Marseille Provence Airport

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Marseille Provence Airport (French: Aéroport Marseille-Provence; Occitan: Aeroport de Marselha-Provença; IATA: MRS, ICAO: LFML) is an international airport located 27 kilometres (17 mi) northwest of Marseille,[2] on the territory of Marignane, both communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. The airport's hinterland goes from Gap to Arles and from Toulon to Avignon.

AirporttypePublic
OperatorMarseille Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry
ServesMarseille
LocationMarignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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Marseille Provence Airport
Aéroport Marseille-Provence
Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) Y-14
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMarseille Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry
ServesMarseille
LocationMarignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Opened22 October 1922; 103 years ago (1922-10-22)
Air France
Operating base for
Ryanair
Elevation AMSL70 ft (21 m)
Coordinates43°26′12″N 05°12′54″E
Websitemarseille-airport.com
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MRS/LFML is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
MRS/LFML
MRS/LFML
Airport in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region
MRS/LFML is located in France
MRS/LFML
MRS/LFML
MRS/LFML (France)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13L/31R 3,500 11,483 Asphalt
13R/31L 2,370 7,776 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers10,800,254
Passenger change 22-23Increase18.1%
Freight (tons)56,132
Sources: French [1]
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History

Aerial view
Check-in hall
Apron view

Formerly known as Marseille–Marignane Airport, it has been managed since 1934 by the Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI).[3]

In the 1920s and 1930s, Marignane was one of France's main points of operation for flying boats. It even briefly served as a terminal for Pan American World Airways Clipper flying boats.[4] Other flying boat operators were Aéropostale and Air Union, the latter moving over from Antibes in 1931. Marignane was also a production site for hydroplanes by Lioré et Olivier.[citation needed]

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry describes turning back to Marignane airport with a fuel leak in chapter 8 of Wind, Sand and Stars, before setting out again for Tunis, and the fateful event that informed his later description of the crash-landing in his best-known book, The Little Prince.

In September 2006, the airport opened its new terminal MP2 for low-cost airlines. In 2013, the airport expanded its shopping and dining options with 30 new shops and restaurants, including the first Burger King restaurant in France since 1997.[5][6]

On 17 June 2024, the new Terminal 1 at Marseille Provence Airport was inaugurated, with about 22,000 square metres of new construction added and 28,000 square metres of existing terminal renovated, including Halls A and B.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Marseille Provence Airport:

