Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport
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The Metz- Nancy- Lorraine (French Aéroport Metz Nancy Lorraine ) Lorraine Airport is the largest and is located in the municipalities Goin Liéhon and Vigny area, 25 km south of Metz, 35 km north of Nancy.
The IATA code of the airport is ETZ. The ICAO code is LFJL. Owner of the airport Metz -Nancy- Lorraine is the Lorraine region. The administration was entrusted to the chambers of commerce Metz and Nancy.
History
Today's airport between the two major cities in the east of Lorraine was opened only in 1991. He substituted for the regular civil air transport, the two smaller and each very close to the city airports Metz- Nancy- Essey Frescaty and, both, however, were subsequently used in flying. However, the history of flying in space Metz -Nancy began to German time.
Metz- Frescaty
Main article: Military Airfield Metz- Frescaty
Nancy- Essey Airport
The first location of an aerodrome from Nancy was located three kilometers north- east of the city in Malzéville. Today's gliding site was originally set up as a military airfield. The site, however, was judged by the French armed forces in the 1920s as too small and the new location in the south of Essey- lès -Nancy, three kilometers east of Nancy, was opened in 1926. The civilian flight operations by air mail by Air Bleu Paris Le Bourget and Strasbourg, began in the mid 1930s, which should, however, remain a short episode. From 1936 here there was also a flight school of the Armée de l'air. Between 1940 and 1944, the German Luftwaffe took advantage of the space that was repeated in these years target of Allied air raids.
In the decades after the Second World War, the French Army Aviation légère de l' armée de Terre took advantage of the space that had no jetflugtaugliche start and runway. Today ( 2013) is here a brigade, the brigade 4e Aéromobile de Nancy, which is subordinated to the first combat helicopter regiment in Phalsboug.
The regular passenger air transport also began in the 1950s, he was stopped in 1991 with the opening of the new joint airport.
Approach
By car: From Metz is 30 min, 35 min from Nancy.
Freight
Camp on 3600m ², main freight customer is the DHL France.