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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 2025, it handled 15.23 million 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.

AirporttypePublic
OwnerMundys
OperatorAéroports de la Côte d'Azur (ACA)
ServesNice and Côte d'Azur (France and Monaco)
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Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMundys
OperatorAéroports de la Côte d'Azur (ACA)
ServesNice and Côte d'Azur (France and Monaco)
Elevation AMSL4 m (13 ft)
Coordinates43°39′55″N 007°12′54″E
Websiteen.nice.aeroport.fr
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NCE/LFMN is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
NCE/LFMN
NCE/LFMN
Airport in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region
NCE/LFMN is located in France
NCE/LFMN
NCE/LFMN
NCE/LFMN (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 (2025)
Passengers15,229,664
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 3.2%
Aircraft movements172,949
Aircraft movements changeIncrease 2.1%
Airport data from French AIP.[1]
French AIP at EUROCONTROL[2]
Statistics[3]
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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

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]

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AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens[8]
Aer Lingus Dublin[9]
Seasonal: Cork[10]
airBaltic Riga,[11] Tallinn[12]
Seasonal: Vilnius[13]
Air Algérie Algiers,[14] Constantine[15]
Air Canada Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau,[16] Toronto–Pearson (begins 16 June 2027)[17]
Air Corsica Ajaccio,[18] Bastia,[18] Calvi,[18] Figari,[18] Florence[19]
Air France Lyon,[20] Paris–Charles de Gaulle[21]
Air Serbia Belgrade[22]
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau[16]
American Airlines Seasonal: New York–JFK (begins 7 May 2027),[23] Philadelphia[24]
Animawings Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni[25]
Austrian Airlines Vienna[26]
British Airways London–Heathrow[27]
Seasonal: London–City,[28] London–Gatwick,[29] London–Stansted[30]
Brussels Airlines Brussels[31]
Chalair Aviation Seasonal: Brive[32]
Delta Air Lines Seasonal: Atlanta,[33] Boston,[34] New York–JFK[35]
easyJet Agadir,[36] Amsterdam,[37] Athens,[36] Basel/Mulhouse,[citation needed] Berlin,[38] Bordeaux,[39] Bristol,[40] Brussels,[39] Edinburgh,[39] Geneva,[39] Lille,[39] Lisbon,[41] London–Gatwick,[42] London–Luton,[43] Lyon (begins 26 October 2026),[44] Madrid,[45] Manchester,[46] Marrakesh,[39] Nantes,[39] Naples,[47] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[48] Paris–Orly,[39] Porto,[citation needed] Prague,[36] Rabat,[49] Rennes,[39] Rome–Fiumicino,[50] Strasbourg,[51] Tenerife–South,[52][53] Toulouse,[39] Venice[54]
Seasonal: Alicante,[55] Bari,[56] Belfast–International,[39] Biarritz,[39] Birmingham,[57] Cagliari,[58] Chania,[39] Funchal,[59] Giza (begins 27 October 2026),[60] Ibiza,[39] Lamezia Terme,[61] Liverpool,[39] Málaga,[62] Malta,[36] Mykonos,[39] Newcastle upon Tyne,[63] Olbia,[64] Palermo,[65] Palma de Mallorca,[39] Rovaniemi,[66] Santorini[67]
El Al Seasonal: Tel Aviv[68]
Emirates Dubai–International[69]
Etihad Airways Seasonal: Abu Dhabi[70]
Eurowings Berlin,[71] Cologne/Bonn,[72] Düsseldorf,[73] Hamburg[74]
Seasonal: Prague,[75] Stuttgart[76]
Finnair Helsinki[77]
FlyOne Chișinău,[78] Yerevan[79]
Georgian Airways Tbilisi[80]
Gulf Air Seasonal: Bahrain,[81] Milan–Malpensa[82]
Iberia Madrid[83]
Seasonal: Ibiza,[84] Málaga,[85] Palma de Mallorca[86]
Icelandair Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík[87]
ITA Airways Rome–Fiumicino[88]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham,[89] Leeds/Bradford,[90] Manchester[91]
KLM Amsterdam[92]
Kuwait Airways Seasonal: Kuwait City[93]
La Compagnie Newark[94]
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin[95]
Lufthansa Frankfurt,[96] Munich[97]
Luxair Luxembourg[98]
Middle East Airlines Seasonal: Beirut[99]
Monacair Monaco[100][a]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Copenhagen,[101] Oslo,[102] Stockholm–Arlanda[103]
Seasonal: Aalborg,[citation needed] Bergen,[104] Billund,[105] Gothenburg,[106] Helsinki,[107] Stavanger,[108] Trondheim[109]
Nouvelair Monastir,[110] Tunis[111]
Seasonal: Djerba[112]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[113]
Qatar Airways Doha[114]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca[115]
Ryanair Dublin[39]
Seasonal: London–Stansted[116]
Saudia Seasonal: Riyadh[117]
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen,[118] Oslo,[119] Stockholm–Arlanda[120]
Seasonal: Gothenburg,[citation needed] Stavanger[108]
SkyUp Airlines Seasonal: Chișinău[121]
SmallFly Seasonal: Saint-Tropez[122]
Smartwings Prague[123]
Swiss International Air Lines Geneva,[124] Zürich[125]
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon[126]
TAROM Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni[127]
Transavia Paris–Orly,[128] Tunis[129]
Seasonal: Dakar–Diass,[130] Eindhoven,[131] Monastir[132]
Tunisair Djerba,[133] Monastir,[134] Tunis[135]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[136]
Twin Jet Toulouse[137]
Seasonal: Venice[138]
United Airlines Seasonal: Newark,[139] Washington–Dulles[140]
Volotea Bordeaux,[141] Brest,[142] Caen,[142] Lille,[143] Luxembourg,[142] Nantes,[144] Strasbourg[142]
Seasonal: Charleroi,[145] Venice[146]
Vueling Barcelona[147]
Seasonal: Seville[148]
Widerøe Seasonal: Sandefjord[149]
Wizz Air Belgrade,[150][151] Bucharest–Otopeni,[152] Budapest,[153] Chișinău,[154] Gdańsk,[155] Kraków,[156] Naples (begins 2 March 2027),[157] Rome–Fiumicino,[158][159][160] Sofia,[161] Vilnius,[162] Warsaw–Chopin,[163][164] Wrocław[165]
Seasonal: Bratislava,[166] Tirana[167][168]
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Cargo