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AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens[7]
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin
Air Algérie Algiers, Annaba, Batna, Béjaïa, Chlef, Constantine, Jijel, Oran
Seasonal: Tlemcen[8]
Air Arabia Fes[9]
Air Corsica Ajaccio,[10] Bastia,[10] Calvi,[10] Figari[10]
Air France Lyon,[11] Paris–Charles de Gaulle[12]
Air Transat Montréal–Trudeau[13][14]
Seasonal: Québec City[15]
Austrian Airlines Vienna[16][17]
British Airways London–Heathrow[18]
Brussels Airlines Brussels[19]
Corsair International Dzaoudzi, Mauritius, Saint-Denis de la Réunion
easyJet Bordeaux,[20] London–Gatwick[21]
Seasonal: Bristol[22]
El Al Tel Aviv
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa[23][24]
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf[25]
Flynas Jeddah[26]
Iberia Madrid[27]
ITA Airways Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino[28]
KLM Amsterdam[29]
Korean Air Seasonal charter: Seoul–Incheon[30]
Lufthansa Frankfurt,[31] Munich[31]
Nouvelair Djerba, Monastir,[32] Tunis[33]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[34]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca,[35] Marrakesh,[36] Rabat[37][38]
Ryanair[39] Agadir,[20] Alicante,[20] Bergamo,[20] Bologna,[20] Bucharest–Otopeni,[20] Budapest,[20] Catania,[20] Charleroi,[20] Dublin,[20] Eindhoven,[20] Essaouira,[20] Fès,[20] Kraków,[20] La Rochelle,[40] Lille,[20] Lisbon,[20] London–Stansted,[41] Madrid,[20] Málaga,[20] Malta,[20] Marrakesh,[20] Nador,[20] Nantes,[20] Ouarzazate,[20] Oujda,[20] Palermo,[20] Porto,[42] Prague,[20] Rabat,[20] Rome–Fiumicino,[20] Seville,[20] Stockholm–Arlanda,[43] Tangier,[20] Tétouan,[20] Tirana,[44] Valencia,[20] Vienna,[20] Wrocław[45]
Seasonal: Amman–Queen Alia,[46] Bari,[20] Bristol,[47] Chania,[20] Corfu,[20] Dubrovnik,[48] Edinburgh,[20] Faro,[49] Ibiza,[20] Manchester,[20] Menorca,[20] Naples,[49] Palma de Mallorca,[20] Shannon,[40][49] Tours,[49] Treviso,[50][51] Venice,[20] Zadar[20]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen[52]
Shanghai Airlines Casablanca,[53] Shanghai–Pudong[54]
Sky Express Seasonal: Heraklion[55][56]
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich[57][58]
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon[59]
Transavia Athens[60] Beirut, Brest,[61] Cairo,[62] Dakar–Diass,[63] Djerba,[64] Hurghada,[65] Jeddah,[66] Medina,[66] Nantes,[67][68] Paris–Orly,[69] Seville,[70] Tel Aviv (resumes 8 September 2026),[71] Tunis[72]
Seasonal: Annaba,[73] Antalya,[74] Biarritz,[74][75] Funchal,[64] Heraklion,[74] Larnaca,[76] Marrakesh,[75] Praia,[77] Sal,[78]
Yerevan[79]
Tunisair Djerba, Monastir, Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[80]
Twin Jet Biarritz[81]
Volotea Athens,[82] Algiers,[83] Caen,[82] Constantine, Fuerteventura, Oran, Rennes,[82] Strasbourg,[82] Tlemcen, Venice[82]
Seasonal: Barcelona,[84] Bordeaux,[85] Brest,[86] Copenhagen,[82][87] Dubrovnik,[82] Gran Canaria,[88] Heraklion,[82] Lanzarote,[89] Menorca,[82] Murcia, Olbia,[90][91] Palma de Mallorca,[82] Salerno,[92] Santorini,[93] Split,[82] Tenerife–South[94]
Vueling Barcelona[95]
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Cargo

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AirlinesDestinations
ASL Airlines France[96] Ajaccio, Bastia, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Rennes
UPS Airlines[97] Cologne/Bonn
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Statistics

It is the fifth busiest French airport by passenger traffic and third largest for cargo traffic.[98] In 2012, the airport achieved the fourth highest European passenger traffic growth, at 12.7% with 8,295,479 passengers.[99] Marseille Provence Airport serves as a focus city for Air France. In summer 2013, the airport served 132 regular destinations, the largest offer in France after the Parisian airports.[100]

PassengersYear3,000,0004,000,0005,000,0006,000,0007,000,0008,000,0009,000,00010,000,00011,000,000198019902000201020202030PassengersAnnual passenger traffic

Ground transportation

The airport is served by the Vitrolles Marseille Provence Airport rail station on the TER network. A public bus runs between the airport and the station.

Other facilities

Accidents and incidents

  • On 4 February 1948, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BATK of Air France was damaged beyond economical repair.[103]
  • On 30 July 1950, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BCUI of Air France was damaged beyond economic repair when its undercarriage collapsed on landing.[104]
  • On 6 February 1989, Inter Cargo Service Flight 3132, operated by Vickers Vanguard F-GEJE, crashed on takeoff. Three crew died; no passengers were on board.[105]
  • On 26 December 1994, Air France Flight 8969, with 236 people aboard, arrived in Marseille after being hijacked by four young men of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) at Houari Boumediene Airport in Algiers, Algeria, two days prior. After 15 hours on the ground and a breakdown in negotiations, the French special forces GIGN stormed the aircraft. In the ensuing firefight, all four hijackers were killed while three crew, 13 passengers, and 9 GIGN operatives were injured. The Airbus A300B2-1C F-GBEC was written off.[citation needed]

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