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Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport

ICAO LFMN43.6584°N 7.2159°E4 m / 12 ftLarge airport

Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (IATA: NCE, ICAO: LFMN) is a large airport in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France. It opened in 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,963 m (9,721 ft). In 2025 it handled 15.2 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1944–1944

1944

OpenedNice-Côte d'Azur Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

04R/22L045° / 225° · LIT

LENGTH2,963 m9,721 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

04L/22R045° / 225° · LIT

LENGTH2,628 m8,622 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

11.7M

12.0M

12.4M

13.3M

13.8M

14.5M

4.6M

6.5M

12.1M

14.2M

14.8M

15.2M

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Routes

134 destinations · 49 countries

Year-round78

MCMMonaco HeliportMonaco · Monacair18 km11 mi CLYCalvi Sainte Catherine AirportFrance · Air Corsica179 km111 mi BIABastia-Poretta International airportFrance · Air Corsica221 km137 mi AJAAjaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airportFrance · Air Corsica232 km144 mi FSCFigari Sud-Corse AirportFrance · Air Corsica285 km177 mi LYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Air France, easyJet285 km177 mi GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet300 km186 mi FLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · Air Corsica321 km199 mi BSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet439 km273 mi VCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · easyJet456 km283 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways, easyJet, Wizz Air460 km286 mi TLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · easyJet, Twin Jet471 km293 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling496 km308 mi SXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea544 km338 mi MUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa630 km391 mi BODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea645 km401 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · easyJet, Wizz Air658 km409 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Volotea, Luxair668 km415 mi ORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · easyJet, Transavia676 km420 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, easyJet694 km431 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa715 km444 mi NTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea790 km491 mi TUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Nouvelair, Transavia, Tunisair799 km496 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings801 km498 mi CZLMohamed Boudiaf International AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie822 km511 mi LILLille AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea828 km514 mi BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines, easyJet831 km516 mi ALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie845 km525 mi RNSRennes-Saint-Jacques AirportFrance · easyJet848 km527 mi DUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings849 km528 mi CFRCaen Carpiquet airportFrance · Volotea849 km528 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines876 km544 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings, easyJet893 km555 mi MIRMonastir Habib Bourguiba International AirportTunisia · Nouvelair, Tunisair929 km577 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia, easyJet957 km595 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM, easyJet979 km608 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,001 km622 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Wizz Air1,026 km638 mi LHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways1,041 km647 mi BESBrest Bretagne airportFrance · Volotea1,042 km647 mi BEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Wizz Air, Air Serbia1,050 km652 mi LTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,074 km667 mi BERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Eurowings, easyJet1,074 km667 mi WROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,100 km684 mi HAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings1,127 km700 mi DJEDjerba Zarzis International AirportTunisia · Tunisair1,131 km703 mi BRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,135 km705 mi KRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,190 km739 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,282 km797 mi SOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Wizz Air1,316 km818 mi OPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · easyJet1,329 km826 mi CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,385 km861 mi WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air1,390 km864 mi GDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Wizz Air1,443 km897 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair, Aer Lingus1,467 km912 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · easyJet, TAP Air Portugal1,468 km912 mi OTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,508 km937 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · easyJet, Aegean Airlines1,542 km958 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,560 km969 mi RBARabat-Salé AirportMorocco · easyJet1,610 km1,000 mi CMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc1,718 km1,068 mi RMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · FlyOne, Wizz Air1,731 km1,076 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines1,780 km1,106 mi VNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · Wizz Air1,784 km1,109 mi SAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines1,838 km1,142 mi OSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,857 km1,154 mi RIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic1,885 km1,171 mi RAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · easyJet1,891 km1,175 mi ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,920 km1,193 mi AGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · easyJet2,085 km1,296 mi TLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · AirBaltic2,120 km1,317 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair2,200 km1,367 mi TFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · easyJet2,741 km1,703 mi TBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · Georgian Airways3,067 km1,906 mi EVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · FlyOne3,076 km1,911 mi DOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways4,486 km2,787 mi DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates4,785 km2,973 mi EWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · La Compagnie6,432 km3,997 mi