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AirlinesDestinations
ASL Airlines France Marseille[169]
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Statistics

PassengersYear03,000,0006,000,0009,000,00012,000,00015,000,0001960197019801990200020102020PassengersAnnual passenger traffic
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Passengers per year[170]
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%
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Busiest domestic routes

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Top 10 busiest domestic routes from/to Nice (2023)[171]
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
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Busiest international routes

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Top 20 busiest international routes from/to Nice (2023)[171]
Rank (2023)Change
from
2022		AirportPassengersAirline(s)
1SteadyLondon–Heathrow 628,087Air France, British Airways
2SteadyLondon–Gatwick 580,221Air France, British Airways, easyJet
3Increase 1Geneva 421,724easyJet, Swiss International Air Lines
4Increase 1Amsterdam 410,738easyJet, KLM, Transavia
5Increase 1Rome–Fiumicino 388,459easyJet, ITA Airways, Wizz Air
6Decrease 3Barcelona 291,247easyJet, Vueling
7Increase 1Copenhagen 289,988Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines
8Decrease 1Frankfurt 280,787Lufthansa
9SteadyBrussels 275,713Brussels Airlines, easyJet
10SteadyMunich 251,096Lufthansa
11SteadyZürich 242,244Swiss International Air Lines
12Increase 1Lisbon 234,325easyJet, TAP Air Portugal
13Decrease 1Vienna 229,140Austrian Airlines, Wizz Air
14Increase 1Dubai–International 228,132Emirates
15Increase 1Stockholm–Arlanda 207,504Eurowings, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines
16Decrease 2Madrid 204,471easyJet, Iberia
17SteadyBasel/Mulhouse 194,910easyJet
18SteadyOslo 188,449Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines
19SteadyIstanbul188,408Turkish Airlines
20SteadyTunis 183,429Nouvelair, Transavia, Tunisair
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Ground transportation

The airport is at 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.[172] Trams run 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.[172]

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.[173]

Accidents and incidents

See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    by helicopter

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