Lille Airport
Airport in Lesquin, France
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Lille Airport[1] (French: Aéroport de Lille[1]) (IATA: LIL[3], ICAO: LFQQ[2]) is an airport located in Lesquin, 7 km (4 mi) south-southeast of Lille,[2] a city in northern France. It is also known as Lille-Lesquin Airport or Lesquin Airport. Lille is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the capital of the Hauts-de-France region and the prefecture of the Nord department. The airport is 15 minutes from the city centre of Lille.[clarification needed]
Lille Airport Aéroport de Lille | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Socièté de gestion de l'aéroport de la région de Lille (SOGAREL) | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Lille, France | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Lesquin, France | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 157 ft / 48 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°33′48″N 003°05′13″E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | lille.aeroport.fr | ||||||||||||||
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| Sources: Airport,[1] French AIP[2] | |||||||||||||||
It is the 12th busiest French airport by number of passengers: around 970,000 in 2001 and 1,397,637 in 2012.[4] In terms of cargo, it ranks fourth, with almost 38,000 tonnes passing through each year.[citation needed]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Lille Airport:[5]
Statistics
Ground transportation
There is a shuttle bus between the airport and Lille Flandres railway station.