Nice Côte d'Azur Airport

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Nice Côte d'Azur Airport Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur
IATA: NCE ICAO: LFMN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Mundys
Operator	Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur (ACA)
Serves	Nice and Côte d'Azur (France and Monaco)
Focus city for	Air France easyJet
Elevation AMSL	4 m (13 ft)
Coordinates	43°39′55″N 007°12′54″E / 43.66528°N 7.21500°E / 43.66528; 7.21500
Website	en.nice.aeroport.fr
Map
NCE/LFMN Airport in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region Show map of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur NCE/LFMN NCE/LFMN (France) Show map of France
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04L/22R 2,570 8,432 Asphalt concrete 04R/22L 2,960 9,711 Asphalt concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface m ft H1 29.25 96 Asphaltic concrete H2 29.25 96 Asphaltic concrete
Statistics (2025)
Passengers 15,229,664 Passenger traffic change 3.2% Aircraft movements 172,949 Aircraft movements change 2.1%
Airport data from French AIP. French AIP at EUROCONTROL Statistics

Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (IATA: NCE, ICAO: LFMN) is an international airport located 3.2 NM (5.9 km; 3.7 mi) southwest of Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. It is the third busiest airport in France and serves as a focus city for Air France and an operating base for easyJet. In 2025, it handled 15.23 million passengers. The airport is positioned 7 km (4 mi) west of the city centre, and is the principal port of arrival for passengers to the Côte d'Azur.

Due to its proximity to Monaco, which is located 20 km (12 mi) away to the northeast, it also serves as that city-state's airport, with helicopter service linking the principality and airport. Some airlines market Monaco as a destination via Nice Airport.

Facilities

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Airlines and destinations

Statistics

Passengers per year

Year	Passengers	Change	Cargo (tons)	Change
2024	14,763,753	04.0%	16 035	046.0%
2023	14,189,965	017.1%	10 982	031.9%
2022	12,119,043	085.3%	8 326	062.8%
2021	6,540,424	042.8%	5 114	0108.0%
2020	4,580,459	068.4%	2 459	080.7%
2019	14,485,423	04.6%	12 737	019.1%
2018	13,850,561	04.1%	15 748	01.6%
2017	13,304,782	07.1%	16 001	06.3%
2016	12,427,511	03.4%	15 050	02.3%
2015	12,016,730	03.1%	15 403	07.7%
2014	11,660,208	00.9%	16 695	06.2%
2013	11,554,251	03.3%
2012	11,189,896	07.4%
2011	10,422,073	08.5%
2010	9,603,014	02.3%
2009	9,830,987	05.3%

Busiest international routes

Top 20 busiest international routes from/to Nice (2023)

Rank (2023)	Change from 2022	Airport	Passengers	Airline(s)
1		London–Heathrow	628,087	Air France, British Airways
2		London–Gatwick	580,221	Air France, British Airways, easyJet
3	1	Geneva	421,724	easyJet, Swiss International Air Lines
4	1	Amsterdam	410,738	easyJet, KLM, Transavia
5	1	Rome–Fiumicino	388,459	easyJet, ITA Airways, Wizz Air
6	3	Barcelona	291,247	easyJet, Vueling
7	1	Copenhagen	289,988	Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines
8	1	Frankfurt	280,787	Lufthansa
9		Brussels	275,713	Brussels Airlines, easyJet
10		Munich	251,096	Lufthansa
11		Zürich	242,244	Swiss International Air Lines
12	1	Lisbon	234,325	easyJet, TAP Air Portugal
13	1	Vienna	229,140	Austrian Airlines, Wizz Air
14	1	Dubai–International	228,132	Emirates
15	1	Stockholm–Arlanda	207,504	Eurowings, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines
16	2	Madrid	204,471	easyJet, Iberia
17		Basel/Mulhouse	194,910	easyJet
18		Oslo	188,449	Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines
19		Istanbul	188,408	Turkish Airlines
20		Tunis	183,429	Nouvelair, Transavia, Tunisair

Ground transportation

The airport is at the western end of the Promenade des Anglais. Since December 2018, Nice tramway line 2 connects the airport to the Port of Nice (Lympia Port) via the Grand Arénas interchange. Also located at this interchange, some 400 meters from the airport, is the train station Nice Saint Augustin. Trams run every 8 minutes during the day; a separate tramline runs from the airport to the western suburbs. Additionally, bus route 12 connects the airport with Promenade des Artes via the old town.

Société Naviplane Ferry

In 1969 an experimental and short-lived ferry service utilized two N.300 Naviplane hovercraft. The airport was connected to Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Monaco and San-Remo.

Accidents and incidents

• On 9 April 1949, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BATU of Air France overran the runway and was damaged beyond economic repair.
• On 3 March 1952, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BCUM of Air France crashed shortly after take-off; all 38 people on board died. The cause of the accident was that the aileron controls had jammed. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Nice to Orly Airport, Paris.
• On 11 September 1968, Air France Flight 1611 en route from Ajaccio, in the island of Corsica, to Nice, France crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off Nice; all 95 on board died. A memorial is located near the airport.^{[citation needed]}
• On 3 September 1979, Sterling Airways Flight 4133 an Aérospatiale Corvette (Registration: OY-SBS) crashed into the sea 1 km (0.62 mi) south of the airport on a flight from Coventry Airport to Nice. All 10 passengers and crew died in the crash.

See also

• List of the busiest airports in France

Notes

References

External links

Media related to Nice Côte d'Azur Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (official site)
• Aéroport de Nice – Côte d'Azur (Union des Aéroports Français) (in French)
• "Current weather for LFMN". NOAA/NWS.
• Accident history for NCE at Aviation Safety Network