Toulouse–Blagnac Airport is an international airport located 3.6 NM west northwest of Toulouse, partially in Blagnac, both communes of the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of France. In 2017, the airport served 9,264,611 passengers. As of April 2017, the airport featured flights to 74 destinations, mostly in Europe and Northern Africa with a few additional seasonal long-haul connections. Both Airbus and ATR manufacture aircraft at nearby facilities and test them from the airport. The airport covers 780 hectares (1,927 acres) of land.

Facilities

Terminal

The airport consists of one passenger terminal divided into four halls which provide 68 counters and 34 gates on 100,000 sqm floor space:

Runways

The airport is at an elevation of 499 ft above mean sea level. It has two asphalt-paved runways: 14R/32L is 3500 x and 14L/32R is 3000 x. A Concorde formerly operated by Air France with the registration F-BVFC is preserved at the Aeroscopia Museum near the airport. Airbus and ATR utilize runway 32L/14R for flight testing and delivery flights, while runway 32R/14L is used by commercial flights coming in to Toulouse (Airbus also uses this runway for formation flights). Also, the Airbus Delivery Center is on the runway 32L/14R side.

Ownership

Toulouse–Blagnac Airport SA is a limited liability company; the share capital is €148,000 and it has authority to operate the airport until 2046 under a franchise agreement awarded by the French government. The current CEO is Philippe Crébassa.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Toulouse:

Cargo

Access

Tram

Since April 2015, the T2 tram line connects Toulouse with the airport every 15 minutes. The tram connects with metro ligne A at Arènes and metro ligne B at Palais de Justice. It takes about 35 minutes with a change to go to the city center by tram.

Bus and coach

Shuttle buses to Toulouse city centre stop outside Hall B every 20 minutes. Faster than the tram, they take approximately 20 minutes to reach the city centre, stopping at Compans-Caffarelli and Jeanne d'Arc (both on Metro Line B), Jean Jaurès (Metro Line A and B) and at Toulouse-Matabiau railway station. Three daily coach services connect Toulouse–Blagnac Airport to Andorra, which does not have its own commercial airport.

Accidents and incidents