Nice Côte d'Azur Airport

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Nice Airport (IATA: NCE, ICAO: LFMN; French Aéroport Nice Côte d' Azur) is an international airport, 7 km west of Nice on the Côte d' Azur. He is to Paris -Charles de Gaulle and Paris -Orly of France's third largest airport and manufactured in 2009 close to 10 million passengers.

Operation

The largest part of the area of the southern runway was reclaimed through land reclamation and embankments of the comparatively shallow Baie des Anges ( Bay of Angels ). Unusually for an airport of this size is the challenging landing approach, which takes place in visual flight conditions initially above the sea at right angles to the runway, only about 800 meters before the start of the runway turn the machines on the localizer one. Just when you start about four seconds a 90 - degree bend flown after takeoff in climb towards the open sea, to keep the noise pollution for residents as low as possible.

Terminal building

The airport has two terminals 1 and 2

Airlines and destinations

Nice airport is connected with numerous French and European destinations. In addition, there are a few long-distance connections, among others from Delta to New York and Emirates to Dubai. From the German-speaking Nice is served by Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Air Berlin, Easyjet, German Wings, NIKI, SkyWork and Intersky, including from Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Munich, Vienna and Zurich.

Approach

By car the airport via the Autoroute A8 is (La Provençale ) to reach. The airport is directly 1 km away from the exit, right on the famous Promenade des Anglais.

You can also pass through a regular bus public transport to the city center of Nice, or to the airport. A development by the tram is planned for 2013.

The station is the airport closest to Nice St Augustin about 800 meters from Terminal 1.

This can be from Terminal 1 (free shuttle from Terminal 2 ) walk only through an underpass under the Promenade des Anglais, then through the commercial center Porte de l' Arenas.

S-Bahn trains like in the direction of Nice or Cannes in the direction of driving during the day from the pitch of no more than 30 minutes.

Furthermore, there is a compound helicopter. The flights to Cannes and St Tropez are offered by means of a helicopter. Regular shuttle flights connect the airport with the Héliport de Monaco.