LYS
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport
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Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (IATA: LYS, ICAO: LFLL) is a large airport in Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. It opened on 20 Apr 1975. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,000 m (13,124 ft). In 2025 it handled 10.7 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1975–197520 APR 1975
OpenedLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap17R/35L175° / 355° · LIT
LENGTH4,000 m13,124 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
17L/35R175° / 355° · LIT
LENGTH2,670 m8,760 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–20258.4M
8.6M
9.5M
10.2M
11.0M
11.7M
3.5M
4.5M
8.5M
9.9M
10.4M
10.7M
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Routes
143 destinations · 45 countriesYear-round104
GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · Ethiopian Airlines97 km60 miMRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Air France255 km158 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Twin Jet283 km176 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Air France, easyJet285 km177 miLIGLimoges AirportFrance · Chalair Aviation304 km189 miSXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · Twin Jet367 km228 miTLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · Air France, easyJet376 km234 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia France392 km244 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France412 km256 miBODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · Air France, easyJet465 km289 miLRHLa Rochelle Île de Ré AirportFrance · easyJet488 km303 miBIABastia-Poretta International airportFrance · Air Corsica497 km309 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Twin Jet504 km313 miPUFPau Pyrénées AirportFrance · Air France, Twin Jet508 km316 miAJAAjaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airportFrance · Air Corsica517 km321 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Air France, easyJet, Volotea537 km334 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa544 km338 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · easyJet, Vueling549 km341 miLILLille AirportFrance · Air France558 km347 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · easyJet, Volotea565 km351 miCFRCaen Carpiquet airportFrance · Air France566 km352 miFSCFigari Sud-Corse AirportFrance · easyJet570 km354 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines577 km359 miBIQBiarritz Pays Basque airportFrance · Air France, easyJet580 km360 miRNSRennes-Saint-Jacques AirportFrance · Air France580 km360 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa585 km364 miAHOAlghero-Fertilia AirportItaly · Volotea623 km387 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings631 km392 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet717 km446 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · easyJet721 km448 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Air France, KLM732 km455 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways758 km471 miBESBrest Bretagne airportFrance · Air France780 km485 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet, Wizz Air791 km492 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Volotea829 km515 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · easyJet, Volotea838 km521 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines910 km565 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia, easyJet912 km567 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · easyJet918 km570 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Volotea946 km588 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · easyJet950 km590 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Volotea958 km595 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,000 km621 miBJASoummam–Abane Ramdane AirportAlgeria · Transavia France, Air Algérie1,002 km623 miAAEAnnaba Rabah Bitat AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie1,015 km631 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Transavia France, Air Algérie1,016 km631 miCZLMohamed Boudiaf International AirportAlgeria · Transavia France, Air Algérie1,059 km658 miQSFAin Arnat AirportAlgeria · Volotea, Air Algérie1,062 km660 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Transavia France, Tunisair1,076 km669 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · easyJet1,098 km682 miBLJBatna Mostefa Ben Boulaid AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie1,114 km692 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Aer Lingus1,182 km734 miTGDPodgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci AirbaseMontenegro · Air Montenegro1,190 km739 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,195 km743 miMIRMonastir Habib Bourguiba International AirportTunisia · Transavia France, Tunisair1,206 km749 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Transavia France, easyJet, Volotea1,215 km755 miBSKBiskra - Mohamed Khider AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie1,217 km756 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines, easyJet1,221 km759 miORNOran Es-Sénia (Ahmed Ben Bella) International AirportAlgeria · Transavia France, Air Algérie1,222 km759 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Wizz Air1,270 km789 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,281 km796 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Transavia France, easyJet, Volotea1,285 km798 miSVQSeville AirportSpain · easyJet1,297 km806 miTLMZenata – Messali El Hadj AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie1,313 km816 miPRNPriština Adem Jashari International AirportKosovo · easyJet1,317 km818 miOUDOujda Angads AirportMorocco · Transavia France1,353 km841 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines1,358 km844 miSKPSkopje International AirportNorth Macedonia · Wizz Air1,388 km862 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · easyJet, TAP Air Portugal1,399 km869 miDJEDjerba Zarzis International AirportTunisia · Transavia France, Nouvelair, Tunisair1,404 km872 miCLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,431 km889 miTNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · Air Arabia Maroc1,445 km898 miFAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Transavia France, easyJet1,455 km904 miSOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Wizz Air1,495 km929 miFEZFes Saïss International AirportMorocco · Transavia France, Air Arabia Maroc1,566 km973 miRBARabat-Salé AirportMorocco · easyJet1,641 km1,020 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,648 km1,024 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Transavia France, Air Arabia Maroc, Royal Air Maroc1,748 km1,086 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), easyJet, Volotea1,780 km1,106 miRMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · FlyOne1,828 km1,136 miRAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Transavia France, easyJet, Royal Air Maroc1,935 km1,202 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Transavia France, Turkish Airlines1,962 km1,219 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,023 km1,257 miAGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · Transavia France2,125 km1,320 miFNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · Transavia France, easyJet2,363 km1,468 miACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · easyJet, Volotea2,480 km1,541 miFUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Volotea2,539 km1,578 miASRKayseri Erkilet International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines2,601 km1,616 miLPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · easyJet, Volotea2,674 km1,662 miTFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · easyJet, Volotea2,735 km1,699 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Transavia France2,865 km1,780 miBEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportLebanon · Transavia France2,892 km1,797 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Transavia France, Sun d'Or International Airlines2,971 km1,846 miKUTDavid the Builder Kutaisi International AirportGeorgia · Wizz Air2,992 km1,859 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian3,072 km1,909 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · easyJet3,239 km2,013 miHRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · easyJet3,263 km2,028 miMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Transavia France3,881 km2,412 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Transavia France4,080 km2,535 miSIDAmílcar Cabral International AirportCape Verde · Transavia France4,139 km2,572 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates4,988 km3,099 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Transavia France4,997 km3,105 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines5,197 km3,229 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada, Air Transat5,866 km3,645 miSeasonal62
SXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · Volotea367 km228 miPISPoitiers-Biard AirportFrance · Volotea381 km237 miCLYCalvi Sainte Catherine AirportFrance · easyJet, Air Corsica462 km287 miBIABastia-Poretta International airportFrance · Transavia France, easyJet, Volotea497 km309 miAJAAjaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airportFrance · Transavia France, easyJet, Volotea517 km321 miFLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · Volotea527 km327 miFSCFigari Sud-Corse AirportFrance · Air France, easyJet, Volotea +1570 km354 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Air Dolomiti585 km364 miOLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · easyJet, Volotea645 km401 miMAHMenorca AirportSpain · Transavia France, easyJet, Volotea656 km408 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Transavia France, easyJet, Volotea713 km443 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air, British Airways717 km446 miSENLondon Southend AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet725 km450 miCAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · easyJet790 km491 miIBZIbiza AirportSpain · Transavia France, easyJet821 km510 miVLCValencia AirportSpain · Transavia France829 km515 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet851 km529 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Volotea912 km567 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Volotea918 km570 miSPUSplit Saint Jerome AirportCroatia · easyJet, Volotea, Croatia Airlines919 km571 miALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Volotea950 km590 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · easyJet958 km595 miQSRSalerno Costa d'Amalfi AirportItaly · Volotea977 km607 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,000 km621 miPMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · easyJet, Volotea1,068 km664 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · easyJet, Volotea1,070 km665 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Nouvelair1,076 km669 miDBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · easyJet1,107 km688 miBLLBillund AirportDenmark · Volotea1,149 km714 miBDSBrindisi AirportItaly · easyJet1,183 km735 miORKCork International AirportIreland · Aer Lingus1,202 km747 miMIRMonastir Habib Bourguiba International AirportTunisia · Nouvelair1,206 km749 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Transavia France, easyJet1,236 km768 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Transavia France1,270 km789 miSVQSeville AirportSpain · Transavia France1,297 km806 miMLAMalta International AirportMalta · KM Malta Airlines1,352 km840 miCFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · easyJet, Volotea1,387 km862 miTNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · easyJet1,445 km898 miFAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Volotea1,455 km904 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Transavia France1,767 km1,098 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Transavia France, Aegean Airlines1,780 km1,106 miJMKMykonos Island National AirportGreece · Transavia France1,913 km1,189 miRAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Volotea1,935 km1,202 miCHQChania International AirportGreece · Transavia France, easyJet1,960 km1,218 miJTRSantorini International AirportGreece · Transavia France1,991 km1,237 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · Transavia France1,993 km1,238 miESUEssaouira-Mogador AirportMorocco · easyJet2,039 km1,267 miHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Transavia France, Sky Express (Greece), easyJet +22,044 km1,270 miKGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"Greece · easyJet2,080 km1,292 miAGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · easyJet2,125 km1,320 miRHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Transavia France, Volotea2,178 km1,353 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Transavia France2,347 km1,458 miPFOPaphos International AirportCyprus · Transavia France2,610 km1,622 miRVNRovaniemi AirportFinland · easyJet2,620 km1,628 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · easyJet2,653 km1,648 miLPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Transavia France2,674 km1,662 miTFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Transavia France2,735 km1,699 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · Transavia France, FlyOne3,226 km2,005 miHRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Transavia France3,263 km2,028 miLXRLuxor International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo, easyJet3,315 km2,060 miDSSBlaise Diagne International AirportSenegal · Transavia France4,027 km2,502 miRAINelson Mandela International AirportCape Verde · Transavia France4,339 km2,696 miMost destinationseasyJet 62Transavia France 50Volotea 37Air France 14Wizz Air 9Air Algérie 9
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LYS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport” (revision of 8 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
5 channelsA/DLyon approach136.075
ATISATIS126.175
GNDGND121.825
PFLTPREFLIGHT121.650
TWRTWR120.450