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Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is an international airport located Script error: No such module "convert". southwest[1] 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 Script error: No such module "convert". west of the city centre, and is the principal port of arrival for passengers to the Côte d'Azur.

Due to its proximity to Monaco, which is located Script error: No such module "convert". away to the northeast, it also serves as that city-state's airport, with helicopter service linking the principality and airport.[2] Some airlines market Monaco as a destination via Nice Airport.[3]

Facilities

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Terminal 1
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Terminal 2
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Control tower
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The airport with Nice seen in the background

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Terminal 1

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Terminal 2

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Business Aviation Terminal

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Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Nice:[5] Template:Airport-dest-list

Cargo

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Statistics

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Passengers per year
Year Passengers Change Cargo (tons) Change
2024 14,763,753 Increase4.0% 16 035 Increase46.0%
2023 14,189,965 Increase17.1% 10 982 Increase31.9%
2022 12,119,043 Increase85.3% 8 326 Increase62.8%
2021 6,540,424 Increase42.8% 5 114 Increase108.0%
2020 4,580,459 Decrease68.4% 2 459 Decrease80.7%
2019 14,485,423 Increase4.6% 12 737 Decrease19.1%
2018 13,850,561 Increase4.1% 15 748 Decrease1.6%
2017 13,304,782 Increase7.1% 16 001 Increase6.3%
2016 12,427,511 Increase3.4% 15 050 Decrease2.3%
2015 12,016,730 Increase3.1% 15 403 Decrease7.7%
2014 11,660,208 Increase0.9% 16 695 Decrease6.2%
2013 11,554,251 Increase3.3%
2012 11,189,896 Increase7.4%
2011 10,422,073 Increase8.5%
2010 9,603,014 Decrease2.3%
2009 9,830,987 Decrease5.3%

Busiest domestic routes

Top 10 busiest domestic routes from/to Nice (2023)[7]
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)[8]
Rank (2023) Change (v.2022) Airport Passengers Airline(s)
1 Steady

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628 087

Air France, British Airways

2 Steady

Template:Flagicon London–Gatwick

580 221

Air France, British Airways, easyJet

3 Increase 1

Template:Flagicon Geneva

421 724

easyJet, Swiss International Air Lines

4 Increase 1

Template:Flagicon Amsterdam

410 738

easyJet, KLM, Transavia

5 Increase 1

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388 459

easyJet, ITA Airways, Wizz Air

6 Decrease 3

Template:Flagicon Barcelona

291 247

easyJet, Vueling

7 Increase 1

Template:Flagicon Copenhagen

289 988

Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines

8 Decrease 1

Template:Flagicon Frankfurt

280 787

Lufthansa

9 Steady

Template:Flagicon Brussels

275 713

Brussels Airlines, easyJet

10 Steady

Template:Flagicon Munich

251 096

Lufthansa

11 Steady

Template:Flagicon Zürich

242 244

Swiss International Air Lines

12 Increase 1

Template:Flagicon Lisbon

234 325

easyJet, TAP Air Portugal

13 Decrease 1

Template:Flagicon Vienna

229 140

Austrian Airlines, Wizz Air

14 Increase 1

Template:Flagicon Dubai–International

228 132

Emirates

15 Increase 1

Template:Flagicon Stockholm–Arlanda

207 504

Eurowings, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines

16 Decrease 2

Template:Flagicon Madrid

204 471

easyJet, Iberia

17 Steady

Template:Flagicon Basel/Mulhouse

194 910

easyJet

18 Steady

Template:Flagicon Oslo

188 449

Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines

19 Steady

Template:Flagicon Istanbul

188 408

Turkish Airlines

20 Steady

Template:Flagicon 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.[9] 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.[9]

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.[10]

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.[11]
  • 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.[12]
  • 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 Script error: No such module "convert". south of the airport on a flight from Coventry Airport to Nice. All 10 passengers and crew died in the crash.[13]
  • On 21 September 2025, Nouvelair flight BJ-586 (Airbus A320-214 with registration TS-INP) was cleared to land on Nice's runway 04L but lined up for runway 04R and closely overflew EasyJet flight U2-4706 (Airbus A320-214 with registration OE-IJZ) which had been cleared to line up for takeoff on 04R.[14]

See also

Notes

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References

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