Retained scope
multi-gateway national network
France has 15 retained large/medium airport records (15 large, 0 medium) across 1 IANA zone.
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Country airport index
This page lists 15 retained airport records in our curated France airport catalog with IATA and ICAO codes, city names, and local timezone information. Airport records come from OurAirports and timezone rules come from the IANA database. Click any airport for coordinates, elevation, the current local time, and nearby airports.
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. This airport index is reviewed as a curated reference surface. It does not claim complete aviation coverage for France; it lists 15 retained airport records (15 large airports) across Europe/Paris.
Coverage note. This is an airport-reference index for timezone and travel planning. It focuses on retained large and medium airport records with usable codes and coordinates, not every runway, heliport, closed facility, or local landing strip. Airport service levels, terminal operations, route availability, and codes can change; verify with the airport, airline, NOTAM, or official aviation source before travel.
Country airport evidence
This page is classified as a multi-gateway national network. The evidence score comes from static source coverage: codes, airport facts, official domains, city-clock handoffs, IANA zones, operational facts, and country dossiers where present.
Retained scope
multi-gateway national network
France has 15 retained large/medium airport records (15 large, 0 medium) across 1 IANA zone.
Code and entity coverage
15 IATA, 15 ICAO
15 retained records have airport-facts rows; 15 cite official airport domains and 15 carry Wikidata entity links.
Traffic and operation facts
5 passenger rows
5 records quote passenger-volume facts; 35 runway counts are aggregated where quoted; 15 records carry scheduled-service flags.
Timezone pattern
single airport-timezone cluster
The retained airport set resolves to one dominant local-clock pattern, but each airport still stores its own IANA identifier for DST-safe calculations.
Verification boundary
61 source URLs
Visible source hosts include brest.aeroport.bzh, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org, ourairports.com, bordeaux.aeroport.fr, euroairport.com, aeroportparisbeauvais.com, aeroportsdeparis.fr. These support identity and static facts, not live routes, terminal assignments, NOTAMs, or airline schedules.
Editorial status
manual dossier attached
Manual dossier sources are attached for country-level aviation context; point-in-time statements still defer to the linked authorities.
Source hosts seen in retained airport facts
Traveler planning patterns
Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE) is the first retained airport to check for France; then scan the 15 large and 0 medium records for regional alternates.
The retained airport set behaves like a single local-clock cluster, but the airport-specific IANA zone still matters around DST transitions and imported calendar events.
7 airport records link onward to vetted city-time pages, so a code lookup can become a local-clock, daylight, holiday, and meeting-time check.
15 retained records carry a scheduled-service flag, but route availability, airline service, terminals, and disruption notices are not live here.
France has a holiday country page on this site, so use it alongside airport time checks for closures, public-holiday pressure, and ground-service planning.
5 retained airports quote passenger-volume facts. Airports without a quoted figure are not ranked by traffic on this page.
Airport coverage patterns
Country aviation profile
These numbers aggregate the curated airport-facts file across this country’s retained records. Missing fields mean the curation file does not quote that figure; they are not zero-imputed.
International gateways
2
Records flagged with an international-gateway role label.
Scheduled service
15 / 15
Records with the OurAirports “scheduled service” flag set.
Runway records
35
Sum of curated runway counts where the facts file quotes a number.
Curated passenger coverage
5 / 15
Aggregated curated annual volume: 30.9 million.
Hub airline tags
Gateway evidence matrix
The rows below show why the top airport records are useful beyond a country list: role labels, code identity, timezone, scheduled-service flags, passenger/runway facts where quoted, and the source hosts that back static airport identity.
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes · NCE · Europe/Paris
OurAirports classifies NCE as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
Operations
scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 9,721 ft / 2,963 m; passengers 15.23 million passengers (2025)
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 20 coverage signals
Toulouse/Blagnac · TLS · Europe/Paris
Toulouse–Blagnac Airport is an international airport located 3.6 nautical miles west northwest of Toulouse, partially in Blagnac, both communes of the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of France.
Operations
scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 11,483 ft / 3,500 m; passengers 9,264,611 passengers
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals
Beauvais · BVA · Europe/Paris
OurAirports classifies BVA as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
Operations
scheduled service; 3 runways; longest runway 7,972 ft / 2,430 m; passengers 3,997,856 passengers
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 20 coverage signals
Strasbourg · SXB · Europe/Paris
Strasbourg Airport is a minor international airport located in Entzheim and 10 km west-southwest of Strasbourg, both communes of the Bas-Rhin département in the Alsace région of France.
Operations
scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 7,874 ft / 2,400 m; passengers 1,297,177 passengers
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals
Clermont-Ferrand · CFE · Europe/Paris
It is located 6.8 km east of the city, in Aulnat, both communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne region of France, in the middle of France.
Operations
scheduled service; 3 runways; longest runway 9,885 ft / 3,013 m; passengers 1,090,417 passengers
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals
Bordeaux · BOD · Europe/Paris
It is situated in the commune of Mérignac, 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Bordeaux, within the département of the Gironde.
Operations
scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 10,171 ft / 3,100 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals
Brest · BES · Europe/Paris
It is located in the commune of Guipavas and 10.2 km northeast of Brest, within the département of Finistère.
