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Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport

ICAO LFBD44.8287°N 0.7154°W49 m / 162 ftLarge airport

Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (IATA: BOD, ICAO: LFBD) is a large airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It opened in 1917. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,100 m (10,171 ft). In 2025 it handled 5.9 million passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1917–1987

1917

OpenedBordeaux–Mérignac Airport opens.

24 SEP 1959

DisasterTAI Flight 307.54 killed

21 DEC 1987

DisasterAir Littoral Flight 1919.16 killed

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

05/23046° / 226° · LIT

LENGTH3,100 m10,171 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

11/29107° / 287° · LIT

LENGTH2,415 m7,923 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

4.9M

5.3M

5.7M

6.2M

6.8M

7.7M

2.3M

3.0M

5.7M

6.6M

6.6M

5.9M

141516171819202122232425

Routes

97 destinations · 34 countries

Year-round52

BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Volotea, Vueling453 km281 mi LYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Air France, easyJet465 km289 mi BESBrest Bretagne airportFrance · Chalair Aviation492 km306 mi MRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · easyJet, Transavia498 km309 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France527 km327 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia536 km333 mi GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet554 km344 mi VLCValencia AirportSpain · Volotea594 km369 mi NCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea645 km401 mi LILLille AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea699 km434 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet, British Airways704 km437 mi BSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet704 km437 mi BRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet744 km462 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · easyJet744 km462 mi SXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · Volotea758 km471 mi OPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · easyJet, Transavia760 km472 mi BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · easyJet, Transavia778 km483 mi LTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet, Wizz Air784 km487 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa905 km562 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM924 km574 mi SVQSeville AirportSpain · Volotea, Transavia931 km578 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet954 km593 mi FLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · Volotea954 km593 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · easyJet, Volotea961 km597 mi ALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Volotea, Air Algérie963 km598 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · easyJet968 km601 mi ORNOran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International AirportAlgeria · Volotea, Air Algérie1,024 km636 mi VCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Volotea, Wizz Air1,026 km638 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · Aer Lingus1,037 km644 mi FAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · easyJet1,060 km659 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · easyJet, Volotea, Wizz Air1,100 km684 mi TNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · Air Arabia1,103 km685 mi FEZFes Saïss International AirportMorocco · Air Arabia1,266 km787 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · easyJet1,266 km787 mi TUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Nouvelair, Tunisair1,276 km793 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · easyJet1,297 km806 mi RBARabat-Salé AirportMorocco · easyJet1,305 km811 mi PMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Volotea1,364 km848 mi CMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc1,404 km872 mi CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines1,526 km948 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · easyJet1,562 km971 mi DJEDjerba Zarzis International AirportTunisia · Nouvelair1,565 km972 mi RAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · easyJet, Transavia, Royal Air Maroc1,602 km995 mi ESUEssaouira-Mogador AirportMorocco · easyJet1,684 km1,046 mi AGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · easyJet, Transavia1,783 km1,108 mi ACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · easyJet2,100 km1,305 mi OTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Wizz Air2,110 km1,311 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · easyJet, Volotea2,185 km1,358 mi LPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · easyJet2,284 km1,419 mi TFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · easyJet, Volotea2,335 km1,451 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Transavia, Turkish Airlines2,412 km1,499 mi YULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Transat5,518 km3,429 mi

Seasonal58

MPLMontpellier-Méditerranée AirportFrance · Volotea398 km247 mi MRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Volotea498 km309 mi JERJersey AirportJersey · Loganair500 km311 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Volotea536 km333 mi TLNToulon-Hyères AirportFrance · Transavia582 km362 mi NCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Air France645 km401 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · easyJet, Volotea652 km405 mi IBZIbiza AirportSpain · easyJet684 km425 mi MAHMenorca AirportSpain · easyJet, Volotea685 km426 mi ALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Volotea728 km452 mi CRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Volotea736 km457 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair747 km464 mi BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines778 km483 mi CLYCalvi Sainte Catherine AirportFrance · Volotea806 km501 mi AJAAjaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airportFrance · Volotea834 km518 mi BHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet851 km529 mi BIABastia-Poretta International airportFrance · easyJet, Volotea858 km533 mi EINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Transavia863 km536 mi AHOAlghero-Fertilia AirportItaly · Volotea870 km541 mi FSCFigari Sud-Corse AirportFrance · Volotea877 km545 mi VRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Volotea912 km567 mi OLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · easyJet, Volotea941 km585 mi ORKCork International AirportIreland · Aer Lingus968 km601 mi CAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · easyJet1,016 km631 mi MUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa1,031 km641 mi FAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Transavia1,060 km659 mi BFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,161 km721 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,251 km777 mi GLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,255 km780 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Volotea1,266 km787 mi BERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · easyJet1,336 km830 mi SPUSplit Saint Jerome AirportCroatia · Volotea1,362 km846 mi PMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · easyJet1,364 km848 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · easyJet1,370 km851 mi BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Volotea1,476 km917 mi CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,526 km948 mi DBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · easyJet, Volotea1,543 km959 mi CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · easyJet1,550 km963 mi RAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Volotea1,602 km995 mi MLAMalta International AirportMalta · Volotea1,626 km1,010 mi TIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Transavia1,697 km1,054 mi AGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · Volotea1,783 km1,108 mi CFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · easyJet, Volotea1,790 km1,112 mi OSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,880 km1,168 mi FNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · easyJet1,932 km1,200 mi ACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Volotea2,100 km1,305 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines2,185 km1,358 mi LPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Transavia2,284 km1,419 mi HERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · easyJet, Volotea, Aegean Airlines2,428 km1,509 mi VILDakhla AirportWestern Sahara · Transavia2,722 km1,691 mi RVNRovaniemi AirportFinland · easyJet2,886 km1,793 mi CAICairo International AirportEgypt · Transavia3,242 km2,014 mi HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · easyJet, Transavia3,632 km2,257 mi DSSBlaise Diagne International AirportSenegal · Transavia3,690 km2,293 mi SIDAmílcar Cabral International AirportCape Verde · Transavia3,750 km2,330 mi BVCAristides Pereira International AirportCape Verde · Transavia3,806 km2,365 mi PTPMaryse Condé International AirportGuadeloupe · Corsair International6,453 km4,010 mi FDFMartinique Aimé Césaire International AirportMartinique · Corsair International6,540 km4,064 mi

Most destinationseasyJet 48Volotea 39Transavia 18Wizz Air 4Air France 3Lufthansa 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BOD. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport” (revision of 22 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers5.9M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#305of 3,974 · #87 Europe · #10 FR Longest runway3,100 m10,171 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=930of 29,823 · =126 Europe · =12 FR Elevation49 m162 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,910of 43,341 · =4,532 Europe · #1,031 FR AgeOpened 19172026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=136of 15,079 · =114 Europe · #22 FR Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =25 FR

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels

APPAQUITAINE APP118.600

ARRAPP121.200

ATISATIS131.150

GNDGND121.900

INFOAQUITAINE INFO120.575

OPSOPNS143.175

TWRTWR118.300