Seasonal66

MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Gulf Air250 km155 mi OLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · easyJet361 km224 mi VCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Volotea, Twin Jet456 km283 mi BVEBrive Souillac airportFrance · Chalair Aviation481 km299 mi CAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · easyJet513 km319 mi STRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings580 km360 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Iberia, easyJet589 km366 mi BIQBiarritz Pays Basque airportFrance · easyJet704 km437 mi IBZIbiza AirportSpain · Iberia, easyJet722 km449 mi PMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · easyJet784 km487 mi CRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Volotea785 km488 mi BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · easyJet832 km517 mi EINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Transavia877 km545 mi ALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · easyJet884 km549 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Eurowings893 km555 mi SUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · easyJet920 km572 mi BTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Wizz Air921 km572 mi MIRMonastir Habib Bourguiba International AirportTunisia · Transavia929 km577 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways1,001 km622 mi LCYLondon City AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways1,023 km636 mi STNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, British Airways1,052 km654 mi TIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Wizz Air1,053 km654 mi MLAMalta International AirportMalta · easyJet1,067 km663 mi DJEDjerba Zarzis International AirportTunisia · Nouvelair1,131 km703 mi BHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet1,181 km734 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Iberia, easyJet1,260 km783 mi MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,282 km797 mi LPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,304 km810 mi SVQSeville AirportSpain · Vueling1,305 km811 mi LBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com1,306 km812 mi BLLBillund AirportDenmark · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,351 km839 mi NCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,418 km881 mi ORKCork International AirportIreland · Aer Lingus1,480 km920 mi AALAalborg AirportDenmark · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,505 km935 mi OTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · TAROM, Animawings1,508 km937 mi BFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,560 km969 mi GOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,597 km992 mi JMKMykonos Island National AirportGreece · easyJet1,676 km1,041 mi SVGStavanger Airport, SolaNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,696 km1,054 mi CHQChania International AirportGreece · easyJet1,704 km1,059 mi RMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · SkyUp1,731 km1,076 mi TRFSandefjord Airport, TorpNorway · Widerøe1,739 km1,081 mi JTRSantorini International AirportGreece · easyJet1,747 km1,086 mi VNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · AirBaltic1,784 km1,109 mi BGOBergen Airport, FleslandNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,855 km1,153 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Norwegian Air Shuttle2,200 km1,367 mi TRDTrondheim Airport, VærnesNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle2,214 km1,376 mi FNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · easyJet2,412 km1,499 mi SPXSphinx International AirportEgypt · easyJet2,574 km1,599 mi BEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportLebanon · Middle East Airlines - Air Liban2,668 km1,658 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.2,735 km1,699 mi RVNRovaniemi AirportFinland · easyJet2,783 km1,729 mi KEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Icelandair2,936 km1,824 mi KWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Kuwait Airways3,934 km2,444 mi DSSBlaise Diagne International AirportSenegal · Transavia3,962 km2,462 mi RUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia4,126 km2,564 mi BAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Gulf Air4,341 km2,697 mi AUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways4,783 km2,972 mi BOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines6,110 km3,797 mi YULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada, Air Transat6,129 km3,808 mi JFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, American Airlines6,407 km3,981 mi EWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines6,432 km3,997 mi PHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Airlines6,557 km4,074 mi YYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada6,631 km4,120 mi IADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines6,773 km4,209 mi ATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines7,626 km4,739 mi

Cargo1

MRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · ASL Airlines France163 km101 mi

Most destinationseasyJet 52Wizz Air 14Norwegian Air Shuttle 10Volotea 9Eurowings 6Air Corsica 5

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from NCE. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Nice Côte d'Azur Airport” (revision of 19 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

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

Passengers15.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#148of 3,974 · #40 Europe · #3 FR Longest runway2,963 m9,721 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,464of 29,823 · #228 Europe · #19 FR Elevation4 m12 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,167of 43,341 · =5,699 Europe · =1,149 FR AgeOpened 19442026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,300of 15,079 · =702 Europe · =83 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

4 channels

A/DNICE APP124.175

ATISNICE ATIS129.600

GNDNICE GND121.775

TWRNICE TWR118.700