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Nantes (NTE)
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| Time zone: |
GMT 1 |
| Country: |
France (FR) |
| Latitude / Longitude: |
47°9'24"N / 1°36'28"W |
| Alternative spelling: |
Château Bougon |
| Service telephone: |
+33 (0) 2 40 84 80 00 |
Access to public transport: |
The airport is located on the national road D85, 115 km southwest of Nantes. |
| Address: |
Aéroport Nantes-Atlantique, 44346 Bouguenais Cedex, France |
Passengers: |
2,423,700 |
| Operating Company: |
Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Nantes |
Take-off and landing: |
0 |
| Parking spaces: |
yes; short and longterm car parks. |
Stations: |
There is a daily shuttle bus service with the operator TAN. The journey to Nantes main station with the SNCF and the TGV Atlantique takes 20 minutes. |
| Altitude of runway: |
27 m |
Length of runway: |
2900 m |
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Nearby cities:
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Nantes (8 km), Angers (87 km)
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Operating airlines:
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Air France, Alitalia Linee Aeree Italiane, Royal Air Maroc, Ryanair, Airlinair, KLM, Corsair, British Airways
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Alternative airports:
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Ile D'Yeu (IDY) 77 km, Rennes (RNS) 102 km, Angers (ANE) 108 km, La Rochelle (LRH) 113 km, Lorient (LRT) 153 km, Poitiers Biard (PIS) 159 km |
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Description:
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The international Aéroport Nantes Atlantique, also known under its former name Aéroport Château Bougon, is in the west French Département de la Loire-Atlantique, near the small town of Bouguenais, neighbouring on Nantes. It is the largest airport in the region Pays de la Loire.
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Location:
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The airport is about 15 km south -west of the city centre, directly behind the motorway ring N/D 844 on the Peripherie Ouest. The way to the airport is signposted behind the turn off to the D85. The airport shuttle buses of the company TAN Air Shuttle, whose departure and arrival times are timed to correspond with the times of leaving and arriving flights, provides daily services (with the exception of Sundays) to the southern exit of the main railway station between 6 am and 11 pm. The journey to Terminal 1 takes about 20 minutes. Another possibility is to travel to the airport by bus using the bus service 37, which also stops at the exit of Terminal 1. This runs from Mondays to Saturdays directly to the city. From here, there are further connections to the local transport network.
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History:
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Destinations:
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Currently there are 12 different airlines operating flights from Nantes to 56 destinations worldwide, and in the summer months, during the holiday season, an additional 50 charter flights. Regular flights are, for instance, provided by Air France, e.g. to Montpellier, Paris or Strasbourg; Atlas Blue, flying to Marrakech; Iberia to Madrid; Tunisair to Tunis and the Irish low cost airline Ryanair, flying to Nantes, Dublin and London-Stansted.
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