AirportsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport is a large airport serving Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LYS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LYS
- ICAO code
- LFLL
- City
- Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône
- State or region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 45.7260° N, 5.0901° E
- Elevation
- 250 m (821 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 4,000 m (13,124 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LYS means Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LFLL. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 45.7260° N, 5.0901° E. It stands 250 metres (821 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Paris, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 4,000 metres (13,124 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 49 airports of France on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 2.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17R/35L | 4,000 m 13,124 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 17L/35R | 2,670 m 8,760 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Grenoble Alpes Isère AirportGrenoble | GNB | 44 km |
| Chambéry Aix les Bains airportChambéry | CMF | 62 km |
| Annecy Meythet airportAnnecy | NCY | 81 km |
| Geneva International AirportGeneva, Switzerland | GVA | 97 km |
| Le Puy-Loudes AirfieldChaspuzac, Haute-Loire | LPY | 126 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,436 km | 8 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,791 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,988 km | 6 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 758 km | 1 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,154 km | 7 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,496 km | 11 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,589 km | 13 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,900 km | 12 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,868 km | 20 h 50 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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