EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg
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| EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Flughafen Basel Mulhouse Freiburg Aéroport international Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg |
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| IATA: BSL, MLH, EAP - ICAO: LFSB | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Basel | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 889 ft (271 m) | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 16/34 | 12,795 | 3,900 | Concrete |
| 08/26 | 5,971 | 1,820 | Concrete |
EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (IATA: BSL, EAP, MLH, ICAO: LFSB) is an international airport near Mulhouse (France), Basel (Switzerland), and Freiburg (Germany). It is located in France, on the administrative territory of the commune of Saint-Louis and handled 4,020,322 passengers in 2006.[1]
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[edit] International status
Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is one of the few airports in the world operated jointly by two countries, France and Switzerland. Contrary to popular belief, the airport is located completely on French soil, but is operated on an agreement established in 1946 where both Switzerland and France are granted duty-free access to the airport. The airport's board has 8 members from each country.
The airport itself is split into two architecturally independent halves, one half serving the French side (today considered the Schengen side) and the other half serving the Swiss side; there is a customs point at the middle of the airport so that people can "emigrate" to the other side of the airport. The "finger dock" which provides access to the aircraft is in a joint international zone into which all passengers emigrate before they board the plane.
The Geneva Cointrin International Airport can also be accessed from both countries, with distinct French and Swiss customs zones, but no international zone.
Due to its unique international status, EuroAirport has three airport codes: BSL (Basel) is the Swiss code, while MLH (Mulhouse) is the French code and EAP (EuroAirport) is the international code.
This three code status often results in some interesting effects - including price differences between fares offered to or from one airport code or the other, and tickets which are built of 'connections' and therefore 'non-stop'. For example, an Air France flight from MLH - CDG may be cheaper than one from BSL - CDG; and the flight from BSL - CDG will actually be ticketed as with a 'stop-over' in MLH, then consisting of two legs, a non-existent BSL - MLH one, and a flown MLH - CDG one.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Aigle Azur (Algiers, Constantine, Hurghada)
- Air Algérie (Constantine)
- Airlinair (Rennes)
- Air France (Bordeaux, Clermont, Lyon, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly, Toulouse)
- Austrian Airlines
- Austrian Arrows (Vienna)
- British Airways (London-Heathrow)
- Cimber Air (Copenhagen)
- easyJet (Berlin-Schönefeld, Liverpool, London-Luton, London-Stansted)
- easyJet Switzerland (Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Lisbon, Madrid, Malaga, Naples, Nice, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [ends June 28, 2007], Prague, Rome-Ciampino)
- LTE International Airways (Gran Canaria, Tenerife-South)
- Lufthansa (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich)
- Royal Air Maroc
- Atlas Blue (Marrakesh)
- SkyEurope (Bratislava)
- SunExpress (Antalya)
- Swiss International Air Lines
- Swiss European Air Lines (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Budapest, London-City, Manchester, Nice, Prague, Warsaw, Zürich)
- TUIfly (Fuerteventura, Kos, Lanzarote, Menorca, Munich, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodos, Tenerife-South)
- Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)
- Twin Jet (Marseille, Toulouse)
[edit] References
- EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg (official site) (English) (French) (German)
- French Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) for LFSB PDF - BÂLE MULHOUSE
[edit] External links
- Aéroport de Bâle-Mulhouse (Union des Aéroports Français) (French)
- World Aero Data airport information for LFSB
