Nice Côte d'Azur Airport

Due to its proximity to the Principality of Monaco, it also serves as the city-state's airport, with helicopter service linking the principality and airport. Some airlines market Monaco as a destination via Nice Airport.

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Facilities

The airport covers an area of over Шаблон:Convert, with Шаблон:Convert used by its two parallel runways and the two passenger terminals and freight terminal. The airport's theoretical capacity is 13 million passengers and 52 movements (26 landings) per hour. The two airport terminals are linked by courtesy shuttle buses that also connect the car parks with the terminals.

• Terminal 1 features 25 gates on a space of Шаблон:Convert. It features flights to domestic, Schengen and non-Schengen destinations and has a capacity of 4.5 million passengers per year. A business center is located at Terminal 1 containing eight rooms and a conference room with a capacity of 250 people.

• Terminal 2 is the newer and larger facility and has 29 gates on a space of Шаблон:Convert and is also equipped to handle flights to all destinations. It has a capacity of 8.5 million passengers per year.

• The separate freight terminal can handle up to 30,000 metric tons of freight per year.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

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Cargo

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Ground transportation

The airport is located on the western end of the Promenade des Anglais. Buses go between the airport and the Gare de Nice-Ville railway station (route 99) and Nice-Riquier railway station (route 98). The train station Nice-Saint-Augustin is near the airport (15 minutes by foot). Currently under development is a second Tram line that will connect the Airport to the center of Nice at Place Masséna.

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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 killing all 38 people on board. 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.

References

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External links

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• Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (official site)
• Aéroport de Nice – Côte d'Azur (Union des Aéroports Français)

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