Nice Côte d'Azur Airport is an international airport located southwest Some airlines market Monaco as a destination via Nice Airport.
Facilities
thumb|Terminal 1
thumb|Terminal 2
thumb|Control tower
thumb|The airport with [[Nice seen in the background]]
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
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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Nice:
Cargo
Statistics
{| class="wikitable"
|+Passengers per year
|-
! Year
! Passengers
! Change
!Cargo (tons)
!Change
|-
|2024
|14,763,753
|4.0%
| 16 035
|46.0%
|-
|2023
|14,189,965
|17.1%
| 10 982
|31.9%
|-
|2022
|12,119,043
|85.3%
| 8 326
|62.8%
|-
|2021
|6,540,424
|42.8%
| 5 114
|108.0%
|-
|2020
|4,580,459
|68.4%
| 2 459
|80.7%
|-
|2019
|14,485,423
|4.6%
| 12 737
|19.1%
|-
| 2018
| 13,850,561
|4.1%
| 15 748
|1.6%
|-
| 2017
| 13,304,782
|7.1%
| 16 001
|6.3%
|-
| 2016
| 12,427,511
|3.4%
| 15 050
|2.3%
|-
| 2015
| 12,016,730
|3.1%
| 15 403
|7.7%
|-
| 2014
| 11,660,208
|0.9%
| 16 695
|6.2%
|-
| 2013
| 11,554,251
|3.3%
|
|
|-
| 2012
| 11,189,896
|7.4%
|
|
|-
| 2011
| 10,422,073
|8.5%
|
|
|-
| 2010
| 9,603,014
|2.3%
|
|
|-
|2009
| 9,830,987
|5.3%
|
|
|}
Busiest domestic routes
{| class="wikitable" width=align=
|+ Top 10 busiest domestic routes from/to Nice (2023)
|-
! 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
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;"
|+ Top 20 busiest international routes from/to Nice (2023)
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.
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.
- 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.
- 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 south of the airport on a flight from Coventry Airport to Nice. All 10 passengers and crew died in the crash.
See also
- List of the busiest airports in France
Notes
References
External links
- Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (official site)
- Aéroport de Nice – Côte d'Azur (Union des Aéroports Français)
- Accident history for NCE at Aviation Safety Network