Airports by country · FR
Airports in France
In short
France has 46 airports with scheduled passenger service in OurAirports data: 17 classified as large and 29 as medium.
The nearest to the capital, Paris, is Paris-Orly Airport (ORY), 16 km (10 mi) from the city centre.
Occitanie has the most airports of any region (9).
Source: OurAirports data retrieved 2026-10-18; capital location from Natural Earth.
Data updated
At a glance
- Airports with scheduled service
- 46
- Large (OurAirports class)
- 17
- Medium (OurAirports class)
- 29
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Key findings
With 46 airports with scheduled passenger service, France ranks 12th of the 233 countries and territories in OurAirports data.
How we calculated this: Rank of countries by count of dataset airports.
The highest is Aurillac airport (AUR) at 2,096 ft (639 m) above sea level.
How we calculated this: Maximum OurAirports field elevation within the country.
The longest runway is at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG): 13,829 ft (4,215 m).
How we calculated this: Maximum OurAirports runway length within the country.
Occitanie has the most of them: 9 of 46, across 13 regions with airports.
How we calculated this: Count of dataset airports by OurAirports region (ISO 3166-2).
The airport nearest to central Paris, the capital, is Paris-Orly Airport (ORY), 16 km (10 mi) away.
How we calculated this: Nearest dataset airport to the Natural Earth capital point.
Airports by region
| Airport | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MPLMontpellier-Méditerranée AirportMontpellier/Méditerranée | Large | 2,600 m | 5 m |
| TLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportToulouse/Blagnac | Large | 3,500 m | 152 m |
| BZRBéziers Vias airportBéziers | Medium | 1,820 m | 17 m |
| CCFCarcassonne Salvaza AirportCarcassonne | Medium | 2,050 m | 132 m |
| DCMCastres Mazamet AirportCastres | Medium | 1,825 m | 240 m |
| FNINîmes-Arles-Camargue AirportNîmes/Garons | Medium | 2,440 m | 94 m |
| PGFPerpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) AirportPerpignan/Rivesaltes | Medium | 2,500 m | 44 m |
| RDZRodez–Aveyron AirportRodez/Marcillac | Medium | 2,040 m | 582 m |
| LDETarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées AirportTarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées | Medium | 3,000 m | 384 m |
| Airport | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportBordeaux | Large | 3,100 m | 49 m |
| EGCBergerac Dordogne-Périgord airportBergerac | Medium | 2,205 m | 52 m |
| BIQBiarritz Pays Basque airportBiarritz | Medium | 2,250 m | 75 m |
| BVEBrive Souillac airportBrive | Medium | 2,100 m | 310 m |
| LRHLa Rochelle Île de Ré AirportLa Rochelle | Medium | 2,255 m | 23 m |
| LIGLimoges AirportLimoges/Bellegarde | Medium | 2,500 m | 396 m |
| PUFPau Pyrénées AirportPau/Pyrénées (Uzein) | Medium | 2,500 m | 188 m |
| PISPoitiers-Biard AirportPoitiers/Biard | Medium | 2,350 m | 129 m |
| Airport | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFEClermont-Ferrand Auvergne airportClermont-Ferrand | Large | 3,013 m | 332 m |
| LYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportColombier-Saugnieu, Rhône | Large | 4,000 m | 250 m |
| NCYAnnecy Meythet airportAnnecy | Medium | 1,630 m | 464 m |
| AURAurillac airportAurillac | Medium | 1,700 m | 639 m |
| CMFChambéry Aix les Bains airportChambéry | Medium | 2,020 m | 237 m |
| GNBGrenoble Alpes Isère AirportGrenoble | Medium | 3,050 m | 397 m |
| Airport | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIABastia-Poretta International airportBastia | Large | 2,519 m | 8 m |
| FSCFigari Sud-Corse AirportFigari | Large | 2,480 m | 26 m |
| AJAAjaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airportAjaccio | Medium | 2,407 m | 5 m |
| CLYCalvi Sainte Catherine AirportCalvi | Medium | 2,310 m | 64 m |
| Airport | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgBâle / Mulhouse | Large | 3,900 m | 270 m |
| SXBStrasbourg AirportStrasbourg | Large | 2,400 m | 154 m |
| XCRChalons Vatry airportChalons en Champagne | Medium | 3,860 m | 179 m |
| ETZMetz-Nancy-Lorraine AirportGoin | Medium | 2,500 m | 265 m |
| Airport | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRSMarseille Provence AirportMarignane, Bouches-du-Rhône | Large | 3,500 m | 23 m |
| NCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportNice, Alpes-Maritimes | Large | 2,963 m | 4 m |
| AVNAvignon Caumont airportAvignon | Medium | 1,880 m | 38 m |
| TLNToulon-Hyères AirportHyères, Var | Medium | 2,120 m | 2 m |
| Airport | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESBrest Bretagne airportBrest | Large | 3,100 m | 99 m |
| RNSRennes-Saint-Jacques AirportSaint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, Ille-et-Vilaine | Medium | 2,100 m | 38 m |
| Airport | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BVABeauvais-Tillé airportBeauvais | Large | 2,430 m | 109 m |
| LILLille AirportLesquin | Large | 2,825 m | 48 m |
| Airport | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) | Large | 4,215 m | 119 m |
| ORYParis-Orly AirportParis (Orly, Val-de-Marne) | Large | 3,650 m | 89 m |
| Airport | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFRCaen Carpiquet airportCaen | Medium | 1,900 m | 78 m |
| DOLDeauville Normandie airportDeauville | Medium | 2,550 m | 146 m |
| Airport | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DLEDole Tavaux AirportDole | Medium | 2,231 m | 197 m |
| Airport | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TUFTours Val de Loire AirportTours, Indre-et-Loire | Medium | 2,404 m | 109 m |
| Airport | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTENantes Atlantique AirportNantes | Large | 2,900 m | 27 m |
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