Toulouse-Blagnac Airport

Toulouse-Blagnac Airport is the principal airport for Toulouse and the Occitanie region of southwest France, located in Blagnac 4 mi (6 km) northwest of central Toulouse. TLS handles 127 routes to 89 destinations flown by 35 airlines. Beyond its passenger role, TLS is arguably the most important industrial airport in Europe: the airport shares its site with Airbus's global headquarters and the primary A320, A350, and A330neo final-assembly lines, and it handles the frequent Beluga XL outsize-cargo operations between Airbus's European production sites as well as A380 final-assembly movements before that program wound down. TLS is widely considered the aviation capital of continental Europe in industrial terms, and the airport's runways are used interchangeably for commercial, test, and delivery operations. Air France operates its most important southwest-French base at TLS, with substantial daily frequencies on the Paris Orly and Charles de Gaulle shuttle and regional routes to Lyon, Bordeaux, Nice, Marseille, Nantes, and Strasbourg. easyJet operates a base at TLS. Other major carriers include Volotea, Transavia, Ryanair, Vueling, Wizz Air, British Airways, Iberia, Lufthansa, KLM, Turkish Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, Tunisair, Air Algérie, Emirates (daily A350 to Dubai), and a rotation of leisure charter operators. The direct Emirates service is a notable marker of the airport's international and business importance, complementing the corporate air-shuttle traffic generated by Airbus. The airfield sits at 499 ft (152 m) elevation with two parallel asphalt runways: 14R/32L at 11,483 ft (3,500 m) and 14L/32R at 9,843 ft (3,000 m). The main 14R runway is long enough to support any aircraft type and was central to A380 flight testing in the 2000s. Three passenger halls (Hall A, B/C combined, and D) handle commercial traffic, with a dedicated corporate and general-aviation terminal serving the airport's substantial business-jet and Airbus-customer-delivery operation. The Aeroscopia aviation museum sits adjacent to the airfield and reflects Toulouse's centrality to European aerospace history.