Nantes Airport in France
Nantes Atlantique Airport (IATA: NTE, ICAO: LFRS) (French: Aéroport Nantes
Atlantique, formerly known as Aéroport Château Bougon) is an international
airport serving Nantes, France. It is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southwest
of the city, in Bouguenais.
The airport is operated by the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Nantes.
It is currently the largest airport in the west of France, with a maximum
capacity of three million passengers a year. In 2011, the airport handled
3,246,226 passengers, an increase of 7.1% compared to 2010.
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Nantes airport owes its origins to a military airfield, conceived in 1928 on
part of the current site. In 1936/7 the Société Nationale de Constructions
Aéronautiques de l'Ouest opened an aircraft factory adjacent to the airfield,
initially building MB.210 bombers, followed by M.S.406 fighters and LeO 45
bombers. In 1939 the first paved runway was constructed, with a length of 900 m
(2,953 ft).
