Toulouse–Blagnac Airport
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Toulouse–Blagnac Airport (French: Aéroport de Toulouse–Blagnac) (IATA: TLS, ICAO: LFBO) is an international airport located 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) 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.[2] As of April 2017, the airport features flights to 74 destinations, mostly in Europe and Northern Africa with a few additional seasonal long-haul connections.[3]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Toulouse | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Toulouse | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Toulouse Métropole | ||||||||||||||
Location | Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, France | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 September 1939; 84 years ago (1939-09-01) | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | Airbus Industrie | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 497 ft / 151 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°38′06″N 001°22′04″E | ||||||||||||||
Website | toulouse.aeroport.fr | ||||||||||||||
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Both Airbus and ATR manufacture aircraft at nearby facilities and test them from the airport.