Strasbourg Airport

Strasbourg Airport
Aéroport de Strasbourg
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Strasbourg, France
Location Entzheim
Elevation AMSL 505 ft / 154 m
Coordinates 48°32′31″N 07°38′04″E / 48.54194°N 7.63444°E / 48.54194; 7.63444Coordinates: 48°32′31″N 07°38′04″E / 48.54194°N 7.63444°E / 48.54194; 7.63444
Website strasbourg.aeroport.fr
Map
LFST
Airport in France
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 1,207,291
Passenger Change 16-17 Increase12.7%
Source: French AIP[1]

Strasbourg Airport (French: Aéroport de Strasbourg) (German: Straßburg Flughafen) (IATA: SXB, ICAO: LFST) is a minor international airport located in Entzheim and 10 km (6.2 miles) west-southwest of Strasbourg,[1] both communes of the Bas-Rhin département in the Alsace région of France. In 2014 the airport served 1,167,612 passengers.[2]

Decline in airport passenger traffic

There was a decline in traffic after Ryanair suspended service in 2004 after a court declared that the airline had received illegal subsidies from the airport.[3]

After the opening of the first phase of the new LGV Est high-speed rail line from Paris to Strasbourg, there was a significant[4] reduction in plane usage, but since 2011, traffic at the airport has grown. However, Air France ceased to operate the route between Strasbourg and Paris-Charles de Gaulle on 2 April 2013, transferring passengers onto rail services operated as tgvair.[5] The opening of the second phase of the LGV Est in July 2016 further reduced travel time to Paris to 1:48 by train.[6]

Facilities

Check-in hall
The Entzheim-Aéroport train station

The airport consists of a single two-storey passenger terminal building. The ground floor features the check-in areas as well as the arrivals facilities with three baggage claim belts. The upper floor contains the international and domestic departure lounges and gates.[7] The terminal is equipped with four gates that have jet-bridges as well as some walk-boarding stands.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Strasbourg Airport:[8]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens[9]
Air Arabia Maroc Fez
Air France Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Rennes, Toulouse
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Calvi, Toulon
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Czech Airlines Prague
Iberia Regional Madrid
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
Ryanair Porto
Seasonal: London-Stansted, Palma de Mallorca
SunExpress İzmir
Tassili Airlines Algiers, Constantine, Oran
Transavia FranceSeasonal: Marrakesh
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Agadir, Marrakesh[10]
Seasonal charter: Athens, Heraklion, Rhodes[11]
Tunisair Djerba, Tunis
Volotea Bordeaux, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia, Biarritz, Dubrovnik,[12] Figari, Olbia, Palermo

Ground transportation

The airport is served by the Entzheim-Aéroport train station. The trip to Gare de Strasbourg takes 7 to 12 minutes.[13]

Accidents and incidents

  • Air Inter Flight 148, a flight inbound from Lyon, France, struck a mountain side near Mont St.Odile on 20 January 1992 on descent during the final leg of the approach for Strasbourg's runway 05, killing 87 people.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 LFST – Strasbourg Entzheim. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 11 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Key Figures". strasbourg.aeroport.fr. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "USATODAY.com - Passenger traffic plunges at Strasbourg airport after Ryanair exit". usatoday30.usatoday.com.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Dès avril, Air France " volera " en TGV Est". Dna.fr.
  6. ↑ GmbH, DVV Media Group. "Frankreich: Letzte Gleislücke auf der LGV Est européenne verschweißt".
  7. ↑ strasbourg.aeroport.fr - Terminal map retrieved 30 July 2016
  8. ↑ strasbourg.airport.fr - Carte des destinations retrieved 2 July 2016
  9. ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Aegean Airlines S17 Athens operation changes as of 19OCT16".
  10. ↑ "Vols strasbourg - Billets d'avion strasbourg - TUI fly, avant Jetairfly". www.tuifly.be.
  11. ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "TUI Belgium outlines S17 new French / Italian routes".
  12. ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Volotea S17 New routes as of 14OCT16".
  13. ↑ "TER Alsace". ter.sncf.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "Rapport de la commission d'enquête sur l'accident survenu le 20 janvier 1992 près du Mont Sainte-Odile (Bas Rhin) à l'Airbus A 320 immatriculé F-GGED exploité par la compagnie Air Inter" (in French). Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
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