Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport
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Nîmes–Alès–Camargue–Cévennes Airport Aéroport de Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes |
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
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SNC-Lavalin / Ministère de la Défense (FNF) |
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| Serves | Nîmes, Gard, France | ||||||||||
| Location | Saint-Gilles / Garons | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 309 ft / 94 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°45′27″N 004°24′59″E / 43.75750°N 4.41639°ECoordinates: 43°45′27″N 004°24′59″E / 43.75750°N 4.41639°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.nimes-aeroport.fr | ||||||||||
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 Location of Languedoc-Roussillon region in France |
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| Passengers | 207,553 |
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| Passenger Change 13-14 |
 6.3% |
Nîmes Airport or Nîmes–Alès–Camargue–Cévennes Airport (French: Aéroport de Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes) (IATA: FNI, ICAO: LFTW) is an airport located 9 km (4.9 NM) south-southeast of the city of Nîmes, in the village of Saint-Gilles near Garons. It is also known as Garons Airport or Nîmes Garons Airport. The airport serves the Provence region, including the communes of Nîmes and Alès in the Gard department, the Camargue area and the Cévennes.
It currently has some commercial services, operated by Irish carrier Ryanair, however it also serves as a naval air base.
The airport resides at an elevation of 309 feet (94 m) above mean sea level. It has one paved runway designated 18/36 which measures 2,443 by 45 metres (8,015 ft × 148 ft).
In April 2012, the European Commission announced that it had launched an in-depth investigation into the financial arrangements that Nîmes Airport had with public authorities and Ryanair. The investigation would determine if public subsidies given to the airport, as well as rebates and marketing agreements with Ryanair, breached EU rules on state aid. The Commission announced that it would examine the following issues:
In response to the announcement, Ryanair maintained that its 'arrangements with all EU airports comply with competition rules'.
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