryanair, breached EU rules on state aid. The Commission announced that it would examine the following issues:<ref>[http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/400&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en European Commission Press Release: ''State aid: Commission opens in-depth investigation into potential state aid at Nîmes airport in France'']</ref>
* whether public subsidies of over €2 million and cash advances totalling over €9 million received by the Chamber of Commerce between 2000 and 2006 and public subsidies received by Veolia Transport since 2007 covered their ordinary operating expenses as airport operators, thereby giving them an undue economic advantage over competitors.
* whether agreements (such as marketing support contracts and discounts on airport charges) between the airport operators and Ryanair would have been contracted by a market economy investor and, if not, Ryanair would have been receiving an undue economic advantage that its competitors do not enjoy.
* whether part of the aid received by the airport operators had been passed on to Ryanair.

In response to the announcement, Ryanair maintained that its 'arrangements with all EU airports comply with competition rules'.<ref>[http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/f2f4b7ca-8ef1-11e1-ab32-00144feab49a.html#axzz1zAwjrA8C Financial Times: Brussels opens its 18th Ryanair probe]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Nîmes - Garons Airport}}
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.aeroport-nimes.fr Nimes Airport Website]
* {{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060617075707/http://frenchnavy.free.fr/naval_stations/nimes-garons/nimes-garons_fr.htm Personal site on the naval base]
* {{NWS-current|LFTW|LFTW – Nimes / Garons, France}}
* {{ASN|FNI|FNI / LFTW – Nîmes–Garons Airport}}

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