AirportsMarseille Provence Airport is a large airport serving Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MRS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MRS
- ICAO code
- LFML
- City
- Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône
- State or region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 43.4381° N, 5.2125° E
- Elevation
- 23 m (74 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,500 m (11,483 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MRS means Marseille Provence Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LFML. 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 43.4381° N, 5.2125° E. It stands 23 metres (74 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
Marseille Provence Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,500 metres (11,483 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 6.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13L/31R | 3,500 m 11,483 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 13R/31L | 2,370 m 7,776 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avignon Caumont airportAvignon | AVN | 58 km |
| Nîmes-Arles-Camargue AirportNîmes/Garons | FNI | 73 km |
| Toulon-Hyères AirportHyères, Var | TLN | 85 km |
| Montpellier-Méditerranée AirportMontpellier/Méditerranée | MPL | 102 km |
| La Môle AirportSaint-Tropez | LTT | 106 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,471 km | 8 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,776 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,941 km | 6 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 989 km | 1 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,274 km | 8 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,686 km | 12 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,611 km | 13 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,102 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,904 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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