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Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes · France · Europe/Paris

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2Runways

9,721Longest (ft)

12Elevation (ft)

88Route Records

48Airline Records

UTC+1Timezone

45Mapped Stands

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Route Intelligence

47Well Connected

Shortest route

MCMMonaco Heliport18 km

TransHolding System

Longest route

JFKJohn F. Kennedy International Airport6,406.9 km

Delta Air Lines

Nearest international

MCMMonaco Heliport18 km

TransHolding System

Longest international

JFKJohn F. Kennedy International Airport6,406.9 km

Air France

Longest domestic

BESBrest Bretagne airport1,042.2 km

Airlinair

Airport Connectivity Score

47/100

Well Connected

Destinations served88 destinations

Airline diversity48 airlines

Haul mix coverage3 of 4 distance categories

Calculated from destination count, airline diversity, and haul-mix coverage. More signals (customs/border access, ground handling capacity) will be added as the dataset grows.

Runways

04L/22R8,622 ftAsphaltLIT

04R/22L9,721 ftAsphaltLIT

Haul Mix

short-haul

medium-haul

long-haul

Geographic Context

Nearest airport

CEQCannes Mandelieu Airport24.3 km

Nearest same country

CEQCannes Mandelieu Airport24.3 km

Nearest international

CUFCuneo International Airport104.1 km

Farthest airport

CHTInia William Tuuta Memorial Airport19,718.9 km

Within 500 km: 82 airportsWithin 1,000 km: 284 airportsWithin 2,000 km: 642 airports

10 Nearest Airports

1CEQCannes Mandelieu Airport24.3 kmM

2CUFCuneo International Airport104.1 kmM

3TLNToulon-Hyères Airport106.6 kmM

4CTTLe Castellet Airport124 kmM

5GOAGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport154.6 kmL

6MRSMarseille Provence Airport163.3 kmL

7TRNTurin Airport174.9 kmL

8CLYCalvi Sainte Catherine Airport179.2 kmM

9AVNAvignon Caumont airport187.8 kmM

10BIABastia-Poretta International airport221.4 kmL

ATC Frequencies4

A/DNICE APP124.175 MHz

ATISNICE ATIS129.6 MHz

GNDNICE GND121.775 MHz

TWRNICE TWR118.7 MHz

Top Aircraft Types

320

319

73H

AT7

321

738

CR7

E90

73W

ER4

Sample Routes

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MCMMonaco Heliport18 km

short-haulTransHolding System

CLYCalvi Sainte Catherine Airport179.2 km

short-haulAir FranceCS

BIABastia-Poretta International airport221.4 km

short-haulAir FranceCS

LGWLondon Gatwick Airport1,000.9 km

short-haulBritish Airways

LCYLondon City Airport1,023.5 km

short-haulBritish AirwaysCS

SOUSouthampton Airport1,035.5 km

short-haulAir FranceCS

DXBDubai International Airport4,784.6 km

long-haulEmirates

YULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport6,129 km

long-haulAir Transat

Airline Records in Dataset48

EIAer Lingus

SUAeroflot Russian Airlines

AHAir Algerie

BTAir Baltic

ABAir Berlin

AFAir France

TSAir Transat

A5Airlinair

AZAlitalia

AAAmerican Airlines

OSAustrian Airlines

B2Belavia Belarusian Airlines

BABritish Airways

SNBrussels Airlines

XKCorse-Mediterranee

OKCzech Airlines

DLDelta Air Lines

EKEmirates

OVEstonian Air

AYFinnair

BEFlybe

4UGermanwings

IBIberia Airlines

6HIsrair

LSJet2.com

KLKLM Royal Dutch Airlines

LOLOT Polish Airlines

LHLufthansa Cargo

LGLuxair

ZBMonarch Airlines

HGNiki

DYNorwegian Air Shuttle

ATRoyal Air Maroc

FRRyanair

SKScandinavian Airlines System

LXSwiss International Air Lines

TPTAP Portugal

ROTarom

YOTransHolding System

HVTransavia Holland

+8 more

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Dining & Drinks

Riviera Flavours

Fast Riviera Eats

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External Links

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Data: OurAirports

Airport HistoryEst. 1946

Nice's airport grew from an early-20th-century aviation field into France's third-busiest airport, behind only the two Paris hubs, and the principal gateway to the French Riviera and Monaco. Commercial operations were formalized after World War II, with the field officially opening to civil traffic in 1946 and taking its current name in 1955. Much of its runway infrastructure, including a second runway added in 1983, was built on land reclaimed 'Dutch style' from the Mediterranean Sea. The airport is majority-owned through a concession by Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur (ACA), part of the Mundys (formerly Atlantia) infrastructure group following a 2016 privatization of French regional airport concessions.

✦Part of the airport's runway system sits on land reclaimed from the Mediterranean, similar to Dutch land-reclamation techniques.

✦Nice serves as the de facto airport for Monaco, connected by a roughly seven-minute helicopter shuttle.

✦It was the first French airport to achieve Level 3+ Airport Carbon Accreditation, in 2016.

✦EasyJet is by far the airport's largest carrier, reflecting the Riviera's heavy leisure and second-home travel market.

1910

First aviation event

An early air show near Nice drew an estimated 100,000 spectators, marking the start of organized aviation activity in the area.

1940

First runway built

A grass runway roughly one kilometer long was constructed, followed by a hardened runway to support commercial aviation.

1946

Officially opens to commercial traffic

The field, then known as Nice-Le Var Airport, formally opened for scheduled civil air traffic, with Air France launching a Paris-Marseille-Nice route the year before.

1955

Renamed Nice Côte d'Azur

The airport adopted the name it still carries today, reflecting its role serving the French Riviera.

1983

Second runway opens on reclaimed land

A 3,200-meter second runway was built largely on land reclaimed from the Mediterranean Sea, substantially expanding capacity.

2016

Concession privatized

The French state sold a majority stake in the airport's operating concession to a consortium led by Atlantia (now Mundys), forming Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur.

2024

Record passenger year

The airport handled a record 14.76 million passengers, cementing its position as France's third-busiest airport.

Operator

Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Nice Côte d'Azur1946 – 2016Operated the airport under a state concession for most of its history.

Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur (ACA)2016 – presentMajority-owned by the Mundys group (formerly Atlantia/Aeroporti di Roma) since the 2016 privatization of the operating concession.

Compiled from Wikipedia (history section is limited) and secondary sources including Blue Valet and Simple Flying; passenger and ranking figures for 2024-2025 are time-sensitive.