Terminal 1Terminal 2Control towerThe airport with Nice seen in the background
The airport covers an area of over 3.70 km (1.43 sq mi) partially reclaimed from the sea, with 2.70 km (1.04 sq mi) used by its two parallel runways and the 14 passenger terminals and freight terminal. The airport's theoretical capacity is 14 million annual passengers and 52 movements (26 landings) per hour. Terminals 1 and 2 are linked by a tram service. The route stops at the airport and connects with the city centre via the "Jean Médecin" station, and with the port via the "Port Lympia" station. Buses that also connect the car parks with the terminals.
Terminal 1
Terminal 1 features 25 gates on a space of 52,000 m (560,000 sq ft). 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
Terminal 2 is the newer and larger facility and is equipped to handle flights to all destinations. There are 29 gates on a space of 57,800 m (622,000 sq ft). The terminal has a capacity of 8.5 million passengers per year.
Business Aviation Terminal
The Business Aviation Terminal, located next to Terminal 2, covers an area of 1,500 m (16,000 sq ft). Opened in 2010, this terminal contains the operations rooms, VIP lounges, crew lounges and offices of several business aviation companies.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Nice:
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Annual passenger traffic at NCE airport.
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Passengers per year
Year
Passengers
Change
2018
13,850,561
04.1%
2017
13,304,782
07.1%
2016
12,427,511
03.4%
2015
12,016,730
03.1%
2014
11,660,208
00.9%
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%
Ground transportation
The airport is located on 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 (where additionally the relocated regional train station Nice-Saint-Augustin is situated), replacing two former bus routes (98 and 99) to the airport. The tram runs every 8 minutes during the day. There's also tramway line 3 which 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, 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.
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