Tarbes-Lourdes • Pyrénées Airport [LDE/LFBT] France

Annecy – Haute-Savoie – Mont Blanc Airport or Aéroport Annecy Haute-Savoie Mont Blanc ( IATA : NCY , ICAO : LFLP ), also known as Aéroport d'Annecy - Meythet , is an airport located 3.5 km northwest of Annecy , between Meythet and Metz-Tessy , all communes of the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes région of France .

Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (French: Aéroport de Lyon-Saint Exupéry ), formerly known as Lyon Satolas Airport ( IATA : LYS , ICAO : LFLL ), is the international airport of Lyon , the third-biggest city in France and an important transport facility for the entire Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It lies in Colombier-Saugnieu , 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) southeast of Lyon's city centre. The airport was inaugurated by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on 12 April 1975 and opened to passengers a week later. It was designed to replace the old Lyon–Bron Airport , which is now only used for general aviation . In 1994 the LGV Rhône-Alpes high-speed rail line brought TGV service to the airport, providing direct trains to Paris and Marseille . The fan-shaped canopy of the Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry , designed by architect Santiago Calatrava , is the airport's most notable architectural feature. The airport was originally named Lyon Satolas Airport , but in 2000 the airport and train station were renamed in honour of Lyonnais aviation pioneer and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , on the centenary of his birth. He was a native of Lyon, and a laureate of the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française , and died in World War II . Since 1997, the airport has been a focus city for the airline Air France .

Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (French: Aéroport d’Ajaccio-Napoléon-Bonaparte , IATA : AJA , ICAO : LFKJ ), formerly “Campo dell’Oro Airport”, is the main airport serving Ajaccio on the French island of Corsica . It is located in Ajaccio , a commune of the département of Southern Corsica , 5 km east of the harbour. The airport is the main base of regional airline Air Corsica , which operates services to Metropolitan France . It is named for Napoleon Bonaparte , who was born in Ajaccio. Campo dell’Oro, before aviation, was an alluvial plain at the mouth of the Gravona . The meaning of “Field of Gold” remains obscure; some 19th century authors refer to a “rich cropland”; others, to a malaria-infested marshland. A grass flying field existed there before World War II but apparently offered no transportation services, as the first regular flights to Marseille began with the institution of a seaplane service in 1935 from Ajaccio Harbor. In 1940, a Vichy Air Corps unit was kept inactive at Campo dell’Oro. The liberation of Corsica began with the landing by sea in 1943 of I Corps at Ajaccio in Operation Vésuve. A few months later Fighter Group GC2/7 of the Free French Air Force , a French unit of the Royal Air Force , were operational on the grass field at Campo dell’Oro with Spitfires . Heavy aircraft were unable to land and came to mishap in the soft surface. In 1944 the United States Army Air Forces took over the airport and put down a hard surface of perforated metallic mats from which a squadron of P-51 ’s flew. They defended B-24 ’s flying from new airfields constructed on the east coast of Corsica . Campo dell’Oro was a challenge for the larger aircraft because of its relatively short runways and proximity to the mountains. Toward the end of the war, the runways were paved, the foundation of the modern airport. On December 1, 1981, Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 crashed while on approach to this airport, killing all on board. Discover below all work of the Team