Operations
scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 10,171 ft / 3,100 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 16 coverage signals
Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) · CDG · Europe/Paris
The airport opened in 1974 and is located in Roissy-en-France, 23 km (14 mi) northeast of the city centre of Paris.
Operations
scheduled service; 4 runways; 3 passenger terminals terminals; longest runway 13,829 ft / 4,215 m
Source signals
official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 5 source labels; 25 coverage signals
Time-zone span
All retained airport records resolve to one IANA timezone (Europe/Paris, UTC+02:00 CEST with DST). Local-clock math is simpler here than in multi-zone countries, but the airport’s stored IANA identifier is still the authoritative reference for DST transition weekends.
Busiest curated airports
These ranks reflect passenger volumes quoted in the curated airport-facts file; airports without a quoted figure are excluded from this card even if they may be locally busier.
Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes · NCE
15.23 million passengers (2025)
2 runways
Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
Toulouse/Blagnac · TLS
9,264,611 passengers
2 runways
Beauvais-Tillé airport
Beauvais · BVA
3,997,856 passengers
3 runways
Strasbourg Airport
Strasbourg · SXB
1,297,177 passengers
1 runway
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport
Clermont-Ferrand · CFE
1,090,417 passengers
3 runways
Regional peer comparison
Peers are picked by geographic proximity (same continent) and similarity of retained-record counts. Comparison is structural — it does not audit fleet size, national aviation policy, or passenger traffic.
| Country | Airports |
|---|---|
| France | 15 |
| Germany | 15 |
| United Kingdom | 15 |
| Russia | 14 |
Country aviation dossier
French airports handled roughly 205.8 million commercial passengers in 2024 per DGAC, +3.6% over 2023 and ~4% below 2019. Paris CDG and Orly carried 103.4 million combined — about half the national total — with CDG alone at 70.3 million. Air France-KLM and Transavia lead from Paris; easyJet, Ryanair, and Volotea cover regional point-to-point. The DGAC regulates; Groupe ADP runs Paris airports. The 2025 solidarity-tax hike on departing-flight tickets is the active policy anchor.
Last verified 2026-05-09 · manually curated. Figures quoted in this paragraph are point-in-time; treat the linked sources as authoritative.
Frequently asked
Reference fields include France's ISO codes, airport slugs and IATA codes, IANA timezone identifiers, top-airport passenger labels, hub-airline tags, and peer-country slugs.
Country overview
The retained catalog currently includes 15 airport records in 15 airport cities or localities. Large airports are shown first because they are usually the most useful entry points for flight planning, timezone checks, and nearby-city lookup.
Retained records
15
Airport localities
15
Timezone records
1 zone
Time-zone planning
For overnight flights, connections near daylight-saving transitions, and cross-border itineraries, use the airport’s IANA timezone instead of assuming every airport follows the country’s primary zone.
Codes, clocks, and city mapping
IATA coverage
15 codes
Useful for passenger-facing flight searches, tickets, airport boards, and quick route lookup.
ICAO coverage
15 codes
Useful for aviation references, flight tracking, weather briefings, and operational documents.
Airport mix
15 large / 0 medium
Gateway airports are prioritized first, but regional airports remain useful for local clock checks.
DST travel risk
Single-zone
Recheck local airport time around overnight arrivals, daylight-saving weekends, and cross-border connections.
These rows connect retained airport records to city-time pages, so a reader can move from a flight code to the local clock, nearby planning context, and meeting-time checks.
Beauvais
4 linked airports
BVA Beauvais-Tillé airport (Europe/Paris); CDG Charles de Gaulle International Airport (Europe/Paris); LBG Paris-Le Bourget International Airport (Europe/Paris)
Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône
1 linked airport
LYS Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (Europe/Paris)
Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône
1 linked airport
MRS Marseille Provence Airport (Europe/Paris)
Toulouse/Blagnac
1 linked airport
TLS Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (Europe/Paris)
Major airport list
These entries are pulled from the same retained catalog as the full table below. Use them as a starting point for local time, code lookup, and nearby-city planning, then verify route and terminal details with the airport or airline.
Beauvais-Tillé airport
Beauvais
large airport · Europe/Paris
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
Bordeaux
large airport · Europe/Paris
Brest Bretagne airport
Brest
large airport · Europe/Paris
Charles de Gaulle International Airport
Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)
large airport · Europe/Paris
Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport
Clermont-Ferrand
large airport · Europe/Paris
EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg
Bâle / Mulhouse
large airport · Europe/Paris
Route-planning cues
Start with gateway airports
15 large airports
Use large-airport entries first for broad trip planning, then scan medium airports for regional options.
Check the local clock
1 timezone
Compare airport zones before overnight arrivals, early departures, or daylight-saving changes.
Move to city context
7 linked airports
Linked city pages help turn an airport timezone into a local clock for meetings and ground plans.
Boundary: this page supports code lookup, timezone checks, and city planning. It does not verify active routes, terminals, flight schedules, border rules, or operating notices.
City coverage
Example flight and gate labels are generated for display; local-time values use the timezone records shown on the page.
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