Strasbourg Airport

Strasbourg Airport (French: Aéroport de Strasbourg; German: Straßburg Flughafen; Alsatian: D'r Strossburi(g) Flughàfa) (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 2018 the airport served 1,297,177 passengers.[3]

Strasbourg Airport

Aéroport de Strasbourg
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesStrasbourg, France
LocationEntzheim
Elevation AMSL505 ft / 154 m
Coordinates48°32′31″N 07°38′04″E
Websitestrasbourg.aeroport.fr
Map
LFST
Airport in France
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers1,297,177
Passenger traffic change 7.4%
Source: French AIP,[1] Aeroport.fr[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.[4]

After the opening of the first phase of the new LGV Est high-speed rail line from Paris to Strasbourg, there was a significant[5] 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.[6] The opening of the second phase of the LGV Est in July 2016 further reduced travel time to Paris to 1:48 by train.[7]

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.[8] 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:[9]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Arabia Maroc Fez
Air France Amsterdam
Seasonal: Figari, Toulon (both begin 20 June 2020)[10]
Air France Hop Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Rennes, Toulouse
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Calvi, Pau, Perpignan[11]
Arkia Seasonal: Tel Aviv[12]
ASL Airlines France Seasonal: Oujda
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Iberia Regional Madrid
Israir Airlines Seasonal: Tel Aviv[13]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham (begins 13 December 2020), Leeds/Bradford (begins 6 December 2020), Newcastle upon Tyne (begins 29 November 2020)[14]
Lufthansa Munich[15]
Nouvelair Seasonal: Tunis[16]
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
SunExpress Izmir, Kayseri
Tassili Airlines Algiers, Constantine
Seasonal: Oran
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Agadir, Marrakesh[17]
Seasonal charter: Athens, Heraklion, Rhodes[18]
Tunisair Djerba, Tunis
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul[19]
Twin Jet Lille
Volotea Bordeaux, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse
Seasonal: Ajaccio, Athens, Barcelona,[20] Bastia, Biarritz (begins 6 July 2020),[21] Corfu, Dubrovnik,[22] Figari, Lanzarote,[23] Marrakesh,[23] Olbia, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca[20]

Ground transportation

The airport is served by the Entzheim-Aéroport train station. The trip to Gare de Strasbourg takes 7 to 12 minutes.[24]

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.[25]

References
  1. LFST – Strasbourg Entzheim. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 18 June 2020.
  2. "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. "Transports. Près de 1,3 million de passagers en 2018 à Strasbourg-Entzheim". www.dna.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. "USATODAY.com - Passenger traffic plunges at Strasbourg airport after Ryanair exit". usatoday30.usatoday.com.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Dès avril, Air France " volera " en TGV Est". Dna.fr.
  7. GmbH, DVV Media Group. "Frankreich: Letzte Gleislücke auf der LGV Est européenne verschweißt".
  8. strasbourg.aeroport.fr - Terminal map retrieved 30 July 2016
  9. strasbourg.airport.fr - Carte des destinations retrieved 2 July 2016
  10. Liu, Jim. "Air France S20 Short-Haul Network additions as of 28JAN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  11. Liu, Jim. "HOP! adds seasonal domestic routes in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  12. "Arkia plans Strasbourg seasonal service in 3Q19". routesonline.com. 9 November 2018.
  13. "TEL AVIV - Aéroport de Strasbourg".
  14. https://www.jet2.com/timetable
  15. Liu, Jim. "Lufthansa schedules additional Munich routes in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  16. Liu, Jim (22 October 2019). "Nouvelair Tunisie schedules new regular routes in S20". routesonline.com.
  17. "Vols strasbourg - Billets d'avion strasbourg - TUI fly, avant Jetairfly". www.tuifly.be.
  18. 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "TUI Belgium outlines S17 new French / Italian routes".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. "Turkish Airlines schedules Strasbourg launch in late-May 2019".
  20. Liu, Jim. "Volotea S20 network additions as of 10OCT19". Routesonline. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  21. Liu, Jim. "Volotea outlines post-COVID 19 network expansion in S20". Routesonline. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  22. 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Volotea S17 New routes as of 14OCT16".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  23. Liu, Jim. "Volotea W19 Network adjustment as of 15JUL19". Routesonline. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  24. "TER Alsace". ter.sncf.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  25. "